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Director of Underwriting Operations

2 months ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reinsurance Group of America Full time
Job Title: Director, Underwriting

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director, Underwriting to join our team. As a key member of our underwriting department, you will be responsible for managing a team of underwriters and ensuring that our clients receive timely and responsive service.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage a team of underwriters to achieve departmental objectives
  • Develop and implement underwriting approaches and procedures
  • Handle client-related issues and complaints
  • Provide senior technical support to the underwriting team and clients
  • Co-sign cases and underwrite cases from the underwriting queue
  • Communicate and motivate the team to achieve high performance standards
  • Manage, coach, and mentor staff to develop their skills and abilities
  • Perform management tasks, including hiring, training, and evaluation
  • Work on special projects as needed
Requirements:
  • College diploma or university degree or equivalent working experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of life underwriting experience
  • FLMI and FALU preferred, or other industry designations
  • Management experience, an asset
  • Insurance company experience, an asset
  • Reinsurance underwriting experience, an asset
  • Bilingual French/English (oral and written) is required
Abilities:
  • Advanced life insurance medical and financial underwriting skills
  • Superior knowledge of current underwriting related developments in life insurance, reinsurance, and retrocession
  • Advanced knowledge of medical underwriting, the financial aspect, and the law as applied in the evaluation of risk in life insurance
  • Strong critical thinking skills, innovative, and creative
  • Highly advanced ability to adapt new methods; work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions
  • Comfortable with managing multiple projects and priorities
  • Effective in collaborating with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
  • Demonstrated persuasion and negotiation skills when working with internal/external customers to resolve issues/problems
  • Effective people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop employees
  • Intermediate Word, SQL/Query, and Excel skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English