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Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.\nAt Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.\nWhen you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.\nDiscover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.\nJob Description:\nLocation: Hybrid, Work from Home\nAs a Senior Underwriter, you will join one of Canada’s largest insurers. We are recognized not only for our strength in the market, but also for our commitment to our employees. We offer various paths for advancement, including individual life insurance, health insurance, risk management, people management, innovation, and field sales. In addition, we have a strong mentorship program so you can learn from other experienced underwriters.\nIf you’re ready to take the next step in your career journey, while being supported in an environment that values it’s people, their ambitions, and expertise, this is where you belong.\nLife is brighter under the sun\nBy joining our team at Sun Life, you can expect:\nA hybrid work environment, offering you the best of in-office collaboration and the flexibility of working from home\nFlexible benefits from your first day, meeting your needs and those of your loved ones\nOur share ownership program and pension plan give you the opportunity to invest in Sun Life through company matching contribution opportunities\nAn annual bonus based on company performance and individual performance\nPaid vacation based on experience, 5 care days available to take care of yourself or others (e.g., your family or others you may support), and 10 personal sick days to support your well-being\nOur unique sabbatical program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks of leave every 5 years\nAn investment in non-profit organizations that matter to you\nA maternity/paternity leave salary top-up program so you can focus on your growing family\nWhat will you do?\nAnalyze medical, personal, and financial information to assess eligibility for life insurance and critical illness insurance applications, relying on quantitative and qualitative data to make informed decisions\nAssess and classify risk using underwriting guidelines and your professional judgment; obtain additional information (e.g., medical evidence) or refer files as needed\nMake timely and well-founded decisions within your authority and submit files that exceed those limits for co-signature\nCollaborate with reinsurers to negotiate the best possible outcomes for complex or adverse decisions\nEngage internal partners, business leaders, and advisors to deliver an advisor- and client-focused experience grounded in expertise, empathy, and trust\nCommunicate decisions clearly and confidently to advisors and, when necessary, to clients’ physicians - explaining the rationale in a respectful, transparent, and easy-to-understand way\nRespond to inquiries from advisors and managing general agents while protecting confidentiality\nDocument decisions and related rationales, ensuring notes are clear and concise and demonstrate a thoughtful assessment of risk\nPromote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve underwriting quality, efficiency, and consistency. Also contribute ideas that support innovation, automation, and better outcomes for clients, advisors, and Sun Life\nMaintain strong medical knowledge and stay current on underwriting approaches, trends, and risk factors\nWhat do you need to succeed?\nAt least 3 years of experience as an individual life insurance underwriter\nExisting signing authority in life insurance and critical illness insurance\nAnalytical skills, judgment, problem solving, and decision making\nInfluencing and negotiation skills\nKnowledge of medicine and risk factors\nService-oriented attitude and interpersonal skills allowing you to work collaboratively with our internal and external partners\nDemonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure while prioritizing multiple tasks\nSpecialized training: ALU certificate (or commitment to obtain it), with the goal of obtaining the Fellow, Academy of Life Underwriting (FALU) and Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) designations\nAs 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\nWhen a new position becomes available which matches your background and experience, the base pay range will be disclosed and correspond to the opportunity Sun Life will consider you for.\nIn addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.\nDiversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.\nPersons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to .\nWe are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you.\nWe may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.\nWe thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. 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