Job Description

Senior Property Underwriter

National MGA — Property Team

Reports To: Director of Underwriting

Location: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa or fully remote

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

The Opportunity

Our client is a national managing general agent (MGA) with a well-established Property team and a growing book of commercial business across Canada, searching for an experienced Property Underwriter to help lead the next stage of the team's growth.

This is a technical underwriting role first and a leadership pipeline role second: the organization is looking for someone who wants to own a book of business, bring ideas to the table, and grow into greater responsibility, including, over time, people leadership, rather than someone looking for a purely production-based seat.

What You'll Be Doing

• Underwrite new and renewal commercial property business, with a focus on primary and complex risks up to roughly $20M in total insured value (TIV)
• Take ownership of property schedules, multi-location and multi-family/apartment risk, and rental/residential portfolios as well as other commercial property risks
• Assess and price complex risk, including claims-mitigation strategy as part of the underwriting decision
• Help grow the book into larger and more complex risk classes as capacity and appetite expand
• Coordinate with the liability and construction underwriting teams on shared accounts, since most property policies also carry liability and legal-expense coverage
• Build and maintain relationships with broker and market partners, and bring forward ideas to expand the team's appetite and product set
• Support training of more junior underwriters, with a genuine path toward formal people-management responsibility
• Maintain underwriting files and documentation in line with company and regulatory standards

What They're Looking For

Must-haves:

• Solid commercial property underwriting background — flexible in the 5–8+ year range, with technical depth valued over years on paper
• MGA experience strongly preferred; primary-market underwriters open to the MGA side are still worth a conversation
• Hands-on experience with property schedules and larger or more complex commercial risk
• An entrepreneurial, self-starter mindset, comfortable proposing changes and taking ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do

 Nice-to-haves:

• Prior exposure to the West Coast property market
• Experience underwriting renovation projects
• An interest in. or prior experience with people management; this is treated as a growth path rather than a day-one expectation
• Familiarity with EPIC and/or Policy Works

Location & Flexibility

The client is prioritizing the right technical background over geography. Fully remote candidates are genuinely welcome, with the expectation of coming together periodically for key market events or team meetings.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary 90 to 110K, commensurate with experience
• Performance-based annual bonus
• 4 weeks' vacation
• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
• A salary review is triggered if/when the role expands into people management
• RRSP match

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.