Business Analyst – Life Insurance Underwriting

Jersey, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Business Analyst Life Insurance Underwriting
Location: New York / New Jersey (Hybrid preferred)
Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are seeking a Business Analyst Life Insurance Underwriting to support digital underwriting and underwriting modernization initiatives for one of our premier consulting clients. This role focuses on underwriting workflows automated decisioning and UAT ownership within the life insurance value chain.

The ideal candidate will bring strong life insurance underwriting domain expertise hands-on experience with digital underwriting platforms and the ability to translate underwriting rules into system requirements and test scenarios.

What We Are Looking For

Life Insurance & Underwriting Domain

4 years of experience across the Life Insurance value chain
Strong understanding of underwriting workflows new business processing and risk assessment
Familiarity with reinsurance guidelines and underwriting decision pathways
Ability to interpret underwriting rules including medical financial occupational and lifestyle factors

Business Analysis & Functional Ownership

Partner with Underwriting Product IT and Reinsurance teams to gather and validate requirements
Translate underwriting rules and business needs into BRDs FRDs and functional specifications
Identify gaps and improvement opportunities in underwriting processes and automation logic
Support implementation and post-release validation activities

UAT & Validation

Own or lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for digital underwriting platforms
Design test cases aligned to underwriting rules and automated decision logic
Validate system behavior against underwriting guidelines and compliance requirements
Track defects and work closely with technology teams for resolution

Data & Analysis

Use SQL and Microsoft Excel to analyze underwriting results test outcomes and rule impacts
Familiarity with Python for exploratory analysis or test scripting is a plus

Required Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Economics Mathematics Computer Science Engineering or related field
4 years of experience in Life Insurance underwriting or underwriting systems
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
US-based candidates only (NY / NJ preferred)

Preferred

Experience with digital underwriting engines or rules-based decisioning platforms
Exposure to medical data integrations or evidence ordering workflows
Prior consulting or client-facing experience

Job Title: Business Analyst Life Insurance Underwriting Location: New York / New Jersey (Hybrid preferred) Type: Full-time Role Overview We are seeking a Business Analyst Life Insurance Underwriting to support digital underwriting and underwriting modernization initiatives for one of our pr...