Group Underwriter II

This range is provided by Empire Life. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

CA $53,300.00/yr - CA $94,800.00/yr

Please note the base salary will be determined by the successful candidate's education, skills and experience. The listed salary range serves as a general pay guideline for this position's pay level.

Location:
Remote - Anywhere in Canada

Empire life is looking to hire a Group Underwriter II to join our Group Underwriting team! The Group Underwriter reviews and assesses the risk for requests to quote (Fully insured & ASO), Amendments, and Renewals. The incumbent is guided by defined practices and guidelines and works under the supervision of the Manager, Group Underwriting (Complex).

Why pursue this opportunity

• Impactful work - get the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that have a positive impact on our customers, our company, and society as a whole.
• Play an integral role - this is an opportunity that allows for you to grow your skills, while directly contributing to the business unit you are a part of.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion - we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and welcome candidates who share this commitment.

What you’ll be working on

• Ensure that both non complex & complex requests to quote, amendments, and renewals are processed accurately and within established turnaround time to support business sales and profitability goals
• Lead quoting, amending and renewal activity in both the non complex and complex space with a focus on establishing and growing long term partnerships
• Use experience and judgment, in conjunction with Underwriting guidelines, product and service knowledge to determine optimal solutions to meet customer needs and requirements
• Ensure the profitability of group business through the use of subsidy application on both new business, renewals and amendments
• Develop and present a business case to support pricing decisions; and make decisions on final pricing within defined parameters
• Provide consistent interpretation of group insurance policy terms to customers and distribution partners in support of divisional goals
• Work collaboratively with other team members to support processing requirements
• Uses experience and judgment, in conjunction with Underwriting guidelines, product and services knowledge, and knowledge of government regulations, to determine optimal solutions to meet customer needs and requirements
• Acts as a primary point of contact with internal and external stakeholders to engage in consultative discussions to support the development of new business
• Consult with Underwriter colleagues or the Manager, Group Underwriting (Complex) on risk-related escalations
• Process risk reviews of Mergers, Breakaways, Open Enrolments, Mof As, addition or removal of a division
• Interacts with reinsurance providers to spread risks on retention amounts that exceed the Empire Life retention limit
• Proactively engages with both internal and external stakeholders to engage in discussions to support with both client acquisition and retention
• Acts as a key contact with distribution partners and internal stakeholders; escalates issues to management as required
• Practices consultative Underwriting that engages in proactive collaboration with internal and external distribution partners to develop creative solutions within defined parameters to support and achieve business objective

What we’re looking for you to have

• 3+ years of work experience in the group insurance/financial services industry with group underwriting experience and knowledge
• Proven knowledge of group benefits products, contractual provisions, risk assessment, and pricing methodologies
• Strong critical thinking, financial analysis and interpretation; trend analysis skills and ability to communicate data outcomes appropriately into business terms
• Strong proficiency in Excel
• Strong communication and influential skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team member while being flexible and adaptable
• Ability to think logically, analyze, and solve problems
• Ability to organize/schedule both people and information
• Crea…