Job Title: Disability Insurance Underwriter
Location: Toronto, ON (Remote)
Estimated Duration: Fulltime
As an Underwriter Consultant, you will be working with a dynamic team of underwriting professionals that are passionate about providing best in class customer experiences with a domestic insurer that’s been around for 175 years.
Why should you join us?
- Offers financial support to enroll in courses and workshops that can further develop your skillset and advance your career
- Be part of a team with dedicated Underwriting Specialists that will support your underwriting career through co-signs, team meetings and mentorship
- Benefit from a flexible work style that best suits you, whether it's the office, virtually or a combination of both
What you will do
- Conduct complete individual disability insurance risk assessment and classification according to risk profile.
- Critical Illness risk assessment an asset but not required.
- Analyze financial, medical, and other non-medical evidence
- Communicate and collaborate with our field partners and internal teams to provide high quality and competitive decisions for our customers
- Maintain positive and effective relationships with our advisors to differentiate our service offering
- Comply with legislative and consumer regulations as they apply to risk classification, privacy, and disclosure
- Contribute to continuous improvement, professional development, and a positive work environment
What you will bring
- Use your underwriting knowledge to help drive positive client journeys, risk evaluation and best practices
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Disability insurance Underwriter
- History of substantial existing disability insurance signing authority
- Excellent knowledge in medical, personal, and financial underwriting
- Ability to analyze available facts, evidence, observations, and other information to appropriately assess and classify individual insurance risks
- Solid influencing and negotiation skills, including with reinsurers
- Demonstrated ability to think critically
- Experience in the large case market an asset
- Ability to self-manage, prioritize, and remain organized to meet deadlines
- Resourceful with the ability to work well independently, but also effectively collaborate and communicate with field partners and colleagues
- Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning through industry related education (e.g., FALU, FLMI or other insurance/industry related courses) would be a strong asset
- Bilingualism (French / English) an asset
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$115,000 and CA$125,000
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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