Zurich Insurance

3 weeks ago

AVP, Commercial Auto - Montreal (Montréal, QC, CA)

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Job Summary

Lead a high-performing market-facing underwriting team for Zurich Canada’s Commercial Auto portfolio, shaping underwriting strategy, driving profitable growth, and strengthening broker relationships. Manage renewal and new business opportunities, identify growth with distributors, coach on sales best practices, and collaborate with actuarial to ensure proper rate structures in a hybrid work environment.

Location: Montreal

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)

Key Responsibilities

•Manage market facing underwriters who proactively seek renewal and new account opportunities.
•Identify new growth opportunities with key distributors for areas of responsibility.
•Ensure that accounts are qualified, and meet with the organization’s appetite, balanced with sound business opportunity.
•Along with underwriters in areas supervised, make agents/broker/customer and on-sight calls with a planned and well prepared purpose.
•Oversee negotiations of Terms & Conditions and closes deals.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health Insurance

Key Requirements

•High School Diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area; OR Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area; AND 2+ years of management experience.
•Fluency in both spoken and written English is required to facilitate communication with internal and external stakeholders outside Quebec.

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationRelationship managementTeam management

Languages:English

Company Brief

Zurich Insurance

Zurich Insurance Group is a global insurance company offering a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services to individuals, small businesses and large corporations across multiple markets worldwide.

Industry: Insurance

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland

Founded: 1872

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn

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Zurich Insurance

3 weeks ago

AVP, Commercial Auto - Montreal (Montréal, QC, CA)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 10 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Montreal

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)

Key Responsibilities

•Manage market facing underwriters who proactively seek renewal and new account opportunities.
•Identify new growth opportunities with key distributors for areas of responsibility.
•Ensure that accounts are qualified, and meet with the organization’s appetite, balanced with sound business opportunity.
•Along with underwriters in areas supervised, make agents/broker/customer and on-sight calls with a planned and well prepared purpose.
•Oversee negotiations of Terms & Conditions and closes deals.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health Insurance

Key Requirements

•High School Diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area; OR Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area; AND 2+ years of management experience.
•Fluency in both spoken and written English is required to facilitate communication with internal and external stakeholders outside Quebec.

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationRelationship managementTeam management

Languages:English

Company Brief

Zurich Insurance

Industry: Insurance

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland

Founded: 1872

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn