Medical Underwriter

Rare opportunity to join the SCOR Life & Health underwriting team, using your underwriting expertise to support both SCOR and our clients in delivering business strategies. In this role you'll work with a small energetic team to deliver underwriting excellence in all areas of risk management including underwriting service, audits, client relationships as well as philosophy, process & product development.This is a wide and varied role which will suit a curious underwriting professional looking for the next step of their career to be in reinsurance underwriting. We're looking for an individual with a passion for driving change and the ability to work cross functionally to support innovation with the highest levels of risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational excellence and support customers and clients by Underwriting cases in line with agreed philosophy and practice within service levels.

Support underwriting client relationships including meetings and visits, philosophy and process reviews, product development and training

Support the writing of high quality business by delivering underwriting audits and being involved in Distribution Quality Management programmes

Analysis and production of Management Information to understand and continuously improve underwriting processes to the benefit of SCOR, our clients and the end consumer.

• Work with other teams across SCOR such as data analytics, claims, pricing and marketing to deliver innovation supporting SCOR, and our clients, strategic goals

Keep SCOR underwriting at the forefront of change including horizon scanning and attending industry functions representing the L & H underwriting team

Qualifications

• Technical underwriting knowledge and risk management skills accoss Life, Critical Illness and Disability benefits, both medical and financial authorities
• No previous reinsurance experience is required
• Recent direct office experience is desirable, with knowledge of the key key challenges and opportunities facing insurers in the UK & I markets
• Product and industry knowledge, understanding of the role of underwriting in the Protection value chain and on profitability
• Experience in delivering underwriting change to improve underwriting process or philosophy
• Ability to analyse data to inform change
• Strong relationship builder, ability to manage stakeholders at all levels
• Collaborative & orgaqnised, able to work as part of a small, busy team
• Job Category Medical Underwriting & Claims - Life
• Posting Date 03/24/2026, 02:52 PM
• Locations Level 6, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 4BQ, GB

About Us

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying "The Art & Science of Risk," SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by "The SCOR Way." Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.