Bilingual Underwriter - Toronto, Canada - Foresters Financial Services, Inc.

Foresters Financial Services, Inc.

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Career Opportunity

Role Title

Bilingual Underwriter

Purpose of role

Using sound and cost effective principles within established authority limits, the Senior Underwriter will facilitate the sale of life insurance while ensuring the long-term profitability of the business sold.

The Senior Underwriter will establish the appropriate premium class for each applicant based on risk profile by evaluating the health, finances, occupation, foreign residence, travel, and lifestyle.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

Establish and maintain effective relationships with producers, including communicating the underwriting decision.
Efficiently document the applicant file on the Underwriting systems as additional information is received. Code and enter data from received medical reports to the information system.
Participate in the research, review and analysis of underwriting related legislation and regulations, and current underwriting issues and trends, and participate in the review and development of new/revised underwriting policies, procedures, systems and standards as assigned by the Chief Underwriter.
Work with the Medical Director on cases as required.
Other projects and duties as assigned.

Key Qualifications

5 plus years of underwriting experience.
Achieved AALU and working towards FALU/FLMI designations.
Strong medical and financial underwriting knowledge
Experience with simplified issue and final expense type products
Knowledge of underwriting theory, principles, methods, systems, processes and standards attained from Part One of the Academy of Life Underwriting program and underwriting experience.
Demonstrated risk assessment skills
Demonstrated leadership skills
Consultation skills to make consistent and appropriate underwriting decisions within Foresters policies and standards.
Strong communication skills to effectively provide and explain appropriate underwriting assessments and possible reconsiderations to producers, both written and verbally.
Consultation and communication skills to request information from a broad range of resources/professionals as required.
Knowledge of the Foresters purpose, goals and objectives to ensure compliance of decisions with Foresters policies and standards.

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Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion
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