Posted 9 days ago
Technician, Underwriting
@ Desjardins Insurance General
Overview
Desjardins Insurance General is hiring an underwriting technician on a 12-month temporary full-time basis. The role provides technical support for property and casualty underwriting, applies underwriting rules, and helps colleagues build technical skills. The posting offers a competitive salary with annual bonus, four weeks of flexible vacation, a defined benefit pension, group insurance and health and wellness reimbursements.
Responsibilities:
- Fournir un soutien technique pour les projets et enjeux opérationnels complexes
- Élaborer des solutions de souscription selon les normes en vigueur
- Agir à titre de personne-ressource pour l'application des règles de souscription
- Réaliser des études techniques, recherches et analyses spécialisées
- Aider les collègues à développer leurs compétences techniques
Requirements summary:
- Diplôme d'études collégiales dans un domaine connexe
- Minimum de trois ans d'expérience pertinente
- Certificat de représentant en fonds communs de placement de l'AMF
- Connaissance du français requise
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | French, English |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Retirement plan, Wellness |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Desjardins Insurance General
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
Temporary position for 12 months.
As an underwriting technician, you help prevent, accept and reject risks based on established underwriting policies. You serve as technical expert and provide discipline-specific support for your unit’s activities, initiatives and processes. The ability to tailor your approach as needed is therefore essential. You research and analyze processes, information management and data processing. You draw on your sound decision-making skills to solve technically complex problems and recommend ways to change or adjust methods and procedures to make them as effective and efficient as possible. More specifically, you will be required to:
- Provide technical support for projects and complex operational issues related to property and casualty insurance underwriting. Develop underwriting solutions in accordance with current standards and each file’s unique circumstances
- Serve as resource person for the application of underwriting rules. Help employees develop their technical skills. Carry out specialized technical studies, research and analysis related to property and casualty insurance underwriting. Submit solutions and action plans. Help practitioners follow your unit’s standards and processes and use its business solutions, tools and systems.
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
What you bring to the table
- General college diploma in a related field
- A minimum of three years of relevant experience
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Mutual fund representative certificate – Autorité des marchés financiers
- Knowledge of French is required
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Trade Union (If applicable)
Job Family
Property and casualty insurance (FG)Unposting Date
2026-11-8Journal
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