Remote Senior Life Underwriting — Large-Case Expert

Guardian Life

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 181,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Remote position
Incentive compensation program
Guardian benefits

Job summary

Guardian Life in the United States seeks an Underwriting Large Case Specialist to act as a senior technical expert within Life Underwriting for Financial Protection and Retirement Solutions. You will adjudicate the most complex cases, guide peers on underwriting technologies, and ensure compliant, customer-centric decisions while aligning with Guardian’s values.

The role requires autonomous decision-making within approval authority, deep mortality protection focus, and collaboration with

Qualifications

  • 15–20 years of experience in individual life underwriting.
  • Experience handling large, complex cases for high-net-worth applicants.
  • Industry education such as FALU or FLMI.
  • Expertise with reinsurance treaties, retention, and automatic/facultative rules.
  • Familiarity with EHR, GenAI and wearable tech.

Responsibilities

  • Adjudicate the most complex and high-value cases.
  • Provide expert judgment and guidance on escalated cases.
  • Collaborate with field partners and home office for information and decisions.
  • Apply deep reinsurance expertise and evaluate treaty requirements.
  • Mentor underwriters in advanced financial underwriting.
  • Champion adoption of modern underwriting tools and platforms.
  • Monitor industry trends to inform prudent business decisions.

Skills

Large-case underwriting
Life insurance
Reinsurance knowledge
EHR/GenAI awareness
Communication & collaboration
High-net-worth cases

Education

FALU/FLMI

Tools

Underwriting platforms

Job description

Guardian Life in the United States seeks an Underwriting Large Case Specialist to act as a senior technical expert within Life Underwriting for Financial Protection and Retirement Solutions. You will adjudicate the most complex cases, guide peers on underwriting technologies, and ensure compliant, customer-centric decisions while aligning with Guardian’s values.

The role requires autonomous decision-making within approval authority, deep mortality protection focus, and collaboration with

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