Corporate Underwriting Consultant managing Group Benefits pricing, contracts, and risk for Manulife, an international financial services provider. Supporting profitable client solutions and mentoring underwriting colleagues.
About the role
- Advanced underwriting director assessing medical and financial risk for Sun Life, a Canadian insurer. Negotiating high-value decisions with reinsurers and mentoring underwriters.
Responsibilities
- Analyze insurance applications and evidence of insurability
- Apply holistic underwriting expertise across medical, financial, and lifestyle factors
- Make sound and competitive underwriting decisions
- Negotiate decisions with reinsurers in accordance with reinsurance treaties and internal rules
- Communicate and explain decisions to advisors and Clients’ physicians as required
- Build relationships with business leaders, distribution teams, and advisors
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities and recommend solutions
- Contribute to teamwork, innovation, and professional development
- Attend regular High Net Worth case reviews to share knowledge and support team development
- Provide mentorship to other underwriters
- Report to the Chief Underwriter and Claims Risk Officer
- Participate in some travel and representation at industry and sales events
Requirements
- Decision-making authority exceeding $10,000,000 for Life and $1,000,000 for Critical Illness
- Exceptional analytical, judgement, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Client and results focus with proactive service orientation
- Strong knowledge of medical and financial risk factors
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet tight deadlines, and balance competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal and external partners
- 10–15 years of experience as an Individual Life Underwriter
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- ALU certificate and commitment to ongoing education toward FALU and FLMI designations
- Bilingual oral and written French and English required only in Quebec
- Willingness to undertake some travel and represent the company at industry and sales events
Benefits
- A hybrid working environment, giving you the best parts of in-office collaboration and work from home flexibility
- Flexible Benefits from the day you join, meeting the needs of you and your loved ones
- Stock ownership program and pension plan with company matching opportunities
- Annual bonus based on company and individual performance
- Paid vacation based on experience
- 5 care days available for self-care or care of others
- 10 personal illness days
- Sabbatical program offering up to 6 weeks off every 5 years
- Investment in not-for-profit organizations that are important to you
- Maternity/Paternity top-up program
- Continuous learning pathways and skills development opportunities
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Not specified
Degree requirement
Location requirements
Report this job
Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.
Souscripteur assurance entreprises et agricole chez Promutuel Assurance. Analyse et acceptation des demandes, émission de polices et soutien technique aux agents et courtiers.
Aviva Canada auto underwriting executive managing national personal insurance portfolio strategy. Driving regulatory compliance, analytics, product modernization, and profitable growth.
EC
Souscripteur principal structurant des garanties et évaluant les risques pour aider les entreprises canadiennes à réussir à l’étranger chez EDC. Analyse financière, recommandations de crédit et collaboration avec partenaires financiers.
Underwriting Assistant processing commercial auto policies for SGI CANADA in Calgary or Edmonton. Reviewing risks, calculating premiums, and supporting brokers and the underwriting team.
Corporate Underwriting Advisor shaping commercial insurance strategy and products at Desjardins. Analyzing portfolios, guiding risk selection, and driving profitable growth across Canada.
Corporate Underwriting Advisor shaping commercial insurance strategy, portfolio performance, and product innovation. Supporting profitable growth across Desjardins’ national commercial insurance portfolio.
Underwriting senior manager analyzing and structuring complex business loans for BDC, Canada’s business development bank. Ensuring credit compliance, negotiating deal terms, and mentoring underwriting teams.
Souscripteur hypothécaire résidentiel bilingue chez CMLS Financial, prêteur hypothécaire canadien. Analyse des demandes, gestion du pipeline et accompagnement des courtiers en télétravail au Nouveau - Brunswick.
Stagiaire en stratégie produits chez TD Assurance, analysant les données et le marché de l’assurance dommages. Soutien aux initiatives produits et aux solutions stratégiques.