Manager, Group Insurance Underwriting

3 months ago

Winnipeg, Canada Canada Life Assurance Company Full time

**Job Description**:
Build and develop a high-performance Winnipeg Underwriting team that strives to deliver a market-leading service experience for plan sponsors, while managing earnings to target. Fosters a culture of excellence and collaboration, ensuring that the team works across Account Managers, Underwriters and Analysts, partnering to retain and grow the business. This role will focus on workflow planning and management, underwriter development and all operational aspects of the Underwriting functions, specifically in the National Accounts space.

This role is critical in providing technical guidance and mentoring for the most complex day-to-day issues and escalating these to senior leadership for underwriting policy consideration and development.

**What you will do**
- Deliver market-leading service standards; lead, motivate and mentor team to meet and aspire to exceed service and quality standards.
- Block management, including accountability for interpretation of UW policies and aligning day-to-day operations to achieve block performance indicators such as renewal execution, earnings, sales and persistency.
- Actively seek out pain points for employees, advisors/national consulting houses and customers and pursue continuous improvement opportunities.
- Recommend UW policy changes based on day-to-day operational outcomes, system changes, regulatory changes or industry trends.
- Passionately pursue a culture of employee empowerment leading to an exceptional customer experience as well as long and fulfilling employee career paths.

**What you will bring**
- 10 years of related or relevant experience in Group Underwriting
- Bachelor of Commerce or Science
- CEBS financial designation such as actuarial, accounting or investments an asset
- You understand what it means to put the customer first.
- Your powerful analytical skills provide good judgement, solutions to problems and great financial decisions.
- You are convincing. You can be influential and can negotiate with the ability to reach mutually beneficial outcomes while maintaining positive relationships.
- Your verbal and written communication skills are effective and efficient.
- You get energized when you work in partnership with team members, business development offices, and many other internal business areas, and you do this with excellent interpersonal skills.
- You are a driver who has the ability to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure, and prioritize multiple tasks and shifting priorities.

**Be your best at Canada Life

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

***

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.
- Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations._
- We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee _
- has the opportunity to_
- reach their potential._
._

**_
Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted_**.

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