Remote Life Underwriting Auditor

Manulife; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Life Underwriting Auditor for a remote role open to continental US. The position conducts post-issue audits of underwriting initiatives, evaluates decision quality, and provides actionable insights to align with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements.

You will collaborate with Underwriting Management and Risk Management to develop CAPs, monitor remediation, and contribute to the Underwriting Risk Control Framework.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of life insurance underwriting experience
• Understanding of underwriting guidelines and risk selection
• Ability to interpret medical and financial information
• Strong analytical and data-driven problem solving
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Discretion with sensitive information

Responsibilities

• Conduct post issue audits and monitoring of new underwriting initiatives to assess technical accuracy and guideline adherence.
• Review underwriting decisions for medical, financial, and operational soundness, ensuring alignment with guidelines and mortality assumptions.
• Identify material errors, trends, and themes in audit results and prepare clear reports for management.
• Collaborate with Underwriting Management and Risk Management to develop CAPs and track remediation progress.
• Support enhancement of the Underwriting Risk Control Framework, including KRIs and governance standards.
• Partner with Training to translate audit findings into targeted training and guideline clarifications.
• Provide input into innovation initiatives by testing impact on underwriting quality and risk.
• Assist with design and execution of Targeted audits for Underwriting Innovation.
• Ensure audit documentation is complete and suitable for internal audit and regulatory review.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of audit frameworks, metrics, and reporting.

Skills

Life underwriting

Medical underwriting

Financial underwriting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Professionalism

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Manulife is seeking a Life Underwriting Auditor for a remote role open to continental US. The position conducts post-issue audits of underwriting initiatives, evaluates decision quality, and provides actionable insights to align with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements.

You will collaborate with Underwriting Management and Risk Management to develop CAPs, monitor remediation, and contribute to the Underwriting Risk Control Framework.