Life Health Senior Underwriter/Underwriting Consultant
4 weeks ago
As a Senior Underwriter and Underwriting Consultant at Gen Re, you will play a critical role in evaluating facultative risks and providing sound underwriting judgement. Your expertise in life underwriting and critical illness & disability underwriting will be essential in ensuring the highest quality of service delivery.
Key Responsibilities- Apply sound underwriting judgement on all facultative cases, within approval limits, while holding signing authority up to $5 million.
- Provide technical support, informed opinions, and general counsel to clients as a trusted partner and underwriting SME.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients through daily communication and regular visits to their home offices.
- Regularly update and maintain the most current underwriting requirements on behalf of clients.
- Support Actuarial, Administrative, and Marketing departments and participate in ad hoc inter-departmental projects.
- Contribute to initiatives that improve operational efficiencies, mitigate enterprise-wide risk, and ensure that underwriting and auditing policies are met.
- Represent the Branch at national and regional underwriting meetings, conferences, and industry workshops.
- Stay up-to-date with evolving underwriting practices and share valuable learnings with the Chief Underwriting Officer and senior leadership team.
- University-level education in a business, finance, or economics-related discipline, combined with at least 8 years of underwriting experience.
- FLMI, AALU, or FALU designation is desirable, or underway, or a commitment to undertake skills and leadership training and accreditation.
- Proven track record in managing underwriting and client management responsibilities effectively.
- Refined verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex information to internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-sufficient and resourceful underwriting professional with flexibility, efficient time management skills, and the ability to prioritize.
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Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Faraday Full timeLife Health Senior Underwriter/Underwriting ConsultantGeneral Re Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations, with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. Its direct reinsurance companies conduct business as Gen Re.Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and...
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