Sr. Underwriter

at  Symetra Financial

Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join our SwiftTerm team as a Senior Underwriter – Life.
Symetra has headquarters is in Bellevue, Washington. It has over 2000 employees with more than $60 Billion in assets. Established in 1957, and well positioned to execute on growth plans.
At Symetra, we ‘re focused on building solutions which can help people gain financial freedom. We are disrupting the Insurance industry. Symetra SwiftTerm won a 2021 Gartner Eye on Innovation Award for Financial Services and a 2022 Celent Model Insurer Award. We’re creating new products to redefine the industry, and we invite you to join us in the adventure! This is a unique opportunity to join our team empowered to delight our customers, grow ourselves, boldly perform and transform, and build bridges to new markets.

YOUR EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and experience.
• 3-5 years of life insurance underwriting experience.
• Progress towards completion of AALU and AMLI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good underwriting judgment with decisiveness while handling full underwriting caseload.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task effectively.
• Ability to communicate in clear and concise manner.
• Thorough knowledge of underwriting principals, practices, departmental procedures, insurance medicine, financial underwriting, field operations, product offerings and life insurance contract law.
• 5 years of life insurance underwriting experience.
• AALU and/or AMLI designations.
• Formal medical and/or pharmacological training, knowledge and/or experience.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll be joining an underwriting team that that is responsible for our customers’ life insurance purchase journey on an award-winning technology platform that automates and assists our underwriting assessment. You will classify mortality in a sound, objective and consistent manner by applying company guidelines and philosophies.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Review individual life insurance applications and underwrite preferred through substandard risks within authorized limits of authority.
• Communicate effectively with customers, agents, and agency staff to support swift handling of applications and deepen Symetra’s relationship with our customers and partners.
• Use your passion, skills, and interest to improve our platform and processes for our customers and employees.
• Empowered to own the new business underwriting process from beginning to end including direct interaction with our customers.