Underwriting Consultant - Remote

Position: Underwriting Consultant - Remote.
Life Insurance Signature / Authority Limits $5M Signature / $7.5M Authority

PLEASE NOTE:

ONLY APPLICANTS WITH INDIVIDUAL LIFE UNDERWRITING EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

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PLEASE NOTE:

ONLY APPLICANTS WITH INDIVIDUAL LIFE UNDERWRITING EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

Job Summary Builds relationships with Financial Advisors and internal partners.

Develops the skills necessary to successfully underwrite Life, Disability, and/or Long-term Care insurance policies in an inclusive and fast-paced environment ensuring all quality, service and production goals are met.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities Field & Client Experience.

Field & Client Experience.

​Responsible for credible and effective relations and communication with field and customer to include responding to case appeals/inquiries and assists with placing business.

​Responsible for credible and effective relations and communication with field and customer to include responding to case appeals/inquiries and assists with placing business.

Provides guidance and assistance to the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and Financial Representatives regarding case underwriting and risk appraisal.

Provides guidance and assistance to the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and Financial Representatives regarding case underwriting and risk appraisal.

Responsible for prescreen inquiries.

Responsible for prescreen inquiries.

Underwriting Responsible for the analysis and appraisal of a broad range of insurance applications; approves, classifies, or declines applications for various ages and policy amounts with occasional guidance, as needed.​ Responsible for the analysis and appraisal of a broad range of insurance applications; approves, classifies, or declines applications for various ages and policy amounts with occasional guidance, as needed.​ Uses advanced UW knowledge and expertise to provide the appropriate level of underwriting skill and mentoring to UWs​.

Uses advanced UW knowledge and expertise to provide the appropriate level of underwriting skill and mentoring to UWs​.

Uses advanced skills to review applications and adheres to underwriting standards.​ Uses advanced skills to review applications and adheres to underwriting standards.​ Solves complex problems and escalations.

Solves complex problems and escalations.

Advanced level of experience with NM product types and changes Advanced level of experience with NM product types and changes Models change agility while maintaining mortality and morbidity expectations.

Models change agility while maintaining mortality and morbidity expectations.

Demonstrates continuous learning through the early adoption of new ways of underwriting.

Demonstrates continuous learning through the early adoption of new ways of underwriting.

Proficient with Reinsurance programs and able to determine where to best place a case.

Proficient with Reinsurance programs and able to determine where to best place a case.

Underwrites applications, maintaining industry-leading mortality and morbidity giving the best possible offer that can be made.

Underwrites applications, maintaining industry-leading mortality and morbidity giving the best possible offer that can be made.

Provides active case and requirement management and provides customized service with guidance.

Provides active case and requirement management and provides customized service with guidance.

Demonstrates advanced ability to communicate & negotiate with Field Partners to explain modified or declined decisions & assist in policy placement.

Demonstrates advanced ability to communicate & negotiate with Field Partners to explain modified or declined decisions & assist in policy placement.

Provides advanced financial, medical, and lay underwriting assessments and offers innovative solutions to keep Northwestern Mutual as the choice of our customers.

Provides advanced financial, medical, and lay underwriting assessments and offers innovative solutions to keep Northwestern Mutual as the choice of our customers.

Actively utilizes…