Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones.

We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone.

Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights' Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn's Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families!

In Short

Understand underwriting policies, guidelines, practices and procedures
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
Communicate effectively both written and verbally to explain underwriting decisions
Influence and champion changes to improve processes while maintaining mortality expectations
Work efficiently to gather information necessary for decision making
Ability to independently work assigned requests with minimal direction
Have to be comfortable with ambiguity

Requirements

4 year degree preferred
Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of risk selection (medical, non-medical, financial)
Ability to think critically and problem solve independently
Positive, inclusive, agile, and collaborative mindset
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Term and permanent life insurance underwriting
In process or completed industry designations, i.e. LOMA, ALMI, FMLI, ALU, FALU