Senior Life Insurance Underwriting Expert & Advisor

Aon plc; Plymouth (MN); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & paid holidays

401(k) with match

Health & wellness programs

Exclusive discount programs

Job summary

NFP, an Aon company, is seeking an experienced life insurance underwriter for complex, impaired-risk cases. You will partner with advisors, carrier underwriters, and internal teams to position high-value cases and develop creative underwriting strategies.

You will collaborate with leading advisors and carriers, provide guidance on underwriting approaches, and help develop best practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in individual life underwriting with complex case assessment.
• Ability to develop underwriting strategies aligned with carrier guidelines.
• Strong collaboration with advisors, carriers, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior underwriting consultant on complex cases.
• Evaluate risk factors and craft case-specific strategies.
• Build relationships with advisors, carrier underwriting teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Guide cases through the underwriting process and coordinate evidence collection.
• Advocate for favorable outcomes through carrier negotiations and strategic positioning.
• Provide expertise on carrier philosophies, risk appetites, and marketplace opportunities.
• Contribute to educational initiatives and underwriting best practices.

Skills

Life underwriting expertise

Underwriting strategy

Relationship management

Negotiation & communication

Analytical judgment

Education

College degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Posting Description

Who We Are:

NFP, an Aon company, is a multiple Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance who has also earned the WORK180 employer endorsement. We are an organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We help companies and individuals around the globe address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges through custom solutions and a people-first approach. To learn more, please visit: https://www.NFP.com.

Summary:

This is an opportunity for an experienced life insurance underwriter who enjoys solving complex cases, building meaningful industry relationships, and influencing outcomes beyond traditional underwriting responsibilities. In this role, you'll partner with advisors, carrier underwriters, and internal teams to evaluate and position high-value life insurance cases, develop creative underwriting strategies, and advocate for clients when navigating challenging medical, financial, or impaired-risk scenarios. You'll serve as a trusted expert throughout the underwriting process, helping advisors secure the most competitive and appropriate solutions for their clients.

The position combines technical underwriting expertise with relationship management, consultation, and thought leadership. You'll collaborate with some of the industry's leading advisors and carriers, provide guidance on carrier strengths and underwriting approaches, contribute to educational initiatives, and help develop underwriting best practices across the organization!

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior underwriting consultant and subject matter expert on complex and impaired-risk individual life coverage cases.
• Evaluate underwriting risk factors and develop case-specific strategies that optimize carrier placement and client outcomes.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with advisors, carrier underwriting teams, and internal stakeholders to support business growth and service excellence.
• Guide cases through the underwriting process by coordinating evidence collection, resolving technical issues, and facilitating communication among all parties.
• Advocate for favorable underwriting outcomes through carrier negotiations, reconsiderations, and strategic case positioning.
• Provide expertise on carrier underwriting philosophies, risk appetites, and marketplace opportunities to support advisor decision-making.
• Contribute thought leadership through industry presentations, advisor education, process improvements, and collaboration with Wealth Transfer leadership.
• Support organizational objectives through operational excellence, change leadership, accurate system utilization, and adherence to NFP values and standards.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

• Deep expertise in individual life insurance underwriting, including detailed and challenging-risk case assessment, mortality analysis, financial underwriting, regulatory considerations, and product knowledge.
• Proven track record to develop underwriting strategies, evaluate risk, and position cases effectively based on carrier guidelines, market opportunities, and client objectives.
• Solid understanding of carrier underwriting philosophies, risk appetites, and placement strategies, with the ability to secure optimal outcomes for advisors and clients.
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across advisors, carrier partners, and members of our internal network.
• Strong analytical judgment, problem-solving capabilities, and business acumen with the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Leadership presence with experience providing technical expertise, thought leadership, education, mentoring, and process improvement initiatives.

Education and/or Experience:

• College degree required, advanced degree a plus
• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive underwriting experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registration:

• Life Health License
• Completion of FALU required, actively pursuing CLU is preferred.

Physical Demand:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

What We Offer:

We're proud to offer a competitive salary, PTO & paid holidays, 401(k) with match, exclusive discount programs, health & wellness programs, and more. Our PeopleFirst culture focuses on building and nurturing lifelong relationships with our employees because, at the end of the day, we exist to be there for others. The base salary range for this position is $86,500 – $110,000. The base salary offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location. Actual base salary offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

NFP and You... Better Together!

NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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