Vice President, Underwriting – Life, Absence, Disability

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🌲 Oregon – Remote

🌲 Oregon – Remote

💵 $211.3k - $357.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

📋 Underwriter

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The Standard

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1906

💸 Finance

👥 HR Tech

Insurance • Finance • HR Tech

The Standard is a comprehensive provider of insurance, retirement, and investment products and services, targeting individuals, families, businesses, and organizations. Based in Portland, Oregon, and part of the StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. , The Standard offers products such as life and disability insurance, annuities, vision and dental coverage, and retirement plans. Their solutions aim to facilitate financial wellness and enable effective benefits administration, catering to clients of all sizes. The company is renowned for its people-first commitment and innovative partnerships, contributing to a seamless customer experience.

📋 Description

• Own the LAD underwriting strategy, risk management and operations ensuring appropriate pricing, plan design and overall risk selection to drive profitable growth • Manage the entire lifecycle of the customer • Design and implement consistent underwriting strategies and practice • Invest in and develop the LAD Underwriting department to create a culture of high performance, accountability, and innovation across teams • Build a high-performing leadership bench, develop future underwriting talent, strengthen succession plans, and foster a culture of accountability, innovation and collaboration • Collaborate with sales to produce industry leading underwriting results that create a competitive advantage for The Standard • Monitor industry trends and integrate new technologies to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Math or related field. Preferred advanced degree. • Minimum of twelve to fifteen years progressive experience in Group Insurance or financial services industries with a preference of at least ten years of progressively responsible group underwriting experience. • At least 5 years in complex national accounts business, with a minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in management positions. • Demonstrated experience in successfully partnering cross organization to achieve business results. • Strong background in workplace benefits life, absence and disability products. • Professional certification required: N/A

🏖️ Benefits

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions • An annual incentive bonus plan • Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure • A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement • Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance • An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools