Assess life and critical illness insurance risks as a Senior Underwriter with Sun Life in a hybrid work-from-home setting. Apply medical and financial analysis daily.

This Senior Underwriter position supports one of Canada’s largest insurers. You will evaluate applications, use underwriting guidelines, and apply skilled judgment when making decisions. The work also involves communication, negotiation, documentation, and continuous improvement. Sun Life provides mentorship and advancement paths across individual life insurance, health insurance, risk management, innovation, and field sales.

Key Responsibilities:
Analyze medical, personal, and financial application information
Assess and classify risks using underwriting guidelines
Make decisions within authority and submit excess files




Collaborate with reinsurers on complex or adverse decisions
Communicate decisions clearly to advisors and physicians

Requirements:
At least three years of individual life underwriting experience
Existing signing authority for life and critical illness insurance
Analytical, judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Knowledge of medicine and risk factors
ALU certificate or commitment to obtain it

Bring life underwriting expertise, sound judgment, and medical knowledge to support informed insurance decisions at Sun Life.

📌 Senior Life Insurance Underwriter Toronto
🏢 Sun Life Financial
📍 Toronto