Bilingual Underwriter

5 days ago

Canada Specialty Life Insurance Full time

Hiring: Bilingual Underwriter

About the position: We are currently looking to add a Bilingual Underwriter to our growing team.

Reporting to the Team Leader, Underwriting Risk, the Bilingual Underwriter will collaborate with colleagues on all aspects of underwriting for our Canadian insurance carrier partners, and be responsible for a portfolio within the business. The ideal candidate will have experience in many of the following areas: case underwriting for mortality up to $500,000 and underwriting audits. The preferred candidate will have experience with both direct insurance and reinsurance.

What we offer:

  • Competitive base salary
  • Growth Opportunities into Leadership Roles - Career Plans in Place
  • Generous vacation and personal time allotments
  • Comprehensive health and dental benefits, fully covered by the company, including Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Continuous professional development opportunities and training initiatives
  • Full-time remote work flexibility available nationwide in Canada (and we'll arrange for multi provincial licensing)

What you will do:

  • Underwrite new business applications and make underwriting recommendations to our risk partners and ensuring their guidelines are being enforced
  • Maintain a high level of knowledge regarding insurance products; underwriting guidelines and procedures; medical terminology and diseases
  • Support partners and advisors when required
  • Implement and maintain appropriate underwriting practices and processes to service New Business, Renewals, and Policy Change
  • Establish and maintain professional business relationships with ISI partners (carriers, reinsurers, and our sales force) in providing underwriting, consulting and educational services to support regional growth and profitability goals
  • Provide support and preliminary underwriting assessment of new product and processes upon request and according to guidelines
  • Ensure delivery of individual results within appropriate metrics, including quality, quantity, timeliness, and customer satisfaction
  • Support and work closely with our call center sales teams
  • Collaborate with other ISI departments to share business ideas and achieve excellence in current and future projects
  • Ensure incoming applications are complete and liaise with customers / other departments to obtain missing information

What we are looking for:

  • Previous experience as an underwriter for a minimum of 5 years in assessing Life applications
  • Bilingual can speak, write, and conduct business in both English and French
  • Experience and comfortable with data collection and analysis
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Effective multi-tasker, with ability to organize, prioritize and complete assignments efficiently and with a high degree of accuracy
  • Very strong organizational skills

Who we are:

With operations in Canada and US, Insurance Supermarket Group of Companies, including Specialty Life Insurance, is one of the largest and fastest growing independently owned Insurance Technology companies in North America. We offer comprehensive Life Insurance products that help many North Americans with their life insurance needs. Over 250,000 Canadians a year have relied on our advice, and we have provided more than 10 billion dollars in insurance coverage.

Our team of professionals has been proudly helping Canadian consumers with their life insurance needs for over 17 years. Our employees are professional, proactive, passionate, team players and persevere in the face of challenges.

We hire individuals based not only on their expertise, but also on their passion for helping others, and those who live by our core values every day. Our position will appeal to individuals who want to work for an exciting and growing organization and are mature and self-motivated – we look forward to meeting you

Specialty Life is also committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.

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