• Job Description

  Req#: R-135189

  We are looking for an Underwriting Assistant to join Aviva Business branch .

  What you'll do:

  • Follow and progress through UA phase development plan for handling of endorsements to assist underwriting teams, including providing administrative support to underwriters on all lines of business
  • Handle data entry, billing and cancellation tasks with efficiency
  • Handling of front-line phone communication between broker partners and underwriting teams
  • Processing loss control reports and other assigned duties
  • Perform quality control to meet the accuracy and underwriting requirements on business processing
  • Underwriting support to the managers and underwriting teams as required including facilitating underwriting abeyances
  • Participate in the development and implementation of polices and documentation standards to support and facilitate underwriters
  • Assisting with mailing policy documents and registered letters in the office
  • Process policies and documentation in a timely manner and within authority
  • Assist with assignment of underwriting tasks

  What you'll bring:

  • Post-secondary or equivalent experience required and or
  • Completion of a related educational, diploma/degree/accreditation
  • 2 plus years of related experience in administrative and or support function
  • Insurance background would be ideal
  • Able to work within a fast-paced environment, and work well under pressure
  • Mindful of making deadlines, results-oriented
  • Vested interest in learning and building a career in the general insurance space
  • Ability to multitask
  • Quick study/learning curve
  • Ability and willingness to work with repetitive tasks and keep focused, with a good level of accuracy
  • Excellent technical aptitude with web based and in-house systems and databases, good working knowledge of Microsoft office suite
  • Strong attention to detail, accuracy is a critical component for success in this role
  • Superior organization, time-management, and the ability to adapt in a dynamic priority changing environment
  • Strong ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities.
  • Need to be confident and comfortable to manage healthy level of autonomy
  • Effective in a culture of teamwork, collaboration and accountability; a person who encourages cooperation across the organization

  What you'll get:

  • Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
  • Exceptional Career Development opportunities.
  • We’ll support your professional development education.
  • Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year
  • Employee driven programs passionate about gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion
  • Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health
  • Hybrid flexible work model

  Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment, you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.

• About the company

  We’re here to protect our 33 million customers from life’s unexpected twists and turns – freeing them from fear of uncertainty. We are one of only a few insurance companies in the world that can provide customers with life, general and health insurance, and asset management in one place – a composite insurer. And we have a unique competitive advantage. Whether we’re protecting them from everyday risks or helping them to save for the future, we put customers at the heart of all we do – creating a bright and sustainable future for our customers, employees and our communities.

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