Life Underwriter

Bengaluru, Karnataka

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Ethos</strong></h3> <p>Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.</p></div><p><strong>

About

the Role</strong></p> <p>Are you a life insurance underwriter with 3+ years of experience, who is passionate about the profession of underwriting? Are you interested in getting in on the ground floor of a growing team at an insurtech startup? Would you enjoy working in a collaborative environment where your opinion matters?</p> <p><strong>Duties and

Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Understand underwriting policies, guidelines, practices and procedures</li> <li>Determine whether to accept, modify, or decline a risk through evaluation of an individual's medical history or physical condition, occupational hazard, and financial background</li> <li>Communicate effectively both written and verbally to explain underwriting decisions</li> <li>Influence and champion changes to improve processes while maintaining mortality expectations Work efficiently to gather information necessary for decision making</li> <li>Ability to independently work assigned requests with minimal direction.</li> <li>Comfortable with ambiguity</li> </ul> <p><strong>

Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>4 year degree preferred</li> <li>Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of risk selection (medical, non-medical, financial) Ability to think critically and problem solve independently</li> <li>Positive, inclusive, agile, and collaborative mindset</li> <li>Strong verbal and written communication skills</li> <li>Term and permanent life insurance underwriting</li> <li>In process or completed industry designations, i.e. LOMA, ALMI, FMLI, ALU, FALU</li> </ul> <p><strong>#LI-Onsite</strong></p> <p><strong><span data-sheets-root="1">#LI-MS1</span></strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.</p> <p>We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.</p> <p>To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/getethos/image/upload/v1684458868/00_CMS/CURRENT_CRPA_Privacy_Notice_for_Job_Applicants_05-23.docx_-_Google_Docs_lr4j43.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://res.cloudinary.com/getethos/image/upload/v1684458868/00_CMS/CURRENT_CRPA_Privacy_Notice_for_Job_Applicants_05-23.docx_-_Google_Docs_lr4j43.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1684616836493000&usg=AOvVaw2BlajerdOWoHawb8unUdI4">California Candidate Privacy Notice</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.<br><br></strong></em><em><strong>We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.</strong></em></p></div>

About Ethos Life

Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market), and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services.

Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you.

Ethos was founded in 2016. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Job details

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Company

NameEthos Life
IndustryBrokers & Service
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$414M

Last stage

Series D

Investors

General Catalyst
Sequoia Capital
Accel
GV
SoftBank Vision Fund

Founders

Lingke Wang

Lingke Wang

Co-Founder & President

LinkedIn
Peter Colis

Peter Colis

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.