Top Insurance retained executive search firms in Montréal.

Insurance recruiting spans carriers, brokers, managing general agents, and third-party administrators. The core roles are underwriters, claims adjusters and examiners, actuaries, producers and account managers, loss-control and premium-audit specialists, and the policy-services, compliance, and operations teams behind them. Credentials gate much of this market: producers and adjusters need state licenses in the US and provincial licenses in Canada, and actuarial hiring is organized around exam progress toward ASA/FSA or ACAS/FCAS. Engagement models vary by role. Temporary and contract staffing covers policy services, customer service, and claims support, and scales up sharply after catastrophe events when carriers need licensed adjusters fast. Permanent placement for underwriters, account managers, and claims professionals typically runs 20–25% of first-year salary. Actuarial hiring is often handled by specialist recruiters who track candidates' exam progress, and senior leadership roles use retained search. The talent pool is concentrated around carrier headquarters — Hartford, New York, Chicago, Columbus, Des Moines, Omaha, Toronto, and Québec City among them — and the industry has long flagged a retirement wave in underwriting and claims. Ask each firm below which lines of business it knows (P&C, life and health, specialty, reinsurance) and whether it places licensed or unlicensed roles. Those are different candidate pools, and few recruiters are equally strong in both.