Senior Life Underwriter

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Job Description

The Opportunity

Do you strive to do your best within your team and thrive in a positive environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and creativity? Are you curious and enjoy the challenge of solving problems and going the extra mile to do what's right for customers?

Manulife's individual underwriting team is looking for creative, passionate, customer satisfaction and creative individuals to join our world-class underwriting team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk assessment and classification by Manulife's philosophy and standards.
• Communicate and collaborate with sales and head office colleagues to provide the highest quality and competitive decisions to our customers.
• Maintain positive and effective relationships with internal and external partners.
• Consistently deliver the best customer experience by making every interaction significant.
• Align with consumer laws and regulations regarding risk classification, confidentiality and disclosure.
• Identify and propose solutions to problems and procedures related to the underwriter's work.

How will you create impact?

As a member of our exceptional Underwriting team, you'll be part of shaping the future of insurance excellence. 

What motivates you?

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage, and act for their benefit.
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
• You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

What we are looking for?

• 3 years of underwriting experience.
• $1,000,000+ Life signing authority.
• Sales and relationship-focused mindset with a drive for earning business and continuing to earn business in this competitive market.
• Working towards, or completion of FALU, FLMI and ACS designations.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology including physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, imaging, diagnostic testing and treatments.
• Strong knowledge in how non-medical risks impact mortality, including hazardous occupations, sports, avocations and lifestyle.
• Experience with financial …