Chief/Senior National Accounts Underwriter

Requirements

• Responsible for the overall management of Group Life & Disability underwriting (5,000 or more lives) for National Accounts.
• Includes all pre and post-sale underwriting, profit management, renewal processing, policy issue and changes for assigned business segment.
• Demonstrates a solid, consistent technical proficiency of underwriting guidelines and underlying risk management philosophy.
• Establishes solid relationships with all internal and external business partners.
• Actively drives and participates in an assigned amount of project work and special assignments.
• Partners with the field to ensure deliver on service goals.
• Quotes new business opportunities for Core products and underwrites renewals.
• Works directly with sales representatives and brokers on new business, renewals, and service issues
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of the elements of pricing to include risk factors, retention, and reinsurance.
• Interfaces with the sales force regarding underwriting issues and decisions
• Negotiates prices and benefits with sales representatives and brokers.
• Mentors Regional Account underwriters and other staff members
• Look to leverage additional resources around key cases to facilitate better risk management, stimulate innovative thinking, provide creative solutions and potentially different perspectives.
• Seek to understand your individual marketplace dynamics and those of the general market to maximize our chances of success.
• You'll Be a Good Match if You Have:
• A customer-first mindset, putting our customers at the center of everything you do.
• A passion for making decisions through both analyzing h data and employing critical thinking skills.
• A team spirit and desire to work collaboratively.
• A financial mindset to help make the best decisions.
• Ability to own our work and following through on commitments.
• Ability to decipher and execute within a fluid and changing business environment.
• An understanding of how to build relationships and trust among diverse groups.
• The ability to advance their careers into technical OR leadership positions.
• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 5 years of Group Benefits underwriting experience
• Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining solid relationships with all internal and external business partners.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• An ability to think analytically about business problems, make recommendations and propose solutions.
• High energy self-starter, who is resilient and has an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Demonstration of solid time, organizational, and desk management skills
• Goal-oriented and delivers outcomes.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and compete to win.
• Superior technical knowledge and sound decision-making and analytical skills
• Salary $88,080 - $144,120

Benefits

Additional Information

National Account Chief UW GB - UO07FE Sr UW Natl Acct - UO08GE We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future. We're in the business of helping people achieve amazing things by protecting the things that matter most. And you can help us when you join our team of underwriters. They're at the center of everything we do - and by joining us, you'll be on a team known throughout the industry for providing our customers with just the right amount of coverage they need to pursue their unique interests. Your underwriting career here means collaboration, inclusivity, innovative thinking and so much more. Here, doing things the way they've always been done isn't a part of the job. Here, you'll be putting your creative insights to work with other underwriters and leaders, having a seat at the table with key decision makers. And you'll have any number of opportunities for your career to grow in whatever direction you choose.

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