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Programs and Portfolio Analyst
Gore Mutual Insurance
Vancouver, CAN
Full Time
Mid
1 weeks ago
Commercial Property & Casualty InsuranceProgram UnderwritingPortfolio AnalysisFinancial AnalysisRisk AssessmentStakeholder Management
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About the Role
Gore Mutual Insurance is hiring a Programs & Portfolio Analyst to source, evaluate, and support non-standard distribution opportunities. You will assess opportunities for strategic fit, lead intake processes, and monitor program performance.
Key Skills for This Role
Commercial Property & Casualty InsuranceProgram UnderwritingPortfolio AnalysisFinancial AnalysisRisk AssessmentStakeholder Management
Responsibilities
- Source, evaluate, and support negotiation of non standard distribution opportunities
- Lead intake and triage processes for broker agreements, coordinating cross functional stakeholders
- Assess opportunities across size/scale, profitability, risk composition, strategic broker alignment, and impact to corporate risk profile
- Provide recommendations on opportunity acceptance based on strategic and financial fit
- Serve as key point of contact for broker inquiries, escalations, and SLA related support
- Monitor and manage program performance, ensuring alignment to expected volume, mix, and profitability
- Support implementation and ongoing management of program and portfolio agreements
- Facilitate annual program reviews with Business Development, Actuarial, and Claims
- Recommend pricing, underwriting, and product changes in collaboration with Actuarial and Corporate Underwriting
- Support audit and quality review processes for broker delegated authority and program performance
Requirements
- Post secondary education required; undergraduate degree preferred
- CIP designation required
- Minimum 5 years of Commercial Property & Casualty experience
- 2+ years of Program Underwriting experience preferred
- 3+ years of Programs/Portfolio analysis experience preferred
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Overview
- The Programs & Portfolios Analyst is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and supporting the negotiation of non‑standard distribution opportunities for Gore, as identified by Business Development and Commercial Lines leadership.
- This role conducts holistic assessments of opportunities, considering factors such as scale (GWP/PIF), expected profitability (loss ratio/combined operating ratio), target risk composition, strategic broker alignment, and impacts to Gore’s overall risk profile, including aggregation and reinsurance
- For approved opportunities, the Analyst leads the intake and triage process, coordinating cross‑functional efforts across underwriting, Business Development, Underwriting Operations, Finance, Claims and IT.
- The role also provides ongoing support to broker partners, including issue resolution, escalations, and service delivery oversight, while actively monitoring performance to ensure business volume, mix, and profitability align with expectations.
What you will do
- Source, evaluate, and support negotiation of non standard distribution opportunities.
- Lead intake and triage processes for broker agreements, coordinating cross functional stakeholders.
- Assess opportunities across key dimensions: size and scale (GWP/PIF), prospective profitability (LR/COR), risk composition and alignment to target segments, strategic broker alignment, impact to corporate risk aggregation and reinsurance costs.
- Provide recommendations on opportunity acceptance based on overall strategic and financial fit.
- Serve as a key point of contact for broker inquiries, escalations, and SLA related support.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with broker partners and Business Development teams.
- Monitor and manage program performance, ensuring alignment to expected volume, mix, and profitability.
- Balance broker needs with disciplined underwriting practices.
- Support implementation and ongoing management of program and portfolio agreements, including growth, retention, and profitability tracking, sub‑P&L monitoring and reporting.
- Facilitate annual program reviews with Business Development, Actuarial, and Claims.
- Recommend pricing, underwriting, and product changes in collaboration with Actuarial and Corporate Underwriting.
- Support audit and quality review processes, including broker delegated authority and program performance reviews.
What you will need to succeed
- Post secondary education required; undergraduate degree preferred.
- CIP designation required.
- Minimum 5 years of Commercial Property & Casualty experience.
- 2+ years of Program Underwriting experience preferred.
- 3+ years of Programs/Portfolio analysis experience preferred.
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