Life Underwriting Manager jobs in Texas

Life Underwriting Manager manages the daily operations of life underwriting department for a variety of products to contribute to the achievement of financial objectives of the business. Underwrites and oversees the issuance of renewal on key accounts. Being a Life Underwriting Manager proposes enhancements for life underwriting policies and procedures. Must be familiar with current legislative and compliance processes affecting Life Insurance. Additionally, Life Underwriting Manager typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department. The Life Underwriting Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Life Underwriting Manager typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 - 3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Senior Life Underwriter, Underwriting Strategies
  • Ethos Life
  • Austin, TX FULL_TIME
  • About the role

    Are you passionate about building best in class underwriting technology? The role seeks a visionary with ability to communicate across departments effectively and bring ideas to life. You’ll need to partner with end-users of Ethos systems and engineers to create a constant and virtuous cycle of improvements on our underwriting ecosystem. 

    Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Ongoing analysis and monitoring of rules engine and workbench performance
    • Continued review of evidence and synthesization of underwriting data from all sources
    • Work with Head of Underwriting Strategies to assess business risk for changes to underwriting guidelines
    • Creation of specific recommendations and action plans to drive automated underwriting decisions and process improvement across underwriting and case management
    • Act as both an owner and contributor to multiple projects and initiatives
    • Solidify protocols for rule and system enhancements  
    • Maintain appropriate documentation for underwriting criteria, guidelines and workflows 
    • Ability to prioritize system decisions based on business need, business case and ROI
    • Serve as underwriting process expert and liaison to work cross-functionally with colleagues and partners in product, engineering, operations, finance, marketing, legal, etc
    • Ensure end-user proficiency with new systems, programs, and applications across departments through onboarding training and regular updates
    • Work with engineers to serve as a business liaison in order to efficiently integrate new data, models, partners programs, and applications as the need arises

    Qualifications and Skills:

    • 3-5 years of life new business underwriting and case management experience
    • Extensive experience with underwriting rules engines and rules management
    • Comfortable working in an agile environment and leveraging systems such as JIRA
    • An understanding of data and models in the underwriting process
    • The ability to communicate results and needs among multiple parties
    • A record of identifying opportunities and quickly delivering solutions 
    • Desire to be a team player in a dynamic environment
    • An obsession with the customer and ability to challenge the status quo

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    The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $123,000 - $206,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 

    Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits. 

    You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/

  • 22 Days Ago

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Life Insurance and Financial Services Specialist
  • District-Manager,-Robert-Lehr
  • AUSTIN, TX FULL_TIME
  • Job DescriptionAs a District Life and Financial Specialist you will build your own book of business, while supporting our existing 22 storefronts in the Austin, Texas market. Your role will be to assi...
  • 2 Months Ago

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Underwriting Manager
  • IMA Financial Group
  • Dallas, TX FULL_TIME
  • CORnerstone Risk Solutions, IMA's captive and program design management group, is seeking an Underwriting Manager to join our team! This person will be responsible for leading the strategic design, de...
  • 2 Days Ago

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Chief Underwriting Officer, Life Sciences
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Plano, TX FULL_TIME
  • Pay PhilosophyThe typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this ...
  • 26 Days Ago

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Commercial Insurance Underwriting Manager
  • Heartland Security Insurance Group
  • Tyler, TX FULL_TIME
  • About Us At Heartland, we are focused on results, not corporate politics. We foster a harmonious work environment where associates feel like family. We strive to be the employer of choice, and believe...
  • 2 Months Ago

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Surety Underwriting Manager
  • IAT Insurance Group
  • Plano, TX FULL_TIME
  • IAT Surety has an immediate opening for a Contract Surety Underwriting Manager in our Plano, Texas location. This role will act to serve as a point member of our underwriting team, handling routine un...
  • 2 Months Ago

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Underwriter Manager
  • Pennymac
  • Plano, TX
  • PENNYMAC: Pennymac (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integr...
  • 6/2/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Underwriter Manager
  • Pennymac
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • PENNYMAC: Pennymac (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integr...
  • 6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Underwriting Manager
  • Movement Search & Delivery
  • Job Summary: We are looking for a highly skilled Underwriting Manager with DE certification and a minimum of 7 years of ...
  • 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Underwriting Manager
  • Great American Insurance Group
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Running a farm or ranch has always involved a lot of risks. But these days, rapid changes in the industry are raising th...
  • 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Underwriting Manager
  • Universal Insurance Programs
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Commercial Property and Casualty Underwriting Manager Salary Range: $101,000 to $115,000 per year Starting salary in ran...
  • 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Senior Underwriting Manager
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Pay Philosophy The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, ex...
  • 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Underwriting Manager
  • Selby Jennings
  • Title: Commercial Underwriting Manager Location: Texas, USA Responsibilities: Help analyze new and existing business inc...
  • 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Regional Underwriting Manager
  • Starr Companies
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty...
  • 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Income Estimation for Life Underwriting Manager jobs
$127,612 to $165,959

Life Underwriting Manager in Port Arthur, TX
While some people still apply for life insurance directly through a live agent, companies like Fabric let you apply totally online.
February 01, 2020
Life Underwriting Manager in Newark, NJ
RLIC needed to find a solution that could improve process control, reducing average underwriting turn around time (TAT) from weeks to hours.
February 11, 2020
Life Underwriting Manager in Vallejo, CA
Insurers hope that in the long run, they will be able to serve customers more expediently by building more accurate underwriting and pricing models, particularly in the underserved mid-market where many Canadians still do not have adequate insurance coverage.
December 03, 2019