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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 act as a resource person and expert, contributing to our underwriting excellence and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex life, health, and disability cases by applying established underwriting rules.
• Negotiate the best possible offer with reinsurers to ensure competitive, client-centered outcomes.
• Examine, assess, and propose solutions for more complex files.
• Act as a coach to less experienced underwriters.
• Collaborate with IT teams and Business Analysts as an expert in the implementation of a new underwriting automation system.

Requirements

• Holds a bachelor’s degree or any other relevant academic background.
• Brings 8+ years of experience in individual life underwriting or in a similar role.
• Is recognized for strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess medical and non-medical information to make accurate underwriting decisions.
• Stands out for their ability to negotiate, organize, and manage multiple priorities in a high-volume environment.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills and a customer-focused mindset, delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Intermediate level of English required, as the individual will be expected to read, analyze, and interpret medical documents in English on a daily basis, as well as communicate regularly, both verbally and in writing, with English-speaking underwriters across Canada.

Skills

• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Negotiation skills
• Organizational skills
• Time management skills
• Communication skills
• Customer-focused mindset
• English (Intermediate)

Location

• Quebec / 1080, Grande Allee West
• Montreal / 1981 McGill College Avenue
• Vancouver / 988 Broadway West
• Toronto / 26 Wellington Street East

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 8+ years of experience in individual life underwriting or in a similar role

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree or any other relevant academic background

Salary/Compensations

• 88k to 110k CAD per year for 37.5 hours per week

Benefits

• Flexible group insurance
• Competitive pension plan
• Stock purchase plan
• Vacation and wellness/personal development days
• Telemedicine
• Employee and family assistance program
• Ergonomic furniture program
• Performance bonus
• 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.
• Please note that if you need help or assistance to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please Contact us here. Someone from our team will be happy to assist you with your needs.