Remote Life Underwriting Auditor — Quality & Risk Insights

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

Job summary

Manulife/John Hancock seeks a Life Underwriting Auditor for a remote role open to any location in the continental United States. The position audits underwriting initiatives, evaluates decision quality, and delivers actionable insights to align with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements.

You will review medical and financial underwriting decisions, identify audit trends, and collaborate with risk, training, and pricing teams to improve controls and governance.

Qualifications

• Several years (typically 5+ years) of life underwriting experience.
• Proven expertise in medical and financial underwriting.
• Ability to interpret complex medical and financial information and assess risk.
• Strong written and verbal communication; present findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Audit post-issue underwriting initiatives for technical accuracy and guideline adherence.
• Review underwriting decisions for medical, financial, and operational soundness.
• Identify trends in audit results and prepare structured reports with recommendations.
• Collaborate with Underwriting Management and Risk Management on CAPs and remediation.
• Support development of the Underwriting Risk Control Framework.
• Translate audit findings into targeted training with Training & Development.
• Test and evaluate new tools or GenAI solutions for underwriting quality.
• Contribute to targeted audits for Underwriting Innovation initiatives.
• Ensure audit documentation is complete for internal audit and regulatory review.
• Continuous improvement of audit frameworks, metrics, and reporting.

Skills

Life underwriting expertise

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

ALU / FALU / FLMI (preferred)

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Manulife/John Hancock seeks a Life Underwriting Auditor for a remote role open to any location in the continental United States. The position audits underwriting initiatives, evaluates decision quality, and delivers actionable insights to align with pricing, mortality assumptions, and regulatory requirements.

You will review medical and financial underwriting decisions, identify audit trends, and collaborate with risk, training, and pricing teams to improve controls and governance.