Life Underwriter

Unum; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Life Underwriter, responsible for evaluating and selecting risks to ensure profitable policyholder acquisition. This role requires strong risk management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a commitment to supporting sales goals. Enjoy a competitive benefits package and opportunities for career advancement at Unum.

Benefits

Award-winning culture

Inclusion and diversity as a priority

Performance Based Incentive Plans

Generous PTO

401(k) employer contribution

Mental health support

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work environments

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years insurance experience.
• Strong knowledge of underwriting products.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select risk for profitable acquisition of new policyholders.
• Support sales and premium goals in accordance with underwriting guidelines.
• Document reasons for case decisions and identify risk trends.

Skills

Risk management

Communication

Analytical reasoning

Problem solving

Job description

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When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Benefits

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide:

• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments
• All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.
  
  

And that’s just the beginning…

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!

General Summary

General Summary

This position reports into the Director of Life Underwriting and is responsible for the evaluation and selection of risk (binding via contract) which ensures the profitable acquisition of new policyholders and the continued profitable retention of inforce cases within assigned authority levels and product types.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Support the achievement of sales and premium goals in accordance with underwriting philosophy, product guidelines and state regulations. This requires the incumbent to:
• Partner with internal and external customers in order to increase sales in new or existing accounts by all reasonable means while aligning to department risk management and compliance guidelines.
• Make appropriate risk selection based on the facts presented in applications for insurance.
• Fully document reasons and thought processes to support case decisions made.
• Assist in the analyzing and identifying of early and ongoing risk trends.
• Develop personal credibility with sales force, key brokers, customers both external and internal customers and field management.
• Support Colonial Life’s commitment to privacy and safeguarding confidential information by accurately verifying applicant’s key individual identifiers.
• Assist in supporting the achievement of specific top-line, bottom-line growth. This requires the incumbent to:
• Develop technical expertise in risk selection.
• Develop selection and retention of customers through accurate risk assessment.
• Deliver dependable, accurate and timely service and build relationships with all customers, consistent with the company’s commitment to achieving a distinct competitive advantage.
• Process all reinstatement applications and support policy level applications from the queues as needed to support and meet departmental unit goals.
• Identify efficiency improvements to include new and better ways to handle Underwriting tasks through automation and training.
  
  

Job Specifications

The Following Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors, And Attributes Are Required

• Consistently meet quality and quantity standards as outlined by department expectations
• Strong risk management skills
• Strong knowledge of products for which they underwrite
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to navigate and partner/collaborate effectively throughout all departments in Operations
• Creative problem solving/analytical reasoning skills
• Demonstrated initiative and results orientation
• Demonstrated ability to be persuasive and negotiate
• Ability to work independently and address problems through own initiative and creativity
• Flexibility to work well under pressure, manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines
• Demonstrate ability to work both independently and as part of the team
• Minimum 2-3 years insurance experience
• Other responsibilities as defined by manager
  
  

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$45,600.00-$86,200.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company

Colonial Life

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Insurance

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