For over 75 years, Medavie Blue Cross has been a leading health and wellness partner for individuals, employers and governments across Canada. As a not-for-profit organization, we proudly invest in communities to help address some of Canada's most pressing health care challenges. We are one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Canada's Life & Health Insurer of the Year for 2021 and an Imagine Canada Caring Company.

Our 2,400 professionals work across six provinces, united by our shared values of being caring, accountable, responsible, innovative and community-minded. We're committed to ensuring our employees thrive in our award-winning, collaborative culture focused on ensuring health, wellness, and personal and professional growth through a variety of programs and support across our organization.

Together with Medavie Health Services, we are part of Medavie - a national health solutions partner with over 7,700 employees. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians.

Job Title: Expert Group Underwriter Department: Group Underwriting Competition: 87179 Internal/External: Both Employment Type: Full Time Permanent Location: Remote Available Salary: Competitive Compensation Reports To: Manager, Group Underwriting

The Opportunity:
In this position, you will work with the Group Underwriting team to ensure Medavie Blue Cross achieves its financial targets on the group health, life and disability income lines of business.

What else is in it for you?

• A stimulating and flexible working environment
• A diverse team of colleagues with multiple fields of expertise
• Health and dental Benefits Program 100% paid by the employer
• An organization where we encourage personal learning and growth
• A focus on work-life balance and well-being, including health support tools, and discounts on your fitness membership
• If getting involved in charitable causes is something you're passionate about, we support and offer plenty of opportunities to give back
• We are a not-for-profit organization and our shareholders are the communities in which we operate. 13% of our net income goes back into our communities through the Medavie Health Foundation and our Building Healthy Communities program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handling of large account renewals and marketings during the RFP process;
• Act as a consultant to the management team in establishing various pricing strategies;
• Act as a consultant to other departments of the company;
• Resource person for junior and intermediate underwriters;

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in the field of business administration, mathematics, actuarial science, statistics or computer science.
• 10 years minimum Group Underwriting experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite specifically Excel and Word.
• Bilingualism, French and English, isan asset.
• Enjoy working in a team-based environment;
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal;
• Self-directed with high levels of personal accountability and responsibility;
• Excellent reasoning, judgment and decision-making abilities;
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail;
• Excellent Time-management skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment involving multiple tasks and priorities; and
• Strong negotiation skills.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Medavie Blue Cross strives to foster a culture where everyone is enabled to achieve their full potential -a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) where we live our values every day in the way we treat each other, our members and the communities we serve. Accessibility is a top priority.

For applicants with disabilities, we provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Medavie Blue Cross Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

We would like to thank all candidates for expressing interest. Please note only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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