Group Intermediate Underwriter

Responsibilities

• Analyze group characteristics, benefits, and plan designs
• Analyze premium and claims information in order to appropriately price new business
• Provide underwriting decisions through clear verbal and written communications
• Conduct constructive negotiations utilizing underwriting judgment and guidelines
• Evaluate and act on risk propositions;
• Accurately price new and existing business opportunities;
• Provide value added underwriting and benefit recommendations to maximize the clients' group benefit spend

Requirements

• Post Secondary education with business, mathematical and analytical aptitude.
• Understanding of the Group Insurance market, products and services
• Experience within Group Benefits
• Proven ability to effectively partner with and support sales teams.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills with exceptional proficiency in Excel (data manipulation such as pivot tables) and Word
• CEBS, GBA certification is encouraged and recommended.
• Ability to make well-balanced decisions that take effective risk management, financial discipline and customer needs into account.
• Motivated self-starter and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage multiple priorities.
• Attributes:
• Strategic Decision-Making
• Negotiating and Influencing
• Applying Technical Expertise
• When you join our team:
• We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see
• The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.
• About Manulife and John Hancock
• Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html .
• Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• Referenced Salary Location
• CAN, Ontario - Full Time Remote
• Working Arrangement
• Remote
• Salary range is expected to be between
• $51,975.00 CAD - $86,625.00 CAD
• Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, i

Benefits

Additional Information

Do you consider yourself a change agent? Is risk management your forte? The Underwriting Team is looking for an analytical, self-starter to join the unit as an Underwriter. Reporting to the Underwriting Manager, the Underwriting position is accountable for analyzing group characteristics, benefits and plan design in order to appropriately price and win new group business or retain existing business. This role will involve analyzing the rating information, assessing the group's specific risk characteristics as well as delivering clear, accurate and complete quotes to our Manulife Account Executives. The main responsibilities of this role include:

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