[Hiring] Junior Underwriter @Ladder

Role Description

Please note, this is a remote role based in one of the 23 States Ladder is currently hiring in - AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, KS, MA, MD, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI with the exception of the following cities: SF Bay Area, New York City, and Seattle.

• Manage a variety of support and follow up items with the goal of keeping business flowing efficiently.
• Work closely with the Customer Operations to answer underwriting-related questions.
• Perform line underwriting on individual term life cases, evaluating medical and personal history on applications up to $1 million face amount.
• Analyze medical, personal and financial data from both traditional and innovative data sources to make final decisions.
• Manage varying volumes of application review within set quality standards and turnaround times.
• Work closely with a peer mentor as part of your continued development as a proficient life underwriter.
• Report to the Underwriting Manager.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of life insurance industry experience at a leading carrier or reinsurer.
• Acted as a support resource for life underwriters or undergone training to be a life underwriter.
• Worked in new business workflows.
• Managed follow ups of underwriting requirements.
• Learned the life cycle of an application and basic processing standards.
• Demonstrated interest in being part of a collaborative team to better serve.

Requirements

• A master of collaboration who is comfortable working with many cross-functional stakeholders.
• An innovator, passionate about insurance, and wants to help create a new paradigm to make insurance more accessible and affordable for the next generation of buyers.
• A strategic thinker and builder, wanting to apply their life insurance underwriting expertise to help drive Ladder’s success.
• An optimist, committed to continuous learning, iteration, and user-centered everything.
• A great communicator who listens well, asks questions, and has a sense of humor.

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible paid time off, including a week-long winter holiday closure.
• Stock options to participate in the success of building Ladder.
• A rewarding 401k match program, matching up to 4% of your contributions.
• Ladder Fit Program providing a monthly stipend for wellness-related expenses.
• Paid parental leave of ten weeks for all parents.
• Work-from-home flexibility and support, including a one-time remote office stipend and monthly stipend for WFH costs.
• Fun company-wide events to foster team bonding.