Title: Team Leader, Commercial Insurance
Position Type:  Permanent

Be Your Best!

Our unique culture, our focus on professional development and expertise, and the way we reward high performance set us apart. If you are a high performer, you owe it to yourself to learn more about having a career with Royal & SunAlliance.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to assume the role of Team Leader in the Atlantic Region. The successful candidate will be an individual with strong leadership, marketing and underwriting skills, who will deliver a profitable book of business. You will be responsible for coaching and developing a group of underwriters who handle specialty insurance products, and working closely with other underwriting teams and consultants to ensure underwriting integrity in our business segments.

Who you are:

You are a high performer who delivers more than what is expected, who provides excellent service by understanding customers' needs, who enthusiastically supports change, who shares your expertise, who takes responsibility for your development, and who actively seeks new challenges.

What you will achieve in this role: 

• Manage a portfolio of property/casualty business for the Atlantic region
• Leadership of a team of underwriters
• Implementation of Corporate underwriting strategies for all lines of business
• Work in conjunction with Senior Management and Specialists to develop team business goals
• Provide expertise and coaching to underwriters
• Training and development of underwriters
• Ensure compliance with licensing/authority levels
• Administrative duties
• Lead team meetings
• Communicate business results to senior management on an ongoing basis

What you need to know and what experience you need to have for this role:

• Ability to coach and develop a group of underwriters at various skill levels
• Strong understanding of the financial services industry
• Ability to develop and lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Balancing our focus on underwriting profits with customer needs
• Strong ability for team operational planning, organizing and monitoring
• Understanding of business levers
• Excellent interpersonal skills

What education is best for this role:

• University Degree, preferably in a business discipline
• Completion of CIP or FCIP designation an asset

We offer a high performance culture with excellent earning opportunities for top performers.  Our rewards package includes competitive compensation, work / life balance, opportunities to learn and grow, and an opportunity to make a difference working for a world-wide industry leader.

Applicants agree that by providing personal information in response to this ad, and otherwise in any recruitment process with Royal &SunAlliance or its affiliated companies (the "Company") such personal information may be retained and used for a period of one (1) year from the date of this application, for the purpose of consideration for employment opportunities which may arise during that time period, unless an applicant notifies the Company to the contrary.

We thank all applicants.  However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We invite you to learn more about us at our Career Site where you can apply on line.

Royal & SunAlliance values diversity.

Please send resumes to my_career@royalsunalliance.ca