Senior Life Underwriter

Locations:
CAN, Quebec - Full Time Remote
CAN, Ontario - Full Time Remote
CAN, Manitoba - Full Time Remote
CAN, British Columbia - Full Time Remote
Alberta - Full Time Remote

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: JR24060215

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected, and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make an impact, and drive real change with our Winning Team today.

Working Arrangement: Remote

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 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 reports and training in anti-money laundering practices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Additional skills, not mandatory:

• Bilingual (French & English) an asset – If in Québec, the successful candidate must communicate in English and French to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.
• Bilingual English and Mandarin or Cantonese, an asset.
• 100,000+ CI authority.
• University or college degree in a related discipline such as medical, research, or financial.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Interest in representing the company via external presentations, panels, conferences, etc.
• Experience in co-signing, referral reviews, mentoring, etc.

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you:

• Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
• Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

About Manulife and John Hancock:
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups, and institutions.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife /John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop, and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals.

Salary & Benefits:

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location: CAN, Quebec - Full Time Remote

Salary range is expected to be between:
$60,000.00 CAD - $100,000.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.

About Us

We offer work that challenges and makes a difference within a flexible and supportive environment, so you can help make decisions easier and lives better for our customers.

We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions. Recent awards include:

• Best Place to Work in Asia-Pacific 2022
• Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2022

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