Operations Specialist

ABOUT BESTOW

Life insurance is one of the world's most important products. It's also one of the hardest to build, distribute, and modernize. Bestow exists to change that.

Bestow is a leading vertical technology platform serving some of the largest and most innovative life insurers. Our platform unifies the fragmented, legacy value chain, enabling carriers to launch products in weeks instead of years. Carriers choose us to scale and operate at unprecedented speed, powered by AI and automation.

Bestow isn't selling policies. We're building the infrastructure that helps an entire industry move faster, reach more people, and deliver on its promise.

Backed by leading investors (Goldman Sachs, Hedosophia, NEA, Valar, 8VC) and trusted by major carriers, Bestow is powered by a team that moves with precision, purpose, and heart. If you want to help reimagine a centuries-old industry with lasting impact, join us.

Bestow offers flexible remote/hybrid work, meaningful benefits, equity, and substantial growth opportunities.

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Bestow’s Customer Experience (CX) team is committed to delivering an exceptional experience to our customers. Our Operations Specialists serve as advocates for our customers and address their inquiries and service requests quickly, efficiently, and with empathy. Reporting to the Post-Issue Manager, CX, the Operations Specialist will support our ever-growing customer base’s policy administration needs as we democratize life insurance to families everywhere.

The ideal Operations Specialist candidate will provide exceptional customer service while handling various policy administration tasks. This role is crucial in facilitating timely and accurate policy changes and requests, especially during critical times like a policyholder's death. Effective communication is essential, particularly when service level expectations can't be met. This role directly impacts the company's reputation, as timely and careful handling of policy administration is vital to maintaining a positive brand image.

This role is open to Remote (US) or hybrid in our Dallas, TX headquarters.

• Act as an advocate for our agent partners by supporting the operational execution of a wide variety of administrative functions such as processing physical and digital mail, policy changes, loan processing, disbursements, running daily/weekly/monthly reports, key control performance monitoring, and other work as defined by your supervisor
• Respond to inbound customer inquiries via USPS mail, phone, website chat, text, and email within established and agreed upon service levels
• Work closely with customer care advisors, underwriters, and engineering support teams to share feedback on where customers experience issues with our products or processes
• Support the maintenance and documentation of standard operating procedures to increase efficiency of our rapidly scaling team
• Make recommendations for business and process performance improvements
• Participate actively in team and individual meetings on video or in-person
• Co-lead post-issue administration related initiatives and projects
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies
• Support audits by providing necessary documentation upon request
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in internal systems
• Facilitate communication between customers, agents, and internal teams to resolve inquiries
• Ensure timely follow-up on policy status, claims and claims-related functions (i.e. FNOL), and service requests.
• Collaborate with underwriting, claims, and finance teams to…