Job Description

Senior Treaty Underwriter

Location: The role is a hybrid position with flexibility on the location in Downtown Toronto and/or their Southwestern Ontario Office.

About the Organization

Our client is a well-established reinsurer offering tailored reinsurance solutions across a broad range of insurance lines. With a strong focus on financial stability and long-term partnerships, they support insurers across North America and beyond. Recognized as a top employer in their region, they are known for a collaborative culture built on the values of care, trust, courage, and sustainability.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the VP, the Senior Treaty Underwriter is responsible for underwriting complex reinsurance treaty arrangements, managing key broker and client relationships, and contributing to overall portfolio performance. The role focuses on assessing treaty and portfolio-level risk, structuring reinsurance solutions, and exercising underwriting authority in support of profitable, strategic growth.

This is a highly autonomous role where you will evaluate large and complex treaty submissions, determine appropriate coverage structures and pricing, and make independent decisions to accept, modify, or decline risks, drawing on comprehensive underwriting, actuarial, and market analysis.

The book of business is primarily US-focused (approximately 90%), with quarterly travel to the US for broker and client visits.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently underwrite complex new and renewal treaty business, including nonstandard structures and multiline portfolios, recommending pricing, capacity, and terms aligned with underwriting standards.
• Build and maintain strong broker relationships to support profitable growth and a sustainable pipeline of target business.
• Analyze and negotiate treaty wordings to identify and mitigate coverage, aggregation, and exposure risks.
• Partner closely with the Pricing & Modelling team to align underwriting judgment with technical pricing, catastrophe, and accumulation analysis.
• Act as a technical authority, providing expert guidance on complex underwriting decisions, contract interpretation, and portfolio implications.
• Monitor and analyze portfolio performance, identifying trends, emerging risks, and profitability drivers, and recommending strategic actions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of underwriting experience in the reinsurance industry, with a strong focus on property and casualty treaty business.
• Solid understanding of the full treaty underwriting process — receiving and analyzing submissions, pricing, negotiating terms with brokers, and meeting with cedants.
• Strong property treaty underwriting background (casualty/liability experience is a plus but not required).
• Ability to exercise independent underwriting authority and escalate complex matters with clear analysis and well-supported recommendations.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced insurance credentials (CIP, FCIP) and/or a relevant advanced degree preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $115,000 – $140,000 (flexibility available for the right candidate based on experience and market data).

• Short-term incentive (bonus), tied to individual and organizational performance goals
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Comprehensive employer-paid health and dental benefits
• Annual healthcare spending account.

Work Environment

This role offers a genuine work-life balance within a reinsurer environment. Staff have noted a strong culture, collaborative teams, and a long-term career focus. The defined benefit pension plan and wellness offerings are among the best in the industry.

How to Apply

DGA Careers has been proudly serving the Canadian insurance industry for over 30 years, specializing in providing insurance recruiting services to major insurers, insurance brokerage firms and independent adjusting firms. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, and Calgary, DGA Careers is well positioned to conduct searches with a national scope. Our unrivalled professional network across Canada provides us with the ability to reach vital key influencers and passive candidates nationally.

Interested candidates please contact Maurice Reichberg at DGA Careers. If you are working with another DGA recruiter, feel free to ask them about this position.