Underwriting Director, Middle Market

Northbridge Financial Corporation

$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10 years of Underwriting experience
  • 5+ years in a leadership role
  • Strategic leadership style
  • Team-first mentality
  • Strong sales and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

  • Direct all activities within the underwriting department
  • Ensure maximum efficiency and productivity of the team
  • Monitor industry trends for strategic portfolio guidance
  • Oversee corporate and regional underwriting objectives
  • Coach and mentor team members for their development
  • Facilitate process improvements across operations

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing up to 2 days from home
  • Employee share purchase plan and pension plans
  • Flexible health benefits and wellness programs
  • Education assistance for professional development
  • Community support with donation matching and team volunteer days
Full Job Description
What it's like to be a Northbridge Underwriting Director

Northbridge Insurance Underwriting Directors work hard to provide strategic growth within their departments as well as coach and mentor their teams within the Commercial Retail, Passenger Transportation, Healthcare, Senior Care and Social Services sectors. They are people centric leaders who truly care about the development of their teams and invest in their career growth. The Director you would be responsible for directing all activities ensuring that the unit is operating at maximum efficiency, productivity, and profitability to achieve all corporate and regional goals, objectives, and service levels are being met and maintained.

Our Underwriting Directors are experts in their field and able to monitor trends and development in the industry, guiding their portfolio in a positive way. As the Director for the commercial lines, mid-market department, you would be responsible for all activities ensuring that the unit is operating at maximum efficiency, productivity and profitability to achieve all corporate and regional goals.

We want your talent

If you are great at:
  • Strategic and management planning
  • Overseeing all corporate and regional underwriting objectives
  • Sales and negotiations
  • Developing and mentoring staff
  • Process improvement


If you have:
  • 10 years of Underwriting experience
  • 5+ years experience in a leadership role
  • Strategic leadership style
  • Team-first mentality


We really mean it when we say we put you first. Here are a few ways how:
  • Hybrid work! We have a flexible hybrid model that allows you to work from home up to 2 days per week, with added flexibility for when you really need it.
  • We offer competitive salaries and support your financial health through our employee share purchase plan, pension plans, RRSP, discounts on staff insurance, and more!
  • We help you prioritize your well-being from day one through flexible health benefits, early leave days, wellness programs, rewards, and recognition programs.
  • We are invested in helping you grow in your career through education assistance to complete your CIP, FCIP, CRM or other courses desired, internal mobility, Leadership training and mentoring programs.
  • NBFC cares about the community and supports the causes you believe in with donation matching and team volunteer days.


We're committed to pay transparency and fairness. The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000, which reflects the expected base pay for the position. The actual base salary offered may vary depending on your experience, skills, and alignment with the role. We're also open to candidates at different levels, so if this range doesn't quite match your expectations, we still encourage you to apply.

This is a real opportunity - we're actively hiring. If the role sounds like a good fit, we'd love to hear from you.

We also want to be transparent about our hiring process. While one of our systems includes AI capabilities, over 99% of our screening is done by real people. We believe in thoughtful, human-centered hiring decisions and are committed to giving every application the attention it deserves.

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