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About the Role

Underwriting professionals support clients' outsourced underwriting needs by analyzing and evaluating 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 while meeting service time expectations and deadlines.

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.
Bilingual French/English (oral and written) is an asset.
English is required as we need to communicate orally and in writing with a predominantly English-speaking clientele based outside of Quebec.
Multiple lines of business (Life, DI, CI) 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

Benefits

Annual bonus plan
Eligibility for long-term equity incentive plan
Full range of health, retirement, and 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.
Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

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.