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RGA Reinsurance Company

Life and health reinsurance solutions

Vice President, Underwriting

UnderwritingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Arts or Sciences, or equivalent related work experience.
  • Demonstrated underwriting leadership experience, strong knowledge of the Canadian life insurance and/or reinsurance market, and the ability to establish credibility with clients and industry stakeholders.
  • At least 15 years of underwriting experience within the life insurance or reinsurance industry, including experience in the Canadian market.
  • At least 7 years of leadership experience, including leading and developing high-performing teams.
  • Deep technical underwriting expertise and a strong understanding of risk selection principles and underwriting practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor on underwriting matters.
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with clients, senior leaders, and industry stakeholders.
  • Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead change, influence outcomes, and collaborate effectively across functions.
  • Excellent presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and implement RGA Canada's underwriting philosophy and best practices.
  • Lead and direct the underwriting team's activities to ensure consistent, high-quality risk assessment and underwriting excellence, and authorize exceptions to underwriting philosophy and practices while balancing risk management, client needs, and relationship objectives.
  • Develop and manage strategic client relationships by identifying underwriting solutions that address client needs and support business objectives.
  • Communicate underwriting decisions, provide guidance on complex underwriting matters and risk-selection trends, and oversee client audits, exception-management programs, and special underwriting initiatives.
  • Lead and promote RGA Canada's Strategic Underwriting Program, collaborating with clients to develop tailored solutions that support service excellence, operational efficiency, and evolving business requirements.
  • Provide leadership and oversight to the underwriting team, including talent acquisition, performance management, coaching, succession planning, and employee development; foster an engaged, high-performing work environment and support employees' professional growth.
  • Represent RGA Canada in the underwriting community through participation in industry associations, committees, conferences, and client forums; share expertise, contribute thought leadership, and foster industry relationships.
  • Contribute as a member of the RGA Canada leadership team to developing and executing business plans, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and aligning departments; promote organizational communication and collaboration and ensure the underwriting function advances strategic priorities.

Desired Qualifications

  • FALU, FLMI, CLU, ACS, or other relevant industry designations.
  • Ability to underwrite and communicate effectively in both English and French, including reviewing and assessing complex cases in both languages.
  • English is required to communicate regularly with English-speaking internal partners, stakeholders, and clients located outside Quebec.

About the Company

RGA Reinsurance Company

Life and health reinsurance solutions

RGA Reinsurance Company helps insurers manage mortality, morbidity, longevity and financial risk. It provides life and health reinsurance, product development, underwriting, data, capital solutions and related expertise to insurance partners around the world. Teams analyze risk and structure agreements that support protection products without selling most policies directly to individual consumers. RGA operates as a specialist business-to-business reinsurer, working behind primary insurers to expand capacity, manage volatility and develop financially sustainable coverage.

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