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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Bilingual Individual Living Benefits Underwriter (French) to join a high-performing underwriting team. This role is ideal for an underwriter with strong expertise in Critical Illness and Disability Insurance who enjoys making complex underwriting decisions while working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and technology-driven environment. You will be responsible for assessing medical, non-medical, and financial risk, managing a high-volume caseload, and making timely, accurate underwriting decisions within your delegated authority. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional looking for the flexibility of a fully remote role while contributing to a national underwriting team.

Responsibilities

Assess medical, non-medical, and financial risk for individual Critical Illness and Disability Insurance applications.
Review medical records, attending physician statements, laboratory results, financial statements, tax documentation, and other supporting information.
Make quality underwriting decisions within delegated authority limits.
Manage a high-volume caseload of approximately 10–15 cases per day (50–75 cases per week) while maintaining service standards.
Balance risk management, productivity, and customer experience in all underwriting decisions.
Conduct audits and quality reviews of underwriting decisions to ensure consistency and adherence to underwriting guidelines.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure efficient case management and timely policy decisions.
Utilize underwriting systems and digital platforms to manage workflow efficiently.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in Individual Living Benefits Underwriting with a focus on Critical Illness and Disability Insurance (Group Insurance experience alone will not be considered).
Fluency in French and English, with the ability to underwrite cases in French.
Experience assessing medical, financial, and non-medical risk.
Previous underwriting authority of approximately: Disability Insurance: Up to $5,000 monthly benefit; Critical Illness: $100,000–$500,000+.
Strong analytical and decision-making skills with the ability to balance risk and customer experience.
Experience reviewing medical records, attending physician statements, laboratory results, personal financial statements, and corporate financial statements.
Experience performing quality assurance or auditing underwriting decisions.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, productivity-driven environment.
Experience using underwriting systems, queue-based workflows, SharePoint, and other digital underwriting tools.
Familiarity with the RGA Global Underwriting Manual (GUM) is considered an asset.
Experience working with Canadian insurance carriers is considered an asset.
Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
Ability to travel to a Canadian office up to twice per year for team meetings if required.

Skills

Underwriting
Critical Illness Insurance
Disability Insurance
Risk Assessment
Medical Records Review
Financial Statement Analysis
Quality Assurance
Auditing
Collaboration
Communication
Analytical Skills
Decision-Making
Digital Workflow Management

Location

Remote (Canada)

Work Type

100% Remote
Contract
Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

Salary/Compensations

$60.00–$80.00/hour

Benefits

100% remote work from anywhere in Canada.
Competitive hourly compensation.
Opportunity to work on complex and impactful underwriting cases.
Exposure to innovative underwriting technology and digital tools.
Collaborative national team environment.
Structured onboarding and training program.
Potential for contract extension or permanent employment based on business needs and performance.

About the Company

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

Equal Opportunity

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.