Underwriter, APAC

Job Title

Job Description

The Role

The role of Full-Time Underwriter, Underwriting & Claims Services, Protection, APAC is primarily focused on delivering high-quality case underwriting assessments, with a specific emphasis on supporting our business in India. This role sits within the Asia Underwriting & Claims team and is based in Singapore.

This is a full-time position and is well-suited for candidates seeking flexible engagement while contributing meaningfully to our India portfolio.

Given the market focus, prior experience or familiarity with the Indian insurance industry and its underwriting practices will be considered an advantage.

As the role involves working closely with stakeholders in India, the ability to work flexible hours aligned with the India time zone is essential. While specific working hours will be mutually agreed upon during the onboarding process, the successful candidate must demonstrate a willingness and ability to adjust their availability to meet business needs in India.

Duties

• Provide high-quality assessments of client referrals in line with agreed risk philosophies, exercising judgment to ensure work is conducted within SLAs. This includes approving referrals that exceed the assessor's delegated authority.
• Continuously challenge current practices and improve processes and documentation.
• Leverage all aspects of Chorus (PLRe's UWC case assessment system), including portal and cross-regional working, to further optimise underwriting and claims activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience working in a life underwriting and claims department in an insurance (or preferably) a reinsurance company environment
• Experience handling underwriting for all major products.
• Competent user status for MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook or similar e-mail product.
• Good working knowledge of Life insurance industry regulations.

Working For Pacific Life Re

Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.

Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

Benefits

Leave

• 23 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days

• Adoption and fertility leave 

• Generous enhanced parental leave  

Healthcare

• Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents

• Group Term Life Insurance coverage of 5x basic annual salary, Group Accelerated CI of 1x annual basic salary and Group Accidental Death & Dismemberment of 3x annual basic salary 

• Optical & Dental benefits 

• Additional flexi benefits

Wellness

• Access to Employee Assistance Program 

• Time off for volunteering 

• Charitable matching of employee donations

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.

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