Sr. Life Underwriter

About the Role

Are you a life insurance underwriter with 5+ years of experience, who is passionate about the profession of underwriting? Would you enjoy working in a collaborative environment where your opinion matters?

Duties and Responsibilities:

●      Understand underwriting policies, guidelines, practices and procedures

●      Determine whether to accept, modify, or decline a risk through evaluation of an individual's medical history or physical condition, occupational hazard, and financial background

●      Communicate effectively both written and verbally to explain underwriting decisions

●      Influence and champion changes to improve processes while maintaining mortality expectations Work efficiently to gather information necessary for decision making

●      Ability to independently work assigned requests with minimal direction.

●      Comfortable with ambiguity.

Qualifications and Skills:

●      >5-7 years relevant experience

●      Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of risk selection (medical, non-medical, financial) Ability to think critically and problem solve independently

●      Positive, inclusive, agile, and collaborative mindset

●      Strong verbal and written communication skills

●      Term and permanent life insurance underwriting

●      In process or completed industry designations, i.e. LOMA, ALMI, FMLI, ALU, FALU