Senior Underwriting Consultant
Quick Summary
Independently evaluate and classify complex life insurance applications in accordance with company underwriting guidelines, mortality pricing assumptions, reinsurance agreements,

The Underwriting Consultant is a senior-level underwriting professional responsible for evaluating and classifying complex, high-face-amount individual life insurance risks. In this role, you'll exercise advanced technical expertise and independent judgment while serving as a key resource within the Underwriting department. You'll influence sound risk selection decisions, support underwriting quality, and collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver exceptional service and business results.
Here's a glimpse of your responsibilities and the meaningful impact you'll create as the Underwriting Consultant:
- Independently evaluate and classify complex life insurance applications in accordance with company underwriting guidelines, mortality pricing assumptions, reinsurance agreements, and risk management practices.
- Assess medical, financial, occupational, avocational, foreign travel, residency, and other mortality risks while making well-supported underwriting decisions.
- Manage large and complex cases with underwriting authority of $5 million or greater without co-signature requirements.
- Serve as a senior technical resource by providing second-level reviews and co-signature support on cases that exceed other underwriters' authority limits or require advanced technical review.
- Partner with producers, distribution partners, internal sales teams, and Home Office associates to explain underwriting decisions, adverse actions, and financial determinations.
- Mentor and support other members of the Underwriting department through technical guidance and expertise.
- Competitive pay: Fair compensation for your hard work.
- Healthcare coverage: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision from day one.
- Life insurance: Company-paid coverage for you and your loved ones.
- 401(k) plan: Matching contributions to help secure your financial future.
- Family support: Paid parental leave and reimbursement for adoption and surrogacy expenses.
- Work-life balance: Flexible time-off policy to recharge and pursue passions.
- Dress for your day: Express your style comfortably at work.
- Inclusion and Culture: A respectful environment that values unique contributions.
- Flexible work options: Remote, hybrid, and onsite opportunities at various locations across the U.S. for better work-life integration.
- Well-being focus: Programs to support a healthy balance between work and home life.
- Community connections: Build strong relationships through virtual and in-person interactions, with resources for your growth.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience preferred.
- FALU and FLMI certifications preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible individual life insurance underwriting experience, including complex medical and financial underwriting.
- Advanced knowledge of life insurance underwriting principles, human physiology, medical impairments, financial underwriting, occupations, avocations, and reinsurance practices.
- Strong understanding of reinsurance concepts, including retention, automatic binding limits, jumbo limits, and facultative underwriting.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to communicate complex underwriting decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical resource and mentor within an underwriting team.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Who can apply
- United States
- Posted
- 47 days ago
Listing Details
- First seen
- September 25, 2026
- Last seen
- November 11, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 46
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 29%
- Scored at
- November 11, 2026
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