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Business Development Manager, Underwriting

Dartmouth, NS, Canada

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Experience: Minimum 5–7 years of commercial underwriting experience, with demonstrated success in business development and broker relationship management.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 8, 2026

Original job description

Agile Underwriting Solutions has an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Manager, Underwriting. This is a hybrid position at our Dartmouth, NS office, however we are open to remote candidates in Ontario.

Don’t miss this chance to join a dynamic team where you can combine your commercial underwriting expertise with your passion for business development and relationship building. At Agile Underwriting Solutions, you’ll enjoy working in a collaborative, supportive environment where there’s plenty of opportunity to make an impact and grow your career.

What we offer:

High-growth company environment with great opportunity for development
Competitive salary and bonus structure
Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
Diverse mix of staff and demonstrated work/life balance
Career growth opportunities and continuing education programs
Flexible paid Values Days to celebrate days important to you

The opportunity:

As a Business Development Manager, Underwriting, you’ll play a key role in growing Agile’s business across your assigned territory. You’ll build and strengthen broker relationships, identify new opportunities, and help drive profitable growth while continuing to use your commercial underwriting expertise.

You’ll act as a market ambassador for Agile, representing our products, underwriting capabilities, and value proposition with brokers and industry partners. This role offers a great mix of business development, relationship management, market presence, and hands-on underwriting.

In this role you will:

Develop and execute territory and broker plans to drive profitable growth, retention, and new business, identifying niche markets and profitable classes of business.
Build and strengthen broker relationships through regular visits, communication, training, and market updates, while representing Agile at industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities.
Promote Agile’s products, underwriting expertise, and value proposition, sharing broker and market insights to support business growth, product development, and underwriting strategy.
Underwrite and negotiate new and renewal commercial business within delegated authority, assessing risk, pricing, terms, conditions, and coverage in line with Agile’s risk appetite, guidelines, and carrier authorities.
Manage referrals and partner with underwriting leadership, Operations, Claims, Marketing, and other teams to support business objectives and a strong broker experience.
Monitor portfolio performance and pipeline activity, including premium growth, retention, profitability, loss ratio, production trends, broker performance, and quote-to-bind activity, taking action where results are below target.
Provide forecasts, production reporting, broker feedback, and market intelligence to leadership, while mentoring junior underwriting team members and contributing to strategic initiatives.

Here’s what you bring:

Post-secondary education in Business, Commerce, Insurance, or a related discipline.
CIP designation or progress toward completion is preferred; FCIP or another advanced insurance designation is an asset.
Minimum 5–7 years of commercial underwriting experience, with demonstrated success in business development and broker relationship management.
Strong knowledge of commercial insurance, MGA operations, delegated underwriting authority, risk selection, pricing, and portfolio management.
Experience underwriting and negotiating commercial risks within delegated authority.
Established broker relationships within the assigned territory and experience representing an insurer or MGA in the market are strong assets.
Strong business acumen, communication, negotiation, analytical, relationship-management, and decision-making skills.
Ability to travel within the assigned territory and attend industry events as required.

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You belong here

We strive to be much more than a great place to work. Here, you join a collective of incredibly vibrant, purpose driven, and open-minded people. Every day, Agile Underwriting Solutions proves that building a great business means taking care of communities, clients, and each other with equal commitment. You will be supported and respected for who you are and for the voice you add to the conversation.

At Agile, you will feel the power of community. Agile Underwriting Solutions is an inclusive organization that values diversity in its workforce. We listen, champion equity and diversity, and create safe welcoming spaces where everyone has a voice and is free to be themselves. Agile Underwriting Solutions encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will accommodate applicants' disability-related needs, up to the point of undue hardship, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

If you require a disability-related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team by email at jobs@agileuw.ca

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Responsibilities

The Business Development Manager will drive profitable growth by developing territory plans and strengthening broker relationships. They will also perform hands-on commercial underwriting, manage renewals, and provide market intelligence to leadership.

Requirements

Candidates must have 5–7 years of commercial underwriting experience and a post-secondary education in a relevant discipline. A CIP designation is preferred, along with strong negotiation, analytical, and relationship-management skills.

Skills

Commercial underwriting
Business development
Relationship management
Risk assessment
Pricing
Negotiation
Portfolio management
Market analysis
Strategic planning
Communication
Analytical skills
Decision-making
Mentoring
Business acumen

Benefits

Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Bonus structure
Continuing education programs
Flexible paid values days

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Keywords

Commercial Underwriting
Business Development
Broker Relations
MGA Operations
Delegated Underwriting Authority
Risk Selection
Pricing
Portfolio Management
Insurance
CIP Designation
FCIP
Market Ambassador
Profitability
Loss Ratio
Strategic Initiatives
Relationship Management
Negotiation
Business Acumen
Underwriting Strategy
Broker Performance

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