Underwriting Assistant

Job title: Underwriting Assistant

Company: Randstad


Job description: Are you eager to gain some experience in the financial services industry? Do you have excel experience? Do you have excellent decision-making and analytical skills? If so we have the role for you!
We are currently looking for individuals to join our client, one of Canada’s largest insurance and financial services companies, as an Underwriting Assistant.
This is a hybrid role
Pay Rate: $20/hr
Working days: Monday – Friday
Shift is 37.5 hours per weekAdvantages
– Gain experience working for a well-known insurance company
– Work location is Markham
– All training will take place in Markham office. Eventually once training in complete and we are comfortable
with their ability to work independently, 3 days remote, 2 days in the office.
– 6 month contract
– Start ASAPWorkers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.Responsibilities
As an Underwriting Assistant, your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Data entry in Guidewire (Policy Information)
• Delivering superior quality commitments and fostering a One Stop Shop environment for our broker partners.
• Serving our broker partners needs in a timely and informed manner.
• Exhibiting a high degree of integrity when representing Broker and while dealing team members and the leadership team.
• Entering data for New Business, creating Salesforce accounts, creating portal submissions, documentation within new submissions
• Maintaining new business trackers and ensuring a high level of data accuracy
• Processing new business binds, ensuring proper storage of documentation and communication, following up on outstanding risk items
• Completing risk follow ups with our broker partners and adhering to our abeyance system framework
• Working closely with leadership on work distribution, triage and SLA data builds

Qualifications

• Strong use of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications is required
• Experience in Guidewire, Insurance, Finance and Excel is an asset
• Familiarity with an office environment and the ability to work independently, with little supervision
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Adapts to change and performs effectively under pressure
• Ability to multitask and monitor progress to meet deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to identify and implement solutions
• Execute with Excellence – cultivate collaboration between teams and between underwriting and other business units
• Will to Win – set a clear vision, welcome and support challenge and change, influence others, defy uncertainty and eliminate ambiguity
• Excellent oral and written communication skills coupled with confident decision-making and analytical skills
• Ability to learn new systems quickly; very tech savvy

Summary
If you are interested in the Underwriting Assistant, please apply online at www.randstad.ca.Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Expected salary: $20 per hour

Location: Markham, ON

Job date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:41:16 GMT

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