Senior Underwriting & Claims Risk Advisor - Hybrid

ivari Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Annual bonus

Health and dental benefits

Pension and savings plans

Professional development

Job summary

ivari Canada is seeking a Senior Consultant, Underwriting, Claims & Risk Management to ensure fair, timely, and compliant underwriting and adjudication of complex life, disability, and critical illness applications and claims.

You will partner with distribution teams and internal stakeholders to provide expert guidance, resolve escalated inquiries, and strengthen governance and regulatory oversight in a senior advisory capacity.

Qualifications

• Senior underwriter with 5+ years of life insurance experience
• 3–5 years adjudicating life insurance claims
• Solid understanding of underwriting, claims, and regulatory requirements

Responsibilities

• Assess complex and escalated life insurance applications and claims for consistency.
• Provide technical guidance on underwriting decisions and advisor inquiries.
• Review contestable and complex claims involving non-disclosure, misrepresentation or fraud.
• Conduct underwriting reviews of investigations and provide expert opinion on fraud signals.
• Support governance, compliance and regulatory reviews to strengthen controls.
• Analyze underwriting and claims data to identify emerging risks and improve outcomes.

Skills

Senior underwriting

Claims adjudication

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership ability

Education

FALU

FLMI

LOMA

ALHC

FLHC

Job description

ivari Canada is seeking a Senior Consultant, Underwriting, Claims & Risk Management to ensure fair, timely, and compliant underwriting and adjudication of complex life, disability, and critical illness applications and claims.

You will partner with distribution teams and internal stakeholders to provide expert guidance, resolve escalated inquiries, and strengthen governance and regulatory oversight in a senior advisory capacity.