{"id":1144238,"url":"https://alion.io/job/burns-wilcox-senior-associate-underwriter","title":"Senior Associate Underwriter","company":{"id":1090759,"name":"Burns & Wilcox","domain":"burnsandwilcox.ca","url":"https://alion.io/company/burnsandwilcox","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":true,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T14:04:32Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T17:43:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"The Senior Associate Personal Insurance Underwriter supports the underwriting team by evaluating renewal accounts, analyzing risk information, preparing underwriting recommendations, and assisting with portfolio management activities. This role works closely with underwriters, brokers, and internal teams to ensure timely, accurate renewal processing and to help identify cross-sell opportunitie s that strengthen account retention and broaden coverage offerings.\nResponsibilities\nAssist in reviewing and analyzing personal insurance renewal submissions, including exposure data, loss runs, financial information, and inspections.\nPrepare preliminary assessments, pricing indications, and coverage recommendations for underwriter review.\nEnsure all required documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant with underwriting guidelines.\nUtilize underwriting tools, rating systems, and internal models to support risk evaluations.\nHelp manage a renewal portfolio by tracking deadlines, maintaining documentation, and supporting timely policy issuance.\nCommunicate with brokers to gather missing information and clarify application details.\nSupport underwriters in negotiating renewal terms by preparing data summaries, comparisons, and draft proposals.\nReview renewal accounts for potential cross-sell opportunities based on exposure changes, coverage gaps, or business needs.\nCoordinate with senior underwriters and product specialists to evaluate feasibility and pricing for additional lines of coverage.\nCommunicate potential cross-sell options to brokers in collaboration with the underwriting team.\nTrack cross-sell activity and outcomes as part of portfolio development efforts.\nMaintain accurate and timely data in underwriting and policy systems.\nEnsure adherence to regulatory requirements, internal controls, and company underwriting standards.\nOrganize and document underwriting decisions, communications, and account notes clearly and consistently.\nPartner with underwriting, actuarial, claims, finance, and loss control teams to support informed renewal decisions.\nParticipate in training programs, job shadowing, and development activities to expand underwriting skills.\nStay informed on industry trends and emerging risks relevant to personal renewal underwriting.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Economics, or related field; or relevant professional experience.\n2 to 3+ years of experience in underwriting, insurance operations, or a related analytical field. Excess and Surplus lines experience preferred\nInterest in pursuing professional designations (AU, CPCU, ARM) is a plus.\nStrong analytical and critical-thinking skills.\nExcellent attention to detail and ability to review complex information.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills.\nAbility to build strong broker and internal team relationships at a junior level.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort using underwriting and rating systems.\nStrong organization, follow-through, and time-management capabilities.\nAbout Our Company\nBurns & Wilcox, the flagship organization of H.W. Kaufman Group, is North America’s leading wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide. Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nThe H.W. Kaufman Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.\nIn addition, Kaufman will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4370,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T14:04:32Z"}],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T18:05:32Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/burns-wilcox-senior-associate-underwriter","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/burns-wilcox-senior-associate-underwriter.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T18:05:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}