Background
Odyssey Group Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the Odyssey Group, is one of the world’s leading providers of insurance/ reinsurance solutions. Odyssey Group is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and it is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, and investment management. Fairfax's corporate objective is to achieve a high rate of return on invested capital and build long-term shareholder value.
OdysseyRe Canadian Branch is major player in the Canadian reinsurance market. OdysseyRe is committed to deliver high-quality solution to our clients.
Summary: The Technical Underwriting Assistant is primarily responsible for the data processing of underwriting contracts and maintenance of underwriting data.
Essential Duties:
- Data entry of all treaty and facultative renewals and new business
- Maintains treaty files, issues provisional notice of cancellation, reviews slips, binders, closing summaries and wordings.
- Data processing with Excel spreadsheets, ranging from simple data entry work to creating new spreadsheets, manipulating and/or modifying existing spreadsheets, be able to do numerical operations within Excel spreadsheets to assist in pricing and other statistical support work.
- All other Underwriting Department and Back Office or other related duties as assigned including front desk reception duties.
Job Requirements:
- Knowledge of insurance/reinsurance, including the basic types of primary policies, treaty types and formats
- Advanced Excel knowledge and general ease working with other software as required
- Very good accuracy and attention to detail is required
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work with others in a small team
- Must be highly organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks to meet tight deadlines
- Very good written and verbal communication skills
- Review and respond to all requests on a timely basis.
Education/Experience:
- High School Diploma
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a similar position in the reinsurance/insurance industry
- Other data entry experience obtained in the financial services industry will be considered
At OdysseyRe, we acknowledge and reward talent, and support our employees in achieving and exceeding individual and organizational goals. Our goal is to make OdysseyRe a great place to work, learn and grow. We offer a challenging, team-oriented work environment, competitive compensation and benefits package, and ongoing support for your professional and personal growth.
