Job Description

My client is one of the worlds largest Reinsurance Company and is seeking a dynamic Life Underwriting Consultant to join their team. This individual will be responsible for providing facultative underwriting to clients on large cases and other cases as assigned, within time services standards. Larger case approval levels along with resting and treadmill EKG approval authority.
Job Title: Life Underwriting Consultant (Bilingual)
Location: Remote (must reside in Canada)
Job Responsibilities

• Apply sophisticated underwriting procedures to assess complex and/or large medical and financial risks for facultative clients, recognizing instances where deviations from guidelines are applicable
• Interact with clients to secure specialized or supplementary information; develops alternative solutions when routine/usual methods do not work and provides excellent customer service through understanding, patience and innovation.
• Communicate with all levels of client's underwriters and other company management personnel, explaining the reasoning and theory which surrounds an underwriting impairment, problem and/or decision
• Keep current with current medical topics, current economics and business environment as well as changing / new financial evaluation concepts and measures
• Function effectively and professionally within a team with little supervision
• Understand and effectively implement all retrocession schedules
• Ability to attend and participate in client liaison including external client audits, client visits and relationship management, participation in RFP as subject matter expert
• Ability to provide mentoring internally and externally, as well as internal training and case referral/co-sign abilities with an objective of developing team members' and support clients' abilities to underwrite large cases
• Other duties as required including special projects
• Active participation in the insurance industry, for example publishing white papers or presentations for clients or at various conferences

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 or more years current, active life underwriting experience
• Minimum $3,000,000 case approval authority for the past three years - all ages and ratings
• Bilingual (English and French)
• Currently handling a regular new business caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated successful track record working with field force and/or sales representatives and when applicable, client company underwriters
• Demonstrated meaningful progress toward completion of ALU education program This is a nice to have, not a requirement
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels
• Ability to adapt to change routinely and support the goals of the underwriting unit and the company through teamwork and additional hours as required
• PC literacy in Word Office products and Underwriting systems

DGA Careers has been proudly serving the Canadian insurance industry for over 30 years, specializing in providing insurance recruiting services to major insurers, insurance brokerage firms and independent adjusting firms. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, and Calgary, DGA Careers is well positioned to conduct searches with a national scope. Our unrivalled professional network across Canada provides us with the ability to reach vital key influencers and passive candidates nationally.
Interested candidates please apply here of contact Maurice Reichberg at DGA Careers. If you are working with another DGA recruiter, feel free to ask them about this position.