Senior Life Underwriter (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Life Underwriter (Fintech): Evaluating and managing life insurance risks within a growing insurtech startup, with an accent on medical history, occupational hazards, and financial backgrounds. Focus on improving underwriting processes and maintaining mortality expectations.

Location: Remote US

Salary: $77,000 - $137,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale.

What you will do

• Understand underwriting policies, guidelines, practices, and procedures.
• Evaluate individual's medical history, occupational hazard, and financial background to determine whether to accept, modify, or decline a risk.
• Communicate underwriting decisions effectively in writing and verbally.
• Champion changes to improve processes while maintaining mortality expectations.
• Gather information efficiently for decision-making.
• Independently manage assigned requests with minimal direction and comfort with ambiguity.

Requirements

• 4-year degree preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of risk selection (medical, non-medical, financial).
• Ability to think critically and problem solve independently.
• Positive, inclusive, agile, and collaborative mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with term and permanent life insurance underwriting.
• In process or completed industry designations, i.e. LOMA, ALMI, FMLI, ALU, FALU.

Culture & Benefits

• Building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
• Equal opportunity employer.