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About the Role

As a Senior Underwriter, you will play a key role in assessing complex life, critical illness, and disability insurance risks to support informed, profitable, and client-focused decisions. You will also serve as a subject matter expert and resource person, contributing to underwriting excellence and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues. This position offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise and fully realize your potential within a caring and trusted organization.

Responsibilities

Analyzing complex life, health, and disability insurance cases by applying established underwriting guidelines.
Negotiating the best possible terms with reinsurers to deliver competitive and client-focused solutions.
Reviewing, assessing, and recommending solutions for the most complex underwriting files.
Acting as a mentor and coach to less experienced underwriters.
Collaborating with IT teams and Business Analysts as a subject matter expert in the implementation of a new automated underwriting system.

Requirements

Holds a bachelor's degree or another relevant academic background.
Has more than 8 years of experience in individual life insurance underwriting or a similar role.
Is recognized for strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in assessing medical and non-medical information to make sound underwriting decisions.
Demonstrates excellent negotiation skills, strong organizational abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume environment.
Possesses outstanding communication skills and a client-focused mindset, consistently delivering high-quality work while meeting tight deadlines.
Has excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Skills

Underwriting
Risk assessment
Negotiation
Mentoring
Coaching
Collaboration
Analytical skills
Problem-solving
Organizational abilities
Communication skills
Client-focused mindset
English (oral and written)

Location

Toronto
Quebec
Montreal

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
More than 8 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or relevant academic background

Salary/Compensations

$90,000 - $115,000 CAD per year

Benefits

Flexible group insurance
Attractive pension plan
Share purchase plan
Vacation days
Wellness/personal development days
Telemedicine
Employee and family assistance program
Ergonomic furniture program
Performance bonuses
Discounts on iA products

About the Company

iA Financial Group is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management. With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. For over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate. At iA, we’re invested in you.

Equal Opportunity

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.
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