Job prospects Commercial Underwriter - Insurance in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29^th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Good

The employment outlook will be good for Insurance underwriters (NOC 12202) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Insurance underwriters in Manitoba:

Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
Insurance underwriters mainly work in the following sectors:
- Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): more than 95%
88% of insurance underwriters work all year, while 13% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 27% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 73% compared to 47% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: 30% compared to 31% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 22% compared to 17% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 37% compared to 20% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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