Claims Service Ambassador - Student

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Date: Feb 4, 2025

Location: North York - Toronto, ON (Hybr, CA Kitchener, ON, CA, N2G-1H6 Ottawa, ON, CA, K2E-7W5 Kitchener, ON (Hybrid), CA Toronto, ON, CA, M2P-2B7 Ottawa, ON (Hybrid), CA

Company: Wawanesa Insurance

Job ID: 8969

Working Business Language: English 

 

Salary: The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The hourly rate is between: $19.70/hour - $22.38/hour. 

 

About Us
At Wawanesa, we’re proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON

 

The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,600 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. To learn more, visit wawanesa.com.


We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.

Job Overview

As a Claims Service Ambassador - Student, you would contribute to Wawanesa’s goal of delivering an exceptional and consistent claims experience through responding to inbound and outbound inquiry calls as well as first notice of loss auto and property claims.

 

This is a student term role, with a start date of May 5, 2025 and end date of August 29, 2025. 

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Provide direction and support to our members and stakeholders throughout the claims process, by providing exceptional service delivered with empathy.
  • Ensure timely and proactive communication, through voice to voice, digital and written correspondence, ensuring that all inquiries are effectively dealt with in a timely and professional manner.  
  • Within a limited scope, adjust claim in a proactive manner.
  • Within a limited scope, interpret policy wordings, determine policy coverage, and communicate coverage\decisions to members.
  • Evaluate relevant information from sources such as appraisers, third party adjusters, contractors, and repair facilities to quantify losses.
  • Within a limited scope, evaluate losses to determine liability.
  • Coordinate services with vendors such as: appraisers, rental companies, repair facilities and other business partners inside and outside the organization.
  • Maintain an effective and current diary system and document claim file activities in accordance with established procedures.
  •  Perform other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in post-secondary studies
  • 1 year of Customer Service experience preferred.
  • Exceptional customer service skills demonstrating empathy and concern for member satisfaction.
  • Good investigative and analytical skills. Detail oriented with a high degree of accuracy regarding data entry.
  • Excellent communication skills; listening, written, and spoken.
  • Good time management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize in a fast paced, changing environment.

 

Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba’s Top Employers, a Kincentric Best Employer in Canada and a Forbes Best Employer in Canada recognizing an exceptional place to work!


We provide our students with a respectful, challenging, and rewarding work environment. As the students are immersed into our collaborative culture and teams, they will learn and develop the skills and practices that will enable them to excel in their industry and their careers. 


Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual’s protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Disability or medical-related accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Candidates requiring reasonable accommodations may contact, in confidence, jobs@wawanesa.com.   


If you are interested in this exciting, challenging position with Wawanesa, apply today with your Resume.

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