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With a reputation for the development of innovative insurance and financial product and service solutions, Oegema Nicholson & Associates welcomes serious inquiries from professionals who share our company’s core values.


Available Positions

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resumes in confidence to joegema@ona.ca


Account Manager, Personal Lines, Woodroffe/ Manotick/Orleans

Position Overview

Build lasting long-term business relationships by developing trust and providing consistent personalized financial service to meet client needs. Provide potential and existing clients with professional advice and financial solutions to reach their goals. Maintain quality relationships with all clients by educating them on insurance matters and providing well-rounded advice based on individual needs. Identify growth opportunities and generate referrals in order to grow your business.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Collect client payments
  • Draft written correspondence including emails, memos, and letters
  • Attend to and follow up on emails and phone calls
  • Print email correspondence and attach to client files
  • Refer overflow quotes to another office or to producers
  • Quote and remarket various policies
  • Use Company Portals to complete endorsements, make payments and issue new business.
  • Enter payments into ac

Qualifications and Experience

  • High School Diploma + Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario License (RIBO) + CAIB & AIIC is an added plus
  • Data search and entry
  • Create and modify written correspondence and documents
  • Entry of data to Company portals
  • Use of specialized management system software (Power Broker, Applied Systems, Broker quoting system)
  • MS Office Applications
  • 3 to 5 years Personal Lines experience
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Technical Assistant, Personal Lines, Woodroffe

Position Overview

Assist the Personal Lines Department in achieving service level objectives as needed. Support the Personal Lines Team in providing exceptional service to new and existing clients. Verify product efficiency and performance to ensure quality outputs.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Draft standard letters to customers
  • Data entry in Power Broker, Policy Works and company portals
  • Process renewals, new policies and endorsements
  • Open, stamp and sort incoming mail
  • Prepare and post outgoing mail
  • Answer phones and transfer calls to employees
  • Organize and retrieve files
  • Invoice premium amounts when applicable

Qualifications and Experience

  • Data search and entry
  • Create and modify written correspondence and documents
  • Data entry to company portals
  • Use of specialized management system software (Power Broker)(Policy Works)
  • MS Office Applications
  • Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Reading and comprehension of insurance wording and company manuals
  • 1 year of administrative and/or broker support experience
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Account Manager, Personal Lines, Woodroffe office

Position Overview

Provide exceptional service to current and prospective clients while maintaining high levels of retention. Responsible for the successful management of commercial accounts based on thorough knowledge of products and services.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Review incoming mail and organize by priority
  • Issue policy change requests and cancellation requests and submit to insurers, following up where required
  • Submit New Business applications/binders to insurers, following up for policies as required
  • Review for accuracy and transact policy changes, cancellations, renewals and new business and send to insureds with appropriate correspondence
  • Issue certificates of insurance/confirmations of coverage as required
  • Market New Business to various insurers
  • Re-market renewals to various insurers
  • Review policies and recommend coverages to existing clients

Qualifications and Experience

  • High School Diploma
  • Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario license (RIBO)
  • CAIB, CIP or other insurance designation preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of insurance markets and reference to markets
  • Reading and comprehension of specialized and detailed materials such as: agreements, contracts, leases, policy wording
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Sales Skills
  • Interpersonal communication skills
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Technical Assistant, Personal Lines, Orleans

Position Overview

Assist the Personal Lines Department in achieving service level objectives as needed. Support the Personal Lines Team in providing exceptional service to new and existing clients. Verify product efficiency and performance to ensure quality outputs.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Draft standard letters to customers
  • Data entry in Power Broker and company portals
  • Process renewals, new policies and endorsements
  • Home evaluators
  • EDOCS – sorting/printing documents
  • Telephone reception
  • Open, stamp and sort incoming mail
  • Prepare and post outgoing mail
  • Answer phones and transfer calls to employees

Qualifications and Experience

  • High School Diploma
  • Data search and entry
  • Create and modify written correspondence and documents
  • Data entry to company portals
  • Use of specialized management system software (Power Broker)
  • MS Office Applications
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Administrative Assistant (3 month contract position for which may be extended)

Individual reports to the “Administrative Coordinator”, the President and senior staff members. Assists “Group Benefits Coordinator and Administrative Coordinator” and provides service to clients and liaise with insurance providers

Must demonstrate the ability to work confidently in a fast-paced environment, and will be an effective communicator with both client and staff. Your positive outlook and professionalism are prerequisites to work with our dynamic team.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Data Processing
  • Receive inbound calls and handle inquiries from clients
  • General administrative tasks will be assigned daily
  • Provide professional customer service at all times
  • Maintain accurate and organized up to date computerized client files

Qualifications and Experience

  • Pleasant telephone manner
  • Desire to exceed customer expectations
  • High attention to detail and accuracy
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work successfully with a team as well as independently
  • Ability to multi-task between a variety of tasks in a fast paced environment
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products
  • Ability to navigate multiple web based platforms simultaneously
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Working knowledge of office equipment such as printer/scanner

"Just wanted to leave a message for your website that praises Nik Dore for being a constant example of always providing invaluable customer service. I never worry that my questions and concerns will be dismissed or that I am receiving less than constructive advice. Many thanks to him."
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"I know all my insurance needs are covered with Oegema, Nicholson & Associates. I have been a loyal client for the last 15 years, and I can count of them for my commercial insurance, employee benefits, as well as my personal insurance and finances. Jeff Richer always goes above and beyond to help me with my insurance needs."
O-Omkar Atwal, Owner, Leitrim Home Hardware
"It’s always a pleasure to deal with Oegema, Nicholson & Associates, and I can depend on them for all my insurance needs. I have been a client for several years and whether it’s regarding my personal insurance, or anything to do with our employee benefits or commercial needs, I know I’m taken care of."
R-Rhonda, Capital Dodge
"I would like to thank Carol for everything she has done for me and my family over the years. It is my honest belief that we would not be in the position we are in if it was not for her guidance, expertise and honesty. We can't begin to thank her enough."
T-Tim
"ONA helps me with my personal insurance and my business insurance . They are my one stop shop when it comes to insurance and group benefits. I know I’m covered in all areas. Great friendly service and knowledgeable staff!"
J-James Carriveau, President, Exact Interlock and Exact Properties
"One call to Oegema, Nicholson Associates is all it took. After our basement flooded, within a day or two they had a crew cleaning everything up, taking down the drywall and itemizing everything to be cleaned, thrown out or restored. They had everything in place for us in a timely manner and were extremely patient with me as they talked me through the process and waited for me to make decisions."
J-Jennifer Parks, Stittsville, Ontario
"I’ve been dealing with ONA for over 20 years with my personal insurance, as well as our commercial insurance, and I know I can rely on them for great customer service, and prompt responses. I feel confident not only referring them to my employees, but to our customers as well."
C-Charlene Brunet, President, Dan Murphy Ford
Oegema, Nicholson Financial Inc.
1453 WOODROFFE AVENUE
613-686-6338
Ottawa
1451 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1W1
Manotick
5526 Manotick Main Street P.O. Box 149
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1W1
Almonte
154 Bridge Street P.O. Box 749
Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0
Russell
243 Castor Street
Russell, Ontario K4R 1B8
Orleans
3-3809 St. Joseph Blvd.
Orleans, Ontario K4A 0Z8
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