CareerPlan

Senior Life Underwriter

Bristol, England, GBFull-time2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Assessing complex Life Insurance, Critical Illness and Income Protection cases using sound judgement to deliver high-quality underwriting decisions across medical, financial and lifestyle risk factors.

Role type

Senior Life Underwriter (Protection)

Builds

Protection insurance products (Life, Critical Illness, Income Protection)

Domain

Insurance / Life & Health

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Complex case assessment, Medical risk assessment, Financial risk assessment, Lifestyle risk assessment, Coaching and mentoring, Analytical capability, Stakeholder collaboration, Continuous improvement

Preferred skills

Technical expertise in Protection products, Curiosity for new ways of working, Experience with underwriting tools and technology

Technologies

Underwriting tools, AI-enabled insight tools

Responsibilities

Assessing complex Protection cases, Using insights from underwriting tools to inform decisions, Supporting less experienced underwriters through coaching and mentoring, Contributing to technical capability by sharing knowledge, Working with stakeholders to improve underwriting quality, Contributing to continuous improvement in underwriting delivery

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentoring responsibilities