Build your career at Farm Mutual Re

Farm Mutual Re is a great place to work and grow professionally. Our outstanding corporate culture is focused on people and the development of long-term relationships. As a company, we value honesty, integrity and accountability. We’re also committed to accessibility and equal opportunity hiring practices.

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If you have any questions, please email us at recruitment@farmmutualre.com

Current Employment Opportunities

Join our Canadian reinsurance company and experience the passion it takes to empower and advance our mutual insurance community!

We currently have an incredible opportunity for a Team Leader, Underwriting Quality for property and casualty within our Underwriting and Loss Control Programs Department.

Within this exciting position, you will expand your technical expertise by building a deep understanding of primary and reinsurance underwriting strategies, including loss control risk management.  You will be empowered to lead an underwriting team conducting quality reviews. As a liaison between Farm Mutual Re and our mutual members, you will collaborate in the development of underwriting best practices and execute initiatives to help Farm Mutual Re and the Mutual Community thrive!

The Role:

This role has responsibility for leading the underwriting quality team. The team provides internal reinsurance control by conducting underwriting audits on the underlying members’ primary portfolios to identify financial risk to the reinsurance program. The incumbent sets team procedures and builds relationships with internal and external interested parties to influence the adoption of underwriting best practices and support the mutual community in achieving long-term business success.

The job is hybrid and may involve infrequent travel to our mutual members.

As the successful candidate, you will:

  • Manage an end-to-end underwriting audit cycle process to achieve goals and service standards,
  • Lead initiatives to improve profitability by converting audit findings into actionable plans that influence members to embed underwriting best practices into their operations,
  • Provide technical underwriting guidance to the team, membership and other interested parties,
  • Seek synergies with Reinsurance Underwriting, Loss Control, Technical Development and the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association to influence consistent underwriting practices throughout the mutual community,
  • Support the delivery of underwriting programs, including Portfolio Management and member consultations.

Your Skills and Qualifications:

  • Strong technical knowledge with 7+ years of underwriting complex commercial or agriculture and residential classes, with preference for corporate underwriting experience,
  • Prior experience in a supervisory or management role is preferred.
  • A post-secondary education is required, preferably in business or a related discipline.
  • Completion or working towards a professional designation such as the CIP/FCIP.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and the ability to prioritize competing demands and projects.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) along with exceptional interpersonal skills to develop deep-rooted relationships, influence change and exhibit a collaborative leadership style, and
  • Demonstrates a complement of product, pricing, and underwriting knowledge in decision making.

Join Our Team!

Recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers 2023 as well as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, at Farm Mutual Re we are committed to inclusion for all and cultivating belonging where everyone can be their authentic and best selves.

Operating since 1959, Farm Mutual Re is a general reinsurer, sharing in the property, automobile, liability, and other risks originally accepted by insurance companies operating principally in Canada.

We’re passionate about empowering and supporting our employees and business partners. Our relationships are the foundation that helps us advance the mutual insurance community. We take pride in giving back to our community and the environment. We hold ourselves accountable for the promises we make to our members, employees, and valued business partners.

Our office is in Cambridge, Ontario off the 401 in a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly building. Our employees enjoy perks including complimentary access to an on-site gym, a variety of fitness classes and wellness sessions, as well as the flexibility to work remotely as we embrace the modern hybrid work environment. Our culture is supportive of achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle. In addition to a great working environment, we invest in our employees continued professional development, offer a competitive salary, employer-paid benefits, pension plan and more.

How to Apply:

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our team. Visit our website and complete our Employment Application found on our Careers page.

In accordance with our company values, Farm Mutual Re is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment for all as well as to providing accommodations and achieving a barrier-free workplace. Should you require an accommodation to participate in our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@farmmutualre.com.

Join our Canadian reinsurance company and help us empower and advance our mutual insurance community! 

 We have an excellent opportunity to join one of Waterloo Region’s top employers as a DevOps Engineer. With this position, you will have the opportunity to join a culture that takes pride in being honest, delivering on promises and is committed to doing what is right.  

 This position offers a hybrid work schedule. You will be required to work from our Cambridge office at least two days/week (or as required by specific business needs). 

 The Role: 

Reporting to the IT Infrastructure Team Lead, the DevOps Engineer will have the opportunity to use a broad range of Microsoft technologies, operating systems (Windows, Linux) and application environments (SQL Server, IIS, Load balancers), with an emphasis on the implementation of best practice cloud security principles. 

 The successful candidate can expect to: 

  • Design, manage, and automate software builds, deployments and testing using Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline, IIS configuration and other related technologies 
  • Develop and maintain scripts, tools, and processes to automate the deployment and configuration of Windows servers, IIS, and MS SQL Server 
  • Manage and configure MS SQL databases, including performance tuning, backup and restore, HA and DR operations 
  • Collaborate with the development team to ensure that applications are deployed in a consistent, repeatable, and reliable manner 

 Your Skills and Qualifications: 

  • You have post secondary education in Computer Science or other equivalent technical disciplines 
  • You have a minimum of 4 years of experience using a broad range of Windows technologies to develop and maintain an Azure based cloud solution, with an emphasis on high availability, load balancing and security best practices 
  • You have strong experience in scripting (i.e., Batch, Bash, Perl), along with great automation skills using configuration management tools 
  • You have experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code)  

Join Our Team! 

Recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers 2023 and one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, Farm Mutual Re is committed to inclusion for all and cultivating belonging where everyone can be their authentic and best selves.  

Operating since 1959, Farm Mutual Re is a general reinsurer, sharing in the property, automobile, liability, and other risks originally accepted by insurance companies operating principally in Canada.

We’re passionate about empowering and supporting our employees and business partners. Our relationships are the foundation that helps us advance the mutual insurance community. We take pride in giving back to our community and the environment. We hold ourselves accountable for the promises we make to our members, employees, and valued business partners.

Our office is in Cambridge, Ontario off the 401 in a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly building. Our employees enjoy perks including complimentary access to an on-site gym, various fitness classes and wellness sessions, and the flexibility to work remotely as we embrace the modern hybrid work environment. Our culture is supportive of achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle. In addition to a great working environment, we invest in our employees continued professional development, and offer a competitive salary, employer-paid benefits, a pension plan and more.   

How to Apply: 

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our team. Visit our website and complete our Employment Application found on our Careers page.  

In accordance with our company values, Farm Mutual Re is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment for all, providing accommodations, and achieving a barrier-free workplace. Should you require an accommodation to participate in our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@farmmutualre.com. 

Join our Canadian reinsurance company and help us empower and advance our mutual insurance community!

We have an excellent opportunity to join one of Waterloo Region’s top employers as a Head, Data & Insights in our Innovation department. With this position, you will have the opportunity to join a culture that takes pride in being honest, delivering on promises and is committed to doing what is right.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

The Role:

Reporting to the AVP, Innovation, the Head, Data & Insights role will be an integral part of a new, centralized Data and insights team. The role will be responsible for managing a multi-functional team dedicated to the implementation of Farm Mutual Re’s Data & Insights enablement strategy. The incumbent will be instrumental in developing the foundational elements to enhance Farm Mutual Re’s existing data structure and capabilities.

The successful candidate can expect to:

  • Manage a multi-functional Data and Insights team, hiring new key team members to establish additional organizational capabilities
  • Work closely with cross-functional Data owners and champions to identify pilot requirements in support of Farm Mutual Re’s organizational strategy
  • Develop templates and documentation for a data catalogue, a data quality framework, and a data governance structure
  • Align data and insights discipline with cross-functional technical team members on a unified platform and set of tools that support the future state of organizational needs in data
  • Support the assessment and evolution of current data flow to overcome limitations from external dependencies

Your Skills and Qualifications:

  • You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or another related field
  • You have experience in a leadership role, with at least five years of experience in fields related to data management and insights, preferably within the Insurance industry
  • You have deep knowledge and expertise, data modelling and analysis, and ideally an understanding of insurance operations
  • You have experience in Agile methodologies, focused on leveraging a build-measure-learn approach to delivering Data & Insights outcomes
  • You have strong problem solving, research, quantitative skills, and working knowledge of cloud platforms, data architectures, and tools

Join Our Team!

Recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers 2023 as well as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, at Farm Mutual Re we are committed to inclusion for all and cultivating belonging where everyone can be their authentic and best selves.

Operating since 1959, Farm Mutual Re is a general reinsurer, sharing in the property, automobile, liability, and other risks originally accepted by insurance companies operating principally in Canada.

We’re passionate about empowering and supporting our employees and business partners. Our relationships are the foundation that helps us advance the mutual insurance community. We take pride in giving back to our community and the environment. We hold ourselves accountable for the promises we make to our members, employees, and valued business partners.

Our office is in Cambridge, Ontario off the 401 in a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly building. Our employees enjoy perks including complimentary access to an on-site gym, a variety of fitness classes and wellness sessions, as well as the flexibility to work remotely as we embrace the modern hybrid work environment. Our culture is supportive of achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle. In addition to a great working environment, we invest in our employees continued professional development, offer a competitive salary, employer-paid benefits, a pension plan and more.

How to Apply:

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our team. Visit our website and complete our Employment Application found on our Careers page.

In accordance with our company values, Farm Mutual Re is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment for all as well as to providing accommodations and achieving a barrier-free workplace. Should you require an accommodation to participate in our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@farmmutualre.com

Join our Canadian reinsurance company and experience the passion it takes to empower and advance our mutual insurance community!

We have an exciting opportunity to join one of Waterloo Region’s top employers as a Manager, Innovation Programs and Engagement in our Innovation department. With this position, you will have the opportunity to join a culture that takes pride in being honest, delivering on promises and is committed to doing what is right.

The Role:

This role is part of Farm Mutual Re’s Innovation group, inspiring Farm Mutual Re to become the global reinsurer of choice. The successful candidate will manage Innovation Programs and Engagement, which includes leading two key streams of Innovation Programs focused on identifying and growing our internal innovators and empowering the organization through applied Innovation. This role is also responsible for engaging the organization and its members in the external Innovation ecosystem, working closely with the AVP, Innovation to create and manage a catered engagement approach.

The job is hybrid and may involve travel to our mutual members and partners.

As the successful candidate, you will:

• Works with key partners and Innovation leadership to manage Innovation Programs.
• Leads engagement of internal and external partners to deliver programming.
• Supports Innovation culture change, leading programs that incent and engage organizational awareness and understanding.
• Manages the development and creation of an Innovation Engagement approach which supports Farm Mutual Re and enables its members in Innovation.
• Enables leaders across Farm Mutual Re by preparing reports for our Executive Leadership team, highlighting Innovation mandate outcomes and challenges, and supporting yearly reporting to the Board and external partners as required.

Your Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong technical knowledge with 3 to 5 years of experience in Innovation or Digital Transformation roles, focused on internal or external engagement.
• Prior experience in mutual Reinsurance or insurance and experience engaging and working with our member community is an asset.
• A post-secondary education is required, preferably in business, Design, Engineering, Communications or a related discipline.
• Exceptional ability to story tell, influence, and negotiate with internal business partners and external partners.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to develop deep-rooted relationships, influence change and exhibit a collaborative leadership style
• Has responsibility for the leadership of others, such as Innovation Academy associates, which includes providing formal training, professional development, and evaluation of others

Join Our Team!
Recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers 2023 as well as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, at Farm Mutual Re we are committed to inclusion for all and cultivating belonging where everyone can be their authentic and best selves. Operating since 1959, Farm Mutual Re is a general reinsurer, sharing in the property, automobile, liability, and other risks originally accepted by insurance companies operating principally in Canada.

We’re passionate about empowering and supporting our employees and business partners. Our relationships are the foundation that helps us advance the mutual insurance community. We take pride in giving back to our community and the environment. We hold ourselves accountable for the promises we make to our members, employees, and valued business partners.

Our office is in Cambridge, Ontario off the 401 in a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly building. Our employees enjoy perks including complimentary access to an on-site gym, a variety of fitness classes and wellness sessions, as well as the flexibility to work remotely as we embrace the modern hybrid work environment. Our culture is supportive of achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle. In addition to a great working environment, we invest in our employees continued professional development, offer a competitive salary, employer-paid benefits, a pension plan and more.

How to Apply:
Don’t miss this opportunity to join our team. Visit our website and complete our Employment Application found on our Careers page.
In accordance with our company values, Farm Mutual Re is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment for all as well as to providing accommodations and achieving a barrier-free workplace. Should you require an accommodation to participate in our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@farmmutualre.com.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At Farm Mutual Re we are committed to inclusion for all through the strength of our relationships.

We’re passionate about empowering and supporting our employees and business partners. We strive to cultivate belonging where everyone can be their authentic and best selves. Innovation, creativity and collaboration, driven by diversity, will propel us into the future and enrich our collective success. We invite you to celebrate, learn and grow equity, diversity and inclusion with us.