Are you looking for a supportive and collaborative workplace with great benefits and clear career development? You’ve come to the right place.

Why choose Manulife?

• Competitive Salary packages and performance bonuses

• Day 1 HMO + FREE coverage for your dependents (inclusive of same-sex partners)

• Retirement savings benefit

• Rewarding culture that values wellness and well-being

• Performance Bonus

• Global network of industry experts

• Extensive training resources
   

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Group Underwriter to join our team! This role is responsible 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.  

Have the skills and knowledge for the job? Learn more about the opening below!
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze group characteristics, benefits, and plan designs.

• Analyze premium and claims information 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree holder preferably in applied mathematics and statistics.

• CEBS, GBA certification is encouraged and recommended.

• With at least one-year relevant experience in group underwriting.

• Understanding of the Group Insurance market, products and services

• Excellent comprehension, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• 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.

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills with proficiency in Excel (data manipulation such as pivot tables) and Word

• Amenability to work on a hybrid set up and on a night shift schedule.

Soft Skills

• Strategic Decision-Making

• Negotiating and Influencing

• Applying Technical Expertise

• Excellent comprehension, analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to compose a grammatically correct, concise and accurate paragraphs or requests and ability to determine errors

• Ability to proactively respond to situations (escalations) - decision making & influencing others to act in the best interest of the clients

• Ability to multi-task and handle different inquiries

• Ability to manage short terms and near term workflow targets

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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

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. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact [email protected].

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