Underwriting Consultant

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

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:

The Underwriting Consultant will demonstrate expert 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. This role may also assist with the training, technical development and mentoring of other underwriters. Additionally, the incumbent will lead and influence others in the organization to support change and drive profitable results.

• 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.
• Contribute to the development of policies and procedures in support of product development initiatives.
• Demonstrate a mastery of the Company’s product portfolio, the sales, implementation, and enrollment processes, and market place influences.
• Deliver dependable, accurate, and timely service while maintaining relationships with internal and external partners.
• Act as a technical resource for junior underwriters and provide developmental feedback on case level decisions within the context of a mentoring relationship.
• Act as a mentor and coach, providing input to management regarding mentee performance.

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

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…