[Hiring] Senior Life Underwriting Specialist @Nationwide

Role Description

Our underwriters work hard to provide the exceptional customer experience for which Nationwide is known. Actively engaging with our firms and financial professionals to get to know their clients and their needs builds our understanding of the market, what is needed to win business and put our best offer out first.

If you thrive working autonomously, making decisions on a variety of impactful issues and continuing to learn and adapt to grow, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Life Underwriting Specialist, you'll analyze, select and classify applications for life insurance of a more complex nature according to established underwriting policies, practices and standards. You'll coordinate life insurance selection standards according to underwriting practices and procedures to achieve satisfactory mortality and morbidity experience and acceptable administrative results.

We'll count on you to use independent judgment based on your underwriting authority and company underwriting standards. You will also likely serve as a referral point for less experienced underwriters and will often have cross distributional experience. You may also represent your distribution on underwriting related projects.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate studies in medical related discipline, marketing, insurance, risk management, economics, finance or business management preferred.
• LOMA Level 1 Certificate (LOMA 280, LOMA 290) preferred.
• Participation in, or attainment of, professional/technical studies or designation such as ALMI (ALU Level 1 Cert, ALU 201, 202, LOMA 320, 335).

Requirements

• Five years of life underwriting experience.
• Proven foundation for basic financial underwriting.
• Ability to evaluate the life financial supplement, understand more sophisticated beneficiary situations.
• In-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology and non-medical risks.
• Basic knowledge of products and reinsurance.
• Advanced ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to analyze performance and financial operating reports.
• Demonstrates resilience.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision.
• Life insurance, short and long term disability coverage.
• Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date.
• Nine paid holidays.
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off.
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company-paid pension plan.
• Business casual attire.