Director, Underwriting: Complex Risk & Client Solutions

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 107,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated seeks a senior facultative underwriter leader to manage a team, assess large life risks, and support profitability in pricing and client requirements.

You will develop client relationships, oversee pricing reviews, and drive underwriting initiatives with cross-functional teams to deliver strong business outcomes aligned with RGA’s philosophy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent related work experience (minimum 8 years).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Science or Business is preferred.
• 7+ Years of reinsurance underwriting experience or 9+ years direct underwriting experience.
• Intermediate Word, SQL/Query and Excel skills.
• Advanced ability to comprehend and interpret insurance and contract documents.
• Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology to all stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of insurance principles, underwriting policies and procedures and guidelines for dealing with risk analysis.
• ACS, ALU, FLMI, FALU, or CLU accreditation or progress towards accreditation is preferred.
• 10+ years reinsurance underwriting experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads and performs the duties related to daily team management. Duties include but are not limited to co-signing of cases, workflow supervision, general oversight of work, associate development and mentoring activities, hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, and disciplining direct reports.
• Assists underwriting leadership as underwriting client contact for assigned business development region in review of underwriting aspects related to pricing quotes and review of client requirements coordinating with Business Development, Pricing, Claims, Treaties, and other departments as needed.
• Collaborates with the various functional areas, including, but not limited to, Underwriting, Business Development, and CMS to help manage and assist the regional teams, fac exclusive teams SUP teams, and SUI in developing and delivering memorable and impactful solutions for clients, aligned to our foundational resources and strategy approach to client centric design.
• Works alongside CMS, Regional Leads, Underwriting, and SUI to coordinate and drive client centricity strategy.
• Ensures that client communications regarding RGA services are coordinated, clear, measurable, and tied back to the original scope of work.
• Organizes and shares client industry and organizational information to help RGA anticipate needs, prepares context-relevant recommendations, and identifies future expansion opportunities.
• Assists in completing underwriting quality scorecards and/or related documents ensuring pricing evaluations/recommendations meet our guidelines and are profitable.
• Assists in performing data analysis for clients, senior underwriting management, sales/marketing and actuarial departments by summarizing data resulting in meaningful reports, comparison grids, scorecards, and other formats as needed.
• Keeps abreast of and monitors client company special underwriting programs that RGA Re participates in such as conversion programs, table shave programs, requirements guidelines and preferred guidelines.
• Appraises and underwrites large, complex, and challenging risks for life insurance up to approval authority.
• Develops and manages client relationships by providing underwriting solutions to clients through partnering with them to identify unique, creative ways to solve their problems.

Skills

Word

SQL/Query

Excel

Insurance docs

Communication skills

Business practices

Negotiation

Change management

Multitasking

Medical/financial knowledge

Professional accreditation

Underwriting experience

Reinsurance knowledge

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

BA/BS Science or Business preferred

Job description

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated seeks a senior facultative underwriter leader to manage a team, assess large life risks, and support profitability in pricing and client requirements.

You will develop client relationships, oversee pricing reviews, and drive underwriting initiatives with cross-functional teams to deliver strong business outcomes aligned with RGA’s philosophy.