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About the Role
Gen Re is seeking an experienced Senior Underwriting Consultant to advance its Canadian Life & Health reinsurance business. This pivotal role involves evaluating complex facultative risks, delivering exceptional client service, shaping market presence, building relationships with senior stakeholders, and growing into broader strategic leadership responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate facultative cases, focusing on large and complex risks, applying sound medical, financial, and non-medical underwriting judgment.
- Ensure timely turnaround aligned with client service commitments.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients by providing technical expertise, thoughtful insights, and responsive support.
- Build and sustain strong relationships through regular communication and in-person visits.
- Represent Gen Re at industry conferences, client meetings, and underwriting forums.
- Contribute to initiatives that enhance underwriting practices, operational efficiency, and enterprise risk management.
- Track emerging industry trends and share insights with senior leadership to inform strategy.
- Play an active role in strengthening Gen Re’s profile and value proposition in the Canadian marketplace.
- Partner cross-functionally with Actuarial, Marketing, and Operations teams on projects and client initiatives.
- Support contestable claims review when required.
- Share insights from client interactions and contribute to internal knowledge development.
Requirements
- 10+ years of life underwriting experience, including large case underwriting.
- Strong expertise in medical, financial, and non-medical risk assessment.
- Approval authority up to $5 million.
- Experience with critical illness and disability underwriting is highly valued.
- University degree (business, finance, economics, or related discipline preferred).
- FLMI, AALU, or FALU designation (completed or in progress), or a commitment to professional development.
- Exceptional judgment and a track record of delivering high-quality underwriting decisions.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
- Self-directed, resourceful, and highly organized with excellent prioritization skills.
- Proven ability to build credibility and trust with clients and colleagues at all levels.
- High integrity and a strong alignment with Gen Re’s values and standards.
- Fluency in English is required; French is an asset.
Skills
- Life underwriting
- Large case underwriting
- Medical risk assessment
- Financial risk assessment
- Non-medical risk assessment
- Critical illness underwriting
- Disability underwriting
- Communication skills
- Client relationship management
- Strategic thinking
- Problem-solving
Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
Education Level
- University degree
- FLMI
- AALU
- FALU
Salary/Compensations
- 120,000.00 - 145,000.00 CAD
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Opportunity for growth into broader strategic leadership
About the Company
- General Re Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations, with more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
- It owns General Reinsurance Corporation and General Reinsurance AG, which conducts business as Gen Re.
- Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries.
- Represented in all major reinsurance markets through a network of 38 offices, we have earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies.
Equal Opportunity
- General Re Corporation celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- It is the General Re Corporation's continuing policy to afford equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including childbirth or related medical conditions), religion, national origin or ancestry, age, past or present disability, marital status, liability for service in the armed forces, veterans' status, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Gen Re provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.