Director, Life Underwriting (Remote)

Corebridge Financial; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 118,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness insurance

401(k) with company matching

Employee Assistance Program

Matching charitable donations

Volunteer Time Off

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Director, Life Underwriting to lead medical and financial risk assessment for individual life insurance applications, while supporting sales. You will collaborate with case managers, wholesalers, and firms to ensure accurate, timely processing and a customer‑centric experience.

The role reports to the Managing Underwriting Director and requires expert underwriting knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to handle a large caseload with discipline.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of life underwriting experience and competence handling large face amount cases.
• Approval authority up to $7,000,000.
• FLMI, FALU and/or CLU designations preferred or in progress.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite complex formal applications and informal quote applications within approval authority guidelines.
• Analyze complex information to reach medical and financial risk assessments.
• Manage change, defuse conflict and negotiate positive results.
• Take a cross-functional view of work processes and understand implications for other areas.
• Be organized and able to manage a large caseload.
• Demonstrate superior technical underwriting knowledge and skills.
• Provide training to internal and external customers on underwriting topics.
• Interact effectively with a sophisticated field force dealing with an upscale market.

Skills

Brokerage distribution

Life underwriting

Approval authority up to $7M

Underwriting designations preferred

Education

FLMI

FALU

CLU

Job description

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Director, Life Underwriting to lead medical and financial risk assessment for individual life insurance applications, while supporting sales. You will collaborate with case managers, wholesalers, and firms to ensure accurate, timely processing and a customer‑centric experience.

The role reports to the Managing Underwriting Director and requires expert underwriting knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to handle a large caseload with discipline.