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International & Subsidiary
New Graduates

In order to attract new graduates to our company, we participate in several events with schools across Canada, and we are continually looking for ways to extend our reach to bring a truly diverse mix of students to the company each year. Changing environments, markets and consumer needs make it essential to do so.

Our talented, driven, yet down-to-earth people are what define and shape our culture. We seek candidates who share our passion for life-long learning and desire to make an impact not only in our businesses, but also in our communities. We are always looking to expand by recruiting new graduates who have knowledge in a broad range of fields, including:

Travelers has built a solid reputation as a leading insurance company, employs some of the most talented, passionate people in the industry and provides endless opportunities for those willing to reach for them.

Travelers is continually recruiting for the best employees, including students and new graduates. Our outstanding career and co-op opportunities were recognized by BusinessWeek, which named Travelers one of the Best Places to Launch a Career.

Our Opportunities 
Travelers offers a variety of career opportunities and development programs for students, new graduates and experienced professionals. Successful candidates often have diverse educational backgrounds, degrees, skill sets and interests. Our opportunities include:

> Development Programs: With positions available across the country, Travelers development programs offer a wide variety of personal and professional growth opportunities, career paths and challenging projects. Our development programs include opportunities in underwriting, resolving claims or marketing our products. 

> Co-op Programs: Travelers prides itself by offering co-op participants the opportunity to make immediate and lasting contributions to our company’s success and to be valued members of our organization during their work terms . Co-op positions are offered across the country in a variety of areas, including actuarial, bond, claim, finance, human resources, information technology, insurance operations, product management and underwriting.

Travelers Is Its People 
Above all, Travelers is its people. Internationally, our 33,000 employees bring their own unique strengths and talents and all share a sense of enthusiasm, commitment and pride toward our businesses. Our employees pride themselves on having the ability to thrive in a high-performance environment where the best and brightest ideas are collaboratively shared and leveraged. Travelers encourages employees to look for ways to leave their own personal stamp on people and projects, as Travelers values creative thinking and problem-solving.  

A Company Focused on Your Development 
Smart investment in learning and development results in significant returns for employees and the company. Our employees are lifelong learners, whether it  is learning on the job or in the classroom. Travelers offers numerous resources to help employees gain the knowledge and skills they need to improve their performance and advance their careers, including mentoring relationships, online and traditional courses and self-study materials.

Meeting the Needs of Our Employees 
While Travelers prides itself on providing innovative products and services to our customers, the company also strives to provide comprehensive, market-competitive employee programs that meet the needs of our employees. Our employee programs include:
> Pay-for-performance compensation package
> Group benefits (medical, dental, life insurance, health care spending account, etc.)
> Pension plan and savings programs
> Paid time off
> Other benefits including educational assistance and identity theft protection
 
Explore the Underwriting Opportunity
Some of our best and brightest new graduates begin their careers as underwriters. Follow the career path below to learn more about the journey from an underwriter to a manager at Travelers Canada.

  • Financial Analyst/Underwriter Trainee : We offer our trainees an extensive training program designed to provide information about our businesses and products via formal academic training and practical work experience.  

    You will learn to develop underwriting, strategy and sales skills and spend the majority of your time producing and underwriting new and renewal business while building and maintaining relationships with brokers.

  • Underwriter (Associate Account Executive): As an underwriter, you’ll start to assume more of a lead role in underwriting new and renewal business – including building and maintaining productive relationships with assigned brokers. You also may have opportunities to work with clients throughout Canada and the United States.

    An underwriter usually has two to four years of professional work experience.

  • Senior Underwriter/Underwriting Specialist (Account Executive): At this level, you have mastered the intricacies of the business and demonstrated leadership. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients.

    With the increased responsibility you will be expected to take on more of a leadership role, which includes managing complex products, managing higher levels of underwriting authority and resolving client issues while offering critical business advice to clients' key decision-makers. You will increase your role in developing others and will be counted on to coach and mentor staff.

    Senior underwriters typically have three to five years of professional work experience.

  • Team Leader, Senior Underwriter/Senior Underwriting Specialist (Account Executive Officer): As a team lead, senior underwriter, you are perceived as a leader by your colleagues and have distinguished yourself as a key player in the local market as an industry or product specialist. You have strong credentials and are a knowledgeable practitioner with a solid track record of performance excellence and a strong client focus.

    In addition, you have developed and executed a sales and marketing plan for a specific territory with a dedicated client portfolio. You will take on similar responsibilities as managers who are directly responsible for relationships, services to clients and administration, while continuing to grow the business. You also will play a key role in developing people and recruiting and retaining staff.

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