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About the Role

Underwriting professionals support clients' outsourced underwriting needs in the analysis and evaluation of mortality and morbidity risks. The underwriter examines medical, financial, and non-medical risk factors of life, disability, and critical illness insurance applications, making quality decisions in accordance with underwriting principles and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Determine appropriate underwriting requirements and assign cases to the appropriate risk category by analyzing and interpreting underwriting evidence for mortality and morbidity risk assessment.
• Provide technical expertise and support to client companies.
• Demonstrate ability to work productively in a high-pressure environment and effectively and proactively manage challenging situations.
• Act independently within specified authority.
• Actively support departmental management by providing input, assisting in training, leading team discussions, participating in projects, and being a positive contributor to the resolution of technical or client issues.
• Contribute to a positive working environment with teamwork and a spirit of innovation.
• Participate in RGA events and industry activities and foster relationships with key clients.

Requirements

• College diploma / University degree or equivalent working experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of individual life underwriting experience, including experience with substandard business, medical and financial underwriting.
• Service-oriented attitude with strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with internal and external partners.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• English is required for oral and written communication with a predominantly English-speaking clientele based outside of Quebec.
• Multiple lines of business (Life, DI, CI) is an asset.

Skills

• Proactively builds strong interpersonal relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and creative.
• Strong client focus.
• Flexible - Thrives on challenge and change.
• Ability to learn various application tools.
• Excellent logical and problem-solving skills.
• Solid time management & organizational skills.
• Works effectively as a positive influencer and contributes to ideas and solutions.

Location

• Canada

Work Type

• Remote
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of 6 years of individual life underwriting experience

Education Level

• College diploma / University degree or equivalent working experience

Salary/Compensations

• $87,500.00 - $109,400.00
• Annual bonus plan
• Eligibility for long-term equity incentive plan for some positions

Benefits

• Full range of health benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Other employee benefits

About the Company

• RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration.
• A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies.
• The only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions.
• Driven by our purpose, we work to solve today’s challenges while looking ahead to tomorrow.
• We are thinkers, creators, and innovators.
• We work to make a difference every day at RGA.

Equal Opportunity

• Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.