Assistant Manager, Underwriting

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Join a national team where people, purpose, and community come first. Western Financial Group was named a 2025 Top Insurance Employer by Insurance Business Canada and is home to more than 2,300 team members supporting over one million customers across 200+ locations across Canada.

Assistant Manager, Underwriting - Remote within Canada

Here's what you will spend your time doing:

Leadership

• Assisting with developing business plans, budgets, and growth strategies
• Building, leading and sustaining an engaged, high-performance team to implement the business strategy, through employee development, performance management, coaching, succession planning and team effectiveness to drive accountability and favorable outcomes
• Training, coaching, and focusing on technical development through consistent constructive feedback and support
• Leading the implementation of cross-training and process improvements

Business Development

• Assisting in maintaining strong professional relationships with external insurance market partners and internal Western Network offices
• Ensuring profitable sales productions, retention, and implementation of new business growth within the organization
• Maintaining the customer service standards of Personal Lines Underwriting staff

Business Operations

• Implementation of Underwriting and placement services for new and renewal business at an enterprise level
• Establishing and implementing underwriting and rating guidelines
• Collaborating to identify key pricing and coverage trends and providing technical expertise support to develop new wordings, endorsements, coverages and/or products
• Focusing departmental adherence and compliance to all branch, and company processes
• Participating in the research and review of industry and product developments to ensure legislative and legal statutes are adhered to
• Mitigating risk to the Company by supporting the completion of regular risk reviews, assessments and analysis of business/policies
• Leading, championing, communicating and implementing organizational initiatives, projects, guiding principles, policies and procedures

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrated experience in underwriting, risk management, or insurance operations
• General Insurance Level 2 License required (or level 3 depending on province of residence); CAIB/CIP preferred. If you do not have a license, it must be acquired within three months of your start date
• Supervisory experience leading teams, preferably in insurance
• Involvement in industry related associations and your community
• Professional communication etiquette, both written and verbal

Role Details

• Hours/Duration: 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Remote options available across Canada (will be working out of either Mountain time or Pacific time)
• Current Vacancy: Yes
• Requisition: 83078
• Compensation Range: $75,000 - $90,000

Why Western?

Western’s people-first culture, grounded in our guiding principles of Truthfulness, Fairness, Value, and Loyalty, is recognized across Canada and strengthened by our commitment to wellness, flexibility, and meaningful community impact

Highlights include:

• 14 Paid Wellness Days, paid vacation, company matching savings programs, and 100% employer paid group benefits for eligible employee

Our Commitment to Inclusion: At Western, we strive to create an accessible, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and can thrive. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply, even if your experience doesn’t perfectly match every qualification. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the hiring process, please contact talent.acquisition@westernfg.ca or visit our Careers page.

Our Human First Hiring Approach: We do not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants. All applications are personally reviewed by Western’s Talent Acquisition Consultants. As part of our hiring process, we use standardized, scientifically validated skills assessments (non-AI), and all results are reviewed by our hiring team.

Ready to Apply?

If making a meaningful impact in your community and growing your career in a supportive, purpose‑driven environment excite you, we’d love to hear from you.