Product and Underwriting Manager

**How to apply**

Please send in your resume in PDF format.

**YOUR ROLE**

We are the leading online home and auto insurance provider in Canada. We're committed to making it convenient and easy for clients to do business with us, so it should be no surprise that we're obsessed with delivering our best online and offline experiences to our clients.

As the Auto Product and Underwriting Manager, you work directly with the company's leadership team to manage existing products and underwriting guidelines and develop new ones. Your efforts contribute to the growth and profitability of the company's auto insurance portfolio. Your success in this role comes from superior analytical, communication and research skills. You use your creativity, inquisitiveness and resourcefulness to identify opportunities and overcome challenges. You are both detail-oriented and organized, handling multiple projects and tasks with ease.

One of the things you enjoy most about Square One is the supportive team environment. You know you're never set up for failure; instead, you get all the coaching, mentoring, training, and tools you need for continued success.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**

As a member of Square One’s management team, your primary responsibilities include:

- Monitoring portfolio performance and market trends.
- Liaising with partner carrier on product and underwriting changes.
- Providing product and underwriting support to the Sales team.
- Managing internal resource materials, including user guides.
- Maintaining product and underwriting roadmap.
- Gathering related system requirements, and coordinating system changes.
- Reviewing marketing content, including articles and press releases, for product and underwriting accuracy.
- Conducting interviews with media on product and underwriting matters.
- Coordinating with the partner carrier’s Claims and Underwriting teams on sensitive files.

**YOUR QUALIFICATIONS**

As a member of the Square One team, you have a desire to contribute to the overall success of the company. You do this by becoming an expert at what you do, directing your own work, and working with a team that has a broader purpose than just making profit. You and those who you work with would describe you as someone who:

- Possesses superior analytical, communication and research skills.
- Has a natural curiosity and enjoys learning.
- Uses creativity and resourcefulness to identify opportunities and overcome challenges.
- Pays close attention to detail and has superior organizational skills.
- Has a strong knowledge of insurance principles.
- Possesses an exceptional ability to conduct secondary research online.
- Provides and receives constructive feedback.

**YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION**

Your experience and education helps ensure your success at Square One. For this role, you have:

- 3 years of auto insurance underwriting experience.
- 2 years of product management or underwriting development experience.
- Strong knowledge of conducting secondary research using online tools.
- A degree in business, commerce, economics, or marketing.
- A CAIB, CIP, or FCIP designation.
- Fluency in English is essential and French preferred.

**YOUR COMPENSATION**

You appreciate the fact that Square One personalizes your compensation and benefits in the same way it personalizes policies for its customers. Your very competitive compensation and benefits plan includes:

- Salary Range: $80,237 - 114,623 annual
- 4-weeks of vacation to start and an additional week after only 3 years.
- Flexible medical, dental, vision and extended health care coverage.
- Long-term disability coverage.
- In-house training provided by Square One.
- Employee profit share program.

**WHY WORK FOR SQUARE ONE?**

Probably the shortest and simplest answer for why you should work at Square One is that you want to be part of a tight-knit team where each person's expertise is respected and valued. You're done working at places that tell you what to do, how to do it, and that don't compensate you fairly. To learn more about why you should work for Square One, visit:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,237.00-$114,623.00 per year

Application question(s):
**Experience**:

- Auto Insurance: 3 years (required)
- product management or underwriting development: 2 years (required)
- conducting secondary research: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- French (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- CAIB, CIP or FCIP designation? (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6B 4N8

Application deadline: 2024-10-15