Director, Advanced Underwriting

Job Description

Location : hybrid, work from home

Are you a passionate experienced Underwriter who loves to deliver clients, advisors, and partners with exceptional service on their largest cases?

Are you looking for an opportunity where you can expand your growth in the high-net-worth marketplace with a team that supports each other, shares their knowledge, and encourages a high-performance continuous improvement environment where you will be motivated to bring your best every day?

Sun Life’s High Net Worth Team creates a remarkable new business experience through an unparalleled proactive and responsive process that supports both the advisor and their client throughout the entire acquisition process.

We have specialized HNW Case managers who partner with the HNW Underwriters to deliver this exceptional experience. You have the flexibility to choose a workstyle that works best for you, whether it’s in the office, virtually or a mixture of both.

You can balance both work and personal priorities while meeting Client & Business needs.

We are looking for Directors of HNW Advanced Underwriting to join our amazing collaborative client-centric High Net Worth Team.

These production roles require extensive experience in both medical and financial risk selection, and experience in working with management, product and the reinsures in coming up with positive solutions for challenging files.

A commitment to client first, proactive communication and partnership with our advisors and distribution team are critical aspects to this role.

In this role you would be reviewing and analyze medical, personal, and financial information to evaluate eligibility and risk for applications for amounts up to $200,000,000.

00. You would play a key role in the risk assessment, decision-making and communication for each application.

What will you do?

• Analyze insurance applications and evidence of insurability; apply holistic underwriting expertise in all areas of underwriting including medical, financial and lifestyle factors to make sound and competitive underwriting decisions
• Negotiate internal decisions with our reinsurers, in accordance with reinsurance treaties and internal rules
• Effectively communicate and explain decisions to advisors and / or client’s physician as required leveraging our Client for Life Principles
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, distribution teams and advisors delivering exceptional service and expertise
• Focus on continuous improvement. Identify areas of opportunities and bring forward recommendations for solution.
• Contribute to a positive environment through teamwork, and a spirit of innovation, and professional development
• Attend and contribute to regular HNW case reviews where the team shares their knowledge and opinions with an outcome of helping each other to develop and learn
• Mentor and grow staff to the next levels of their careers

What do you need to succeed?

Decision Making Authority >

$10,000,000 + for Life, $1,000,000 of Critical Illness

• Exceptional analytical, judgement, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Client and results focus, pro-active service orientation to support our business goals
• Strong knowledge of medical and financial risk factors
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet tight deadlines and balance completing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with our internal and external partners
• 10-15 years’ experience as an Individual Life Underwriter
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Specialized training : ALU certificate and commitment to ongoing education with a goal of attaining the Fellow, Academy of Life Underwriting (FALU) and Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) designations
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide and the position reports to a unilingual English-speaking manager outside Quebec

Other Details

Some travel and representation at industry and sales events

Reasons why should you join us under the sun

• A caring, supportive, and inclusive culture
• Supportive leadership who’s focused on your success and well-being
• Continuous improvements that focus on enhancing your work and our clients’ experience #makeadifference
• Sustainability commitments to create a cleaner, more inclusive and sustainable future for our communities

We also offer a number of programs and offerings to help our Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives, some of these include :

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Pension Plan participation starts immediately, and you are automatically enrolled. We help you save more with Sun Life automatic and matching contributions and by including both your salary and bonus when making contributions
• Stock Ownership Program gives you the chance to invest in Sun Life and get a company match
• Pay for performance reward
• Paid vacation based on experience, 5 Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e., family or others you may support) and 10 Sick Days to support your well-being
• Our unique Sabbatical Program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off, every five years
• Investment in not-for-profit organizations that are important to you
30+ days ago