Director - Insurance & Related Risk

Requisition ID: 388045  

Position Number: 20090023

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Shared Health 

Site: Shared Health: 1502-155 Carlton Street Winnipeg, MB  

Department / Unit: General Counsel  

Job Stream: Non-Clinical  

Union: Non Union 

Anticipated Start Date: December 1, 2025  

FTE: 1.00  

Anticipated Shift: Days 

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - Requires a minimum of 50% in-office presence at our Winnipeg location and must work remotely within Manitoba.

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015 

Terms of Employment: Permanent
Language of Work: English
Wage range (hourly rate): $64.590
National Occupation Classification (NOC) Code: 10020 Insurance Manager 

Benefits: 
•    Secure defined-benefit pension plan with employer-matched contributions.
•    Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, dental, health spending account, life insurance (including post-retirement and accidental death & dismemberment), and disability/rehabilitation coverage, and travel insurance. 
•    24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.
•    Business travel reimbursement (mileage and parking).
•    Employer-paid learning and training for employees. 
•    Other Benefits

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient- centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Job Duties

Insurance Program Management (50%)

• Oversee and coordinate the provincial insurance program, including property, liability, and automobile insurance.
• Ensure all insurance coverages is consistent with appropriate levels and all relevant risks are covered for all participating organizations.
• Review and assess risks covered by insurance policies, including but not limited to:
• property (buildings, contents, transit, business interruption, valuable papers, etc.).
• construction (builders’ risk, delay in opening, wrap-up liability, single project errors and omissions).
• equipment breakdown and maintenance.
• crime, fidelity, cyber risks, malpractice, intellectual property, patent infringement, environmental liability, general liability.
• directors' and officers' liability, pension trust liability, and administrative errors and omissions, workers’ compensation.
• travel accident, commercial credit, and kidnap and ransom, auto, and non-owned auto, garage auto, and non-owned aircraft.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of insurance policies, including coverage, broker services, claims adjusters, and overall costs.
• Determine appropriate insurance levels and retention strategies, including coverage terms, pricing, and conditions through negotiation with brokers and insurers.
• Assess policy limits and work with services such as brokers, insurers, and claims adjusters.
• Support claims negotiations with insurance companies and evaluate alternative risk management methods (deductibles, self-insurance, captives, etc.).
• Lead the annual renewal process for liability and property insurance coverage, including coordinating and supporting the liability insurer’s risk assessment checklist.
• Collaborate with the supply chain function for procurement processes related to insurance coverage.
• Manage and review liability and property claims, including all self-insured claims below deductible levels.
• Provide annual confirmation of coverage for health professionals and staff to their respective regulatory bodies.
• Issue insurance confirmations for third-party requests, including landlords, suppliers and contractors, to ensure continued programming and care delivery.
• Centralize and maintain historical claims and insurance records ensuring accessibility for use in future claims, request-for-proposals and alternative risk financing considerations.
• Provide expertise, information, and guidance to all health authorities in Manitoba, serving as a key resource on matters related to insurance, risk management, and related policies.

Provincial Loss Prevention Program Management (30%)

• Analyze exposures to loss to determine which risks should be eliminated, reduced, insured, or self-insured and develop and implement strategies to eliminate or reduce risks based on analysis of losses and claims.
• Assess and support internal loss prevention, security, and claims handling processes, aiding as needed.
• Contribute to the development of formal provincial risk management policies.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive system for recording, monitoring, and communicating the organization’s hazard risk management program components and associated costs to executive staff and other stakeholders.
• Advise the capital planning function on the most cost-effective methods for constructing, refurbishing, or improving loss protection systems (e.g., sprinklers, alarms) for any facility leased, rented, purchased, or constructed.
• Promote continuous loss control by encouraging measures to minimize the frequency and severity of losses.
• Review and evaluate loss control, disaster recovery, and contingency plans, maintaining close liaison with all programs, sites and services.
• Coordinate and support staff education on risk management issues.
• Serve as a resource to senior management of health authorities on all insurance and related risk issue and collaborate with all operational functions involved in risk, financing, safety, security, to ensure a coordinated approach.

Contract Support and Reporting (10%)

• Analyze contracts with suppliers and customers to ensure appropriate risk assumption and transfer, providing expertise in contract development and negotiation.
• Support the supply chain function with all contracting.
• Provide annual, periodic, and on-request reports on current insurance coverages, active and historical claims, emerging claims trends, associated costs, and potential risks.
• Deliver accurate and insightful information to support strategic decision-making and safeguard the organization's assets and financial stability.

Leadership (10%)

• Demonstrate engagement in the work environment, supporting the strategic and operating goals of the organization though the achievement of identified goals and performance targets of the work team.
• Lead, coach and mentor staff at all levels in achieving assigned individual and collective goals.
• Collaborate with management on personal development for ongoing professional growth and to identify, track and self-report on the achievement of personal performance goals using metrics aligned with established organizational unit operating plans.
• Organize work assignments to achieve important service outcomes and meet stakeholder needs aligned with work team operating goals.
• Model compliance with all organizational policies, procedures, standards of practice and guidelines, and all external legislative, regulatory, accreditation and applicable professional requirements.
• Provide performance feedback to colleagues based on direct interaction and outcomes related to effective collaboration.

Please contact the member of our team with your questions, Shared Health – Legal Services, c/o Natalie Turner, Legal Assistant, 1502-155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg. MB, R3C 3H8, Ph:431-294-0038 Fax:204-940-2289 E-mail: nturner2@sharedhealthmb.ca:

• Denis Le Heiget, Provincial Lead, Legal Services to discuss the type of work and emerging issues handled in this practice area or to discuss firsthand experience of working and developing a career within Shared Health.

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.

Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.