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We are currently recruiting for a Multinational Property Specialist to join our Global Network Specialty Lines Underwriting team on a hybrid basis.

Your role serves as a technical authority within Intact's Global Network. You will leverage your experience in multinational underwriting and programme design to ensure accuracy, compliance and risk control. By applying technical knowledge, your role safeguards underwriting and claims integrity across international placements.

Your role serves as a technical authority within Intact's Global Network. You will leverage your experience in multinational underwriting and programme design to ensure accuracy, compliance and risk control. By applying technical knowledge, your role safeguards underwriting and claims integrity across international placements.

Key Accountabilities for your role:

• As a property underwriter and multinational specialist, you will be a major point of contact for users of the Global Network.
• You will assess and agree exposures that pass through the Global Network in line with your authority.
• You will need to build relationships with partners producing in to, and partners servicing, the network. Your role will protect all parties in the chain of multinational programme and fronting business.
• You will manage the overall exposure to the Global Network of property lines of business, including accumulation, exposure profiling and management. You will need to build relationships with senior internal parties managing the groups reinsurance and counterparty risks.
• You will train internal and external users on how to construct multinational programmes, issue pure fronting business, create compliant premium allocations, adhere to tax liabilities and help advise on compliant admitted and non admitted reinsurance and insurance.

• Experience of designing, implementing and/or managing multinational insurance programmes, ideally with exposure to property programmes, in either an underwriting, claims, or operations function – multiclass experience beneficial but not essential
• Experience of operating in a highly regulated environment, with a working knowledge of the governance / compliance frameworks in operation within Intact or similar insurance company.
• A clear communicator, able to present information clearly, unambiguously and in a readily comprehensible and appropriate format for the audience and business purpose
• Ability to build and develop relationships across all levels of the business including at an executive level

More benefit information here

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As an Equal Opportunity and Disability Confident Employer, we ensure fair consideration for all applicants and offer interviews to all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are happy to explore flexible working options such as reduced hours or job shares to support work–life balance.

If you meet the core criteria but not every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Let’s explore how this role could support your next career step. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know we’re here to support you.

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