Senior Underwriter

About the Role

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

The Senior Underwriter will demonstrate strong risk evaluation, selection, and retention of profitable business within assigned authority limits. This also requires a strong ability to partner with Company sales teams, brokers, and all internal partners.

Responsibilities

• Consult with sales and service partners to provide the products and plan options that best meet the needs of our customers.
• Evaluate and select risk to ensure the profitable acquisition of new cases and the continued profitable retention of in-force cases.
• Conduct high-quality risk assessments on all cases to assure business guidelines, target profit, and metrics are met.
• Identify and analyze risk trends, making recommendations for addressing these.
• Maintain a fully developed knowledge of the Company’s products, the sales, implementation, and enrollment processes, and market influences.
• Deliver dependable, accurate, and timely service while maintaining relationships with internal and external partners.
• Assist with training, technical development, and mentoring more junior underwriters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, relevant business experience.
• Demonstrated, consistent proficiency at Underwriter level.
• Fully developed knowledge of product provisions, plan designs, pricing, and contractual benefits.
• Strong technical expertise in risk selection.
• Demonstrated understanding of top-line and bottom-line objectives.
• Exhibit strong knowledge of sales/distribution process and market trends.
• Solid mentoring and coaching skills.
• Strong creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong critical thinking/analytical reasoning skills.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Strong ability to be persuasive and to negotiate.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Exhibit a strong commitment to quality and personal ownership of results.

Benefits

• 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 benefits are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $53,300.00 - $100,700.00. Actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location, and experience.

Company

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.