Senior Underwriting Consultant

About SCOR: As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying "The Art & Science of Risk," SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by "The SCOR Way." Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

Job Summary: This individual will be responsible for providing facultative underwriting to clients on large cases and other cases as assigned, within time services standards defined by SGLA and agreed to with clients. Larger case approval levels along with resting and treadmill EKG approval authority. If technically qualified, may provide second signature review as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Apply sophisticated underwriting procedures to assess complex and/or large medical and financial risks for facultative clients, recognizing instances where deviations from guidelines are applicable
• Interact with clients to secure specialized or supplementary information; develops alternative solutions when routine/usual methods do not work and provides excellent customer service through understanding, patience and innovation.
• Communicate with all levels of client's underwriters and other company management personnel, explaining the reasoning and theory which surrounds an underwriting impairment, problem and/or decision
• Keep up to date with current medical topics, current economics and business environment as well as changing / new financial evaluation concepts and measures
• Function effectively and professionally within a team with little supervision
• Understand and effectively implement all SGLA retrocession schedules
• Ability to attend and participate in client liaison including external client audits, client visits and relationship management; participation in RFP (Request for Proposals) as subject matter expert
• Ability to provide mentoring internally and externally, as well as internal training and case referral/co-sign abilities with an objective of developing team members' and support clients' abilities to underwrite large cases
• Other duties as required including special projects
• Active participation in the insurance industry, for example publishing white papers or presentations for clients or at various conferences

Required Education & Qualifications:

• A baccalaureate degree and/or relevant experience
• 10 - 15+ years current, active life underwriting experience
• Minimum $15,000,000 case approval authority for the past three years - all ages and ratings
• Currently handling a regular new business caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated successful track record working with field force and/or sales representatives and when applicable, client company underwriters
• Demonstrated meaningful progress toward completion of ALU education program This is a nice to have, not a requirement
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels within SGLA
• Ability to adapt to change routinely and support the goals of the underwriting unit and the company through teamwork and additional hours as required
• PC literacy in Word Office products and Underwriting systems

SCOR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.