Underwriter

• Prepare standard insurance documents using templates and underwriters’ guidelines
• Enter and update data in Guidewire or other systems
• Organize and maintain digital underwriting files
• Respond to routine inquiries from brokers and escalate more complex matters
• Assist with gathering underwriting information for submissions
• Support compliance efforts by ensuring documentation is accurate
• Report to the Operations Support Team Lead
• Develop a strong foundation in underwriting practices and contribute to team efficiency

Underwriting Assistant

• Prepare standard insurance documents using templates and underwriters’ guidelines
• Enter and update data in Guidewire or other systems
• Organize and maintain digital underwriting files
• Respond to routine broker requests and escalate more complex cases
• Help gather underwriting information for submissions
• Support compliance efforts by ensuring documentation accuracy
• Report to the Team Lead – Operations Support
• Develop a solid foundation in underwriting practices while contributing to the team’s efficiency

• Underwrite high-quality proposals by analyzing and conducting proper investigations and due diligence for medium to high complexity loan proposals
• Develop appropriate terms, pricing, conditions and covenants while ensuring thorough credit analysis, due diligence and sound account management practices
• Review loan packages and negotiate with internal partners on deal structuring to ensure compliance with BDC policies and procedures
• Participate in resolving compliance issues or material changes arising during deal negotiation and structuring
• Develop win-win solutions for clients and BDC through innovative thinking and resourcefulness
• Maintain relationships with business centre personnel, colleagues and internal partners to foster teamwork and consistent policy application
• Monitor changes to policies, procedures, processes, and credit and regulatory trends affecting BDC
• Coach new employees and BDLs; mentor and share experience with team members

Senior Manager, Underwriting I

• Evaluate, structure, and recommend transactions using EDC’s range of guarantee and risk-transfer products
• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis of financial statements, cash flow, leverage, liquidity, and repayment capacity
• Analyze financial, industry, transactional, and qualitative information to assess and mitigate risk
• Structure and recommend new or existing facilities, guarantees, and related solutions
• Prepare underwriting assessments, risk analyses, recommendations, and approval documents
• Assess transactions and balance credit risk, policy objectives, portfolio considerations, and client outcomes
• Identify emerging risks, adverse trends, and financial deterioration; recommend mitigation measures or escalation
• Collaborate with Business Development, Portfolio Management, Product, Operations, and Risk Management teams
• Work with financial institutions, brokers, surety partners, and clients
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of underwriting quality, risk governance, and operational efficiency
• Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration
• Maintain a strong understanding of financial analysis, guarantee products, underwriting standards, portfolio risk management, the market, and EDC policies

Senior Underwriter, ITG – Corporate and Global Accounts

• Process new and renewal insurance applications, revisions, cancellations and quotes
• Calculate premiums and apply appropriate rates, discounts and surcharges
• Review and evaluate routine renewal applications and revisions to determine risk
• Acquire further information about applications and risks when necessary
• Accept, modify or escalate risks within applicable guidelines
• Place business within subscription, reinsurance and legislative rules and restrictions
• Explain underwriting criteria and decisions to brokers
• Develop and maintain broker relationships
• Promote and sell supporting products to brokers
• Negotiate conditions, premiums and limitations for routine renewal policies in applicable situations
• Review and dispatch underwriting submissions
• Maintain filing systems
• Provide administrative support to the underwriting team
• Contribute to leadership, succession planning, professional development and workforce readiness
• Support corporate, strategic and divisional programs and policies
• Manage risk within area of authority and apply health, safety and emergency management policies

Underwriting Assistant, Commercial Auto

• Contribute to the evolution of underwriting appetite, eligibility criteria, and risk selection frameworks
• Analyze portfolio performance, market trends, and emerging risks to identify opportunities for profitable growth
• Identify product and coverage gaps using loss data, client feedback, and competitive insights
• Advise division actuarial and distribution operational partners on complex underwriting issues, high-impact risks, and portfolio initiatives
• Review initiatives, queries, file exceptions, positionings, timelines, and recommendations with member/client impact in mind
• Design, enhance, and maintain Commercial insurance products, coverages, and endorsements
• Translate client needs into innovative insurance solutions
• Ensure products remain relevant, sustainable, and aligned with evolving business objectives
• Contribute to strategic initiatives transforming underwriting capabilities, processes, and tools
• Support future-focused underwriting practices, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies

Corporate Underwriting Advisor

• Contribute to the evolution of underwriting appetite, eligibility criteria, and risk selection frameworks
• Analyze portfolio performance, market trends, and emerging risks to identify opportunities for profitable growth
• Identify product and coverage gaps using loss data, client feedback, and competitive insights to expand risk appetite
• Serve as a trusted advisor to actuarial and distribution operational partners on complex underwriting issues, high-impact risks, and portfolio initiatives
• Review initiatives, queries, file exceptions, positionings, timelines, and recommendations with member/client impact in mind
• Design, enhance, and maintain Commercial insurance products, coverages, and endorsements
• Translate client needs into innovative insurance solutions
• Ensure products remain relevant, sustainable, and aligned with evolving business objectives
• Contribute to strategic initiatives transforming underwriting capabilities, processes, and tools
• Support future-focused underwriting practices, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies

Advisor, Corporate Underwriting

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned AI underwriting initiatives from planning and backlog readiness through deployment, adoption, and value realization
• Translate prioritized initiatives into work packages, scope, tasks, sequencing, and timelines
• Lead day-to-day execution of data scientists and cross-functional squad members
• Identify risks, remove blockers, and resolve delivery issues
• Establish sprint planning, backlog management, quality controls, and performance reviews
• Apply life insurance underwriting expertise to guide solution design and prioritize opportunities
• Convert Solutioning priorities into execution-ready plans
• Execute approved priorities within intake and governance frameworks
• Lead delivery of the underwriting AI portfolio through planning, build, validation, deployment, adoption, and outcome measurement
• Partner with underwriting leaders on AI-enabled operational modernization, change, training, communications, and process updates
• Translate underwriting challenges into data-driven and AI-enabled solutions with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders
• Standardize and reuse underwriting data, models, components, controls, and delivery patterns
• Orchestrate delivery across underwriting, actuarial, product, distribution, data science, engineering, risk, compliance, technology, architecture, and shared services
• Maintain dependency plans and resolve or escalate constraints
• Maintain integrated portfolio views aligned to priorities, OKRs, strategy, dependencies, milestones, capacity, risks, and outcomes
• Coordinate cross-portfolio dependencies and execution trade-offs
• Manage project controls, risk management, performance reporting, escalation, and corrective actions
• Own resource and financial planning for the approved delivery portfolio
• Monitor actual and forecast spend, explain variances, and identify resource or funding constraints
• Provide budget updates and cost estimates
• Operate within delivery governance, risk, compliance, architecture, and responsible AI frameworks
• Provide delivery estimates, dependency assessments, resource requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical feasibility input
• Report on progress, milestones, capacity, financial performance, risks, dependencies, outcomes, and leadership actions
• Ensure initiatives have KPIs, baselines, target outcomes, accountable owners, and measurement approaches
• Track delivery, adoption, operational, customer, risk, and financial measures
• Measure and report underwriting outcomes including throughput, cycle times, costs, straight-through processing, consistency, and advisor experience
• Coach cross-functional teams and strengthen delivery practices

Director, AI Delivery Squad Lead, Underwriting

• Review and analyze residential mortgage applications and supporting documentation, including credit, income, assets, and appraisals
• Adjudicate applications within established lending authority limits
• Identify and mitigate risks while ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal policies
• Manage files from start to finish in a high-volume, performance-driven environment
• Ensure applications are completed promptly and transactions close according to schedule
• Act as a proactive partner to mortgage brokers and propose solutions
• Quickly identify missing information and resolve complex situations
• Maintain organized, complete, and compliant loan files
• Identify efficiency improvements and support team members
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the mortgage customer journey

Mortgage Underwriter

• Assume end-to-end accountability for advanced market cases and national accounts, from pre-underwriting through in-force servicing
• Develop and position iA’s field underwriting expertise with specialized advisors and distribution partners
• Provide technical leadership in medical and financial risk assessment
• Analyze and assess complex sales concepts for alignment with risk appetite, profitability objectives, and client experience
• Lead and mobilize a multidisciplinary team including underwriters, case coordinators, tax experts, and actuarial experts
• Act as a credible leader with internal teams, distribution partners, and reinsurers
• Prepare and deliver presentations and training sessions
• Support talent development and knowledge transfer

Underwriter jobs in Canada

Underwriting Assistant

Underwriting Assistant

Senior Manager, Underwriting I

Senior Underwriter, ITG – Corporate and Global Accounts

Underwriting Assistant, Commercial Auto

Corporate Underwriting Advisor

Advisor, Corporate Underwriting

Director, AI Delivery Squad Lead, Underwriting

Mortgage Underwriter

Head of Advanced Market and Field Underwriting