Senior Underwriter

Priority Health; Grand Rapids (MI); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive benefits package

On-demand pay

Discounts directory

Identity theft protection

Traditional and Roth retirement with 2

Service contribution and match

Résumé du poste

Priority Health is seeking a Senior Underwriter to analyze employer risk and set competitive, financially sound premium rates for Large Group Commercial accounts. You will work with internal teams and external partners to ensure compliant underwriting and robust pricing strategies.

The role requires strong health underwriting expertise, data analysis skills, and the ability to support renewal and proposal processes while maintaining regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required.
• 5 years of underwriting experience in related field.

Responsabilités

• Assess employer risk profiles and develop fully insured rates for current and prospective group accounts.
• Calculate and recommend final rates for renewals and proposals in collaboration with Sales.
• Run reports and investigate high claim issues for group clients.
• Coordinate self-funded proposals and renewal requests with carriers.
• Provide technical assistance in communicating admin fees, premium rates and financial exhibits.

Connaissances

Underwriting

Healthcare underwriting

Data analysis

Risk assessment

Formation

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Join Priority Health as a Senior Underwriter and play a key role in shaping the financial success of our Large Group Commercial business. In this role, you'll apply your expertise in healthcare underwriting to assess risk, analyze data, and develop competitive pricing strategies that align with business objectives. You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure sound underwriting decisions while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. If you have a strong background in health insurance underwriting and a passion for driving financial sustainability in the healthcare industry, we invite you to be part of our growing team!

Assess and calculate the financial responsible and marketable premium rates for current and prospective group accounts. Understand and work towards departmental objectives. Coordinate the proposal process for self-funded and insured requests. Assure that fully insured rates are calculated correctly and that customer needs are met.

Essential Functions

• Accurately analyze employer’s risk profile and develop rates on fully-insured prospective and renewal accounts within our approved community rating guidelines. Audit on a periodic basis, the cases rated by the marketing department to assure their compliance with the company’s approved underwriting guidelines. Maintain on a consistent basis, renewal and prospective account files that assist the underwriters in the accurate development of premium rates.
• Calculate and recommend final fully-insured rates for renewals and proposals requested by Sales. Work with the Sales Department to arrive at a competitive and financially responsible rate level. Calculate suggested COBRA premium rates for new and renewing groups as requested.
• Run reports (P&Ls, In and out of Network reports) and investigate high claim issues for our group customers.
• Work with the Underwriting staff and Sales staff to develop decisions that reflect teamwork. Promote discussion and resolution of customer pricing issues. Maintain, on a consistent basis, renewal and prospective account files that assist underwriters in the accurate development of premium rates.
• Participate with Sales Dept.in proposal and renewal presentations. Provide necessary technical assistance and consultation in the communication of administrative fees, premium rates and financial exhibits.
• Coordinate self-funded proposal and renewal requests with insurance carriers in a timely fashion. Analyze stop loss proposals and prepare easily understood financial exhibits which highlight benefits options, cost savings and projected fixed and claim costs.
• Effectively implement the administrative fee of the new and renewal proposals to maintain a competitive market position and meet PHMB revenue guidelines.
• Maintain consultative relationships with brokers/agents, consultants and employer groups, as needed. Attend with the sales department, proposal and renewal client presentations. Provide necessary technical assistance in the communication of the administration fees, premium rates and financial exhibits.
• Provide essential paperwork for ASO sold case including Underwriting Disclosure and stop loss verification form. Calculate ASO binder check amount.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• 5 years of experience in underwriting typically gained through skills/knowledge/abilities in related field

Preferred

• Healthcare Experience
• Provider based carrier experience

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Priority Health - 1241 E BeltlineAve NE - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Underwriting East - PH Managed Benefits

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Days Worked

Monday to Friday

Weekend Frequency

N/A

Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.