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Underwriter

@ Insight Global

Waterloo, Ontario

$81k–$120k/yrRemoteContract4+ years experience
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Overview

Insight Global is hiring an Individual Life Underwriter on a contract basis for a fast-growing insurance client. The role assesses and underwrites traditional individual life and critical illness policies, including higher-value, higher-complexity cases, and requires 4 to 15 years of underwriting experience with meaningful signing authority.

Pay:

$81,000–$120,000 a year

Responsibilities:

  • Independently assess and underwrite traditional individual life and CI policies
  • Make full, uncapped underwriting decisions on higher-value cases
  • Exercise signing authority on complex cases
  • Validate requirements and challenge assumptions
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders

Requirements summary:

  • 4 to 15 years of individual life underwriting experience
  • Experience underwriting traditional individual life insurance
  • Signing authority of $1M+ life and CI strongly preferred
  • Experience evaluating higher-rating, higher-complexity cases
  • Strong questioning and critical-thinking skills
  • Excellent communication skills

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Benefits mentioned

Life insurance
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Source type not verified · insightglobal

Employer posting date
2026-08-11
First seen by our source
2026-10-29
Source record updated
2026-10-29

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentFinance & accounting
Experience4+ years
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Insight Global

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Insight Global is an international talent and consulting company that delivers business outcomes in an ever-changing world. We obsess over solving problems and building solutions that move our customers further, faster. With access to top talent in more than 50 countries, our tech-enabled recruiters can build teams quickly. Our technical experts across Cloud, AI, Data, Enterprise Operations, and Applied Engineering deliver solutions tailored to each customer’s needs. As those needs evolve, so do we. As we evolve, though, we stay true to our purpose: to develop people personally, professionally, and financially so they can be the light to the world around them. It shows up in everything we do, from investing in our people to delivering results for our customers to making a meaningful impact in our communities.

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Insight Global is an international talent and consulting company that delivers business outcomes in an ever-changing world. We obsess over solving problems and building solutions that move our customers further, faster. With access to top talent in more than 50 countries, our tech-enabled recruiters can build teams quickly. Our technical experts across Cloud, AI, Data, Enterprise Operations, and Applied Engineering…

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IndustryBusiness Consulting and Services
Company size1,001-5,000 employees
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2001
SpecialtiesConsultingTalent ServicesStaffingand International Staffing
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Job description
Required Skills & Experience

-4–15 years of underwriting experience (individual insurance)
-Experience underwriting traditional individual life insurance (Not affinity or strictly group market only)
-Signing authority: Generally $1M+ life insurance + CI signing authority strongly preferred
-Experience evaluating higher-rating and higher-complexity cases
-Strong questioning and critical-thinking skills
-Ability to validate requirements and challenge assumptions
-Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience across multiple carriers or reinsurers, such as:
Sun Life, Manulife, Empire Life, Co-operators, Canada Life, Desjardins, Aviva, Reinsurers like RGA, Swiss Re, Munich Re, PartnerRe, Gen Re, Optimum Re, etc.,

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking experienced Individual Life Underwriters to join a rapidly growing Insurance client. This role is ideal for underwriters with 4–15 years of traditional life and critical illness underwriting experience with meaningful signing authority (typically $1M–$1.5M+), offering exposure beyond capped or affinity-market models. In this role, underwriters will independently assess and underwrite traditional individual life and CI policies, making full, uncapped underwriting decisions on higher-value and higher-complexity cases. Successful candidates bring strong critical‑thinking skills, the confidence to exercise signing authority and challenge assumptions, and the ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders in a fast‑paced underwriting environment.

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