Vp - Head of Medical Underwriting & Claims - Canada

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada SCOR Full time

Detailed Function/Job summary

SCOR life and health Canada seeks a leader for its underwriting and claims team who will collaborate with others within SCOR to partner with Canadian insurers to develop solutions for the benefit of Canadians.

**Responsibilities**:
**People management**:

- Manage a team of underwriters and claims individuals that focus on production, research & development and engaged in audits, trainings and client communication.
- Monitor work-related production and performance to ensure the team maintains corporate goals and client expectations.
- Responsible to evaluate your team’s performance, develop compensation recommendations and support their career growth.
- Support growth of team members.
- Provide guidance regarding the resolution of underwriting problems generated by the day-to-day caseload.
- Have oversight of processes, systems, controls and tools for underwriting and claims services.
- Collaborate with others within SCOR (locally and globally)

**Thought leadership**:

- Be a viewed as an expert and go to resource to their peers in the insurance industry
- Nurture SCOR’s visibility and presence in the industry as a “knowledge expert” via writing, speaking, trainings, committees, etc.
- Have oversight of SCOR’s underwriting policy and guidelines in the Canadian market.
- Be underwriting lead supporting pricing projects (eg RFPs) and client initiatives.
- Guide team in research and development projects.
- Be the Canadian underwriting expert on global projects and committees

**Client focused / mindset**:

- Interact with client companies to develop customized programs (both SGLA and client generated), revise underwriting requirements and help provide solutions to highly sensitive underwriting-related issues.
- Listen to client's needs as well as to respectfully explain SCOR's position
- Build, nurture and strengthen client relationships with their peers, their teams and others within the industry
- Serve as a mentor to the team during their interactions/negotiations with client companies.

**Vision for the future of underwriting**:

- Stay informed and understand underwriting trends in the Canada and other markets.
- Stay informed and understand the current and potential role of technology in underwriting.
- Develop a vision for the future of underwriting.

Requirements in experience, competency, education and qualifications
- Ten (10) or more years of insurance/reinsurance underwriting experience
- Three (3) or more years of management experience within a life underwriting department
- Expert in individual life and critical illness insurance underwriting and knowledge in claims
- In-depth knowledge of life and living benefit insurance industry products, distribution and services
- Demonstrate behaviors such as partnership, transparency, authenticity, innovative problem solver, passionate,
- Ability to bring the best from people and to manage change.
- Strategic mindset paired with a focus delivery / execution
- Open minded / curiosity to learn and challenge the status quo, as much for personal growth as to make team better
- Self-motivated and autonomous
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Bilingual: English and French is an asset
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Required Education
- A baccalaureate degree at the minimum; advanced degrees would be preferable.
- Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) and Fellow of the Academy of Life Underwriting (FALU) designations or equivalent

SCOR, the 4th largest reinsurer in the world, provides insurance companies with a diversified and innovative range of solutions and services to control and manage risk. Leveraging experience and expertise to deliver “The Art & Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk - from Life & Health and Property & Casualty insurance to Investments. Our specialized teams operate in over 160 countries, fostering long-term relationships with clients.

In order to provide our clients with a broad range of innovative reinsurance solutions, SCOR pursues an underwriting policy that is founded on profitability and supported by effective risk management strategy and a prudent investment policy. This approach allows us to offer clients an optimum level of security, to create value for shareholders, and to contribute to the welfare and resilience of society by helping to protect insureds against the risks they face.

At SCOR, we believe that employing people from different backgrounds and ensuring inclusivity is a major driving force for the success of the Group. We are committed to fostering a work environment in which all employees are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to SCOR’s success.

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