What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President Education and Training position at RGA?
Act as US Facultative and industry subject matter expert on underwriting education, training and critical thinking for both internal and external clients. Serve as part of the US Facultative Underwriting Department as a subject matter expert on a variety of topics including but not limited to: underwriting practices and variations, underwriting and new business technology, underwriting risk management and risk assessment.
Responsibilities
- Develops, leads and implements US Facultative Underwriting Department’s education programs for the profession of life underwriting. This includes internal and external (client facing) training programs. Training encompasses all aspects including: identification of training department resource/tool needs, analysis of training needs and requirements, course structure, development of training materials, delivery of training, long term training plans and follow-up evaluations. Internal training collaboration and coordination with leadership team to ensure training is encompassing philosophy changes and updates as needed.
- Leads, manages and develops junior staff and new hire underwriters. Ensures compliance with RGA Re philosophy, procedures and guidelines, and provides evaluation of underwriting quality and consistency.
- Develop presentations, white papers, and other educational documentation as needed. Maintain a library of presentation and slides on a variety of underwriting related topic areas related to underwriting assessment, the future of underwriting, underwriting innovation, education, insurance fraud, critical thinking and other pertinent topics as may arise.
- Provide the unique combination of product knowledge, risk assessment expertise and the rules application necessary to produce expected mortality results for RGA and client companies.
- Act as underwriting liaison to various RGA departments and teams within functional specialty and develop strong relationships within the industry to enhance research, innovation and education opportunities.
- Support client relationships by providing underwriting solutions through collaboration to identify unique, creative ways to solve their problems and improve their business results; effectively communicating, negotiating and selling underwriting decisions.
- Performs data analysis for clients, senior underwriting management, sales/marketing and actuarial departments by summarizing data resulting in meaningful reports, comparison grids, scorecards and result reports.
- Keeps abreast of and monitors industry trends including: client company special underwriting programs, requirements guidelines and preferred guidelines, and key underwriting and new business related vendor relationships across global enterprise.
- Performs management duties, including but not limited to hiring, training, evaluating, mentoring, coaching and disciplining direct reports. Fosters a positive and engaged work environment.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related work experience (minimum 8 years)
- 10 years reinsurance underwriting experience or 15 years direct underwriting experience
- BS/BA Science or Business
- ACS, ALU, FLMI, FALU, or CLU accreditation or progress towards accreditation
- 15 years reinsurance underwriting experience
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Intermediate Word, SQL/Query and Excel skills
- Highly advanced ability to comprehend and interpret insurance and contract documents
- Advanced knowledge of broad business practices
- Expert ability in implementing change within an organization, ensuring understanding, participation, and ownership
- Highly advanced oral and written communication skills including presentation skills, demonstrating the ability to convey information in a way that is meaningful and well received by stakeholders and team members
- Highly advanced ability to adapt new methods; work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions
- Expert skills in managing multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously
- Exceptional ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation and evaluation of programs and policies
- Exceptional ability to implement organizational, divisional and/or departmental vision and goals that result in achievement and success through exceptional leadership skills, collaboration, creative thinking, maintaining focus, and persistence, even under adversity, while maintaining the confidence of associates and customers
- Expert ability to work well within and manage a team
- Expert ability to foster a teamwork and customer service focused environment
- Expert ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional and technical disciplines
- Expert persuasion and negotiation skills when working with internal/external customers to resolve issues/problems
- Exceptional people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility
- Expert ability to analyze and improve business processes
- Highly advanced knowledge of insurance principles, underwriting policies and procedures and guidelines for dealing with risk analysis
- Highly advanced knowledge of medicine, law, accounting, and finance as applied to the evaluation of life reinsurance risks and of life insurance risks
- Advanced knowledge of industry practices, trends and applications and the ability to communicate this knowledge to clients and apply it to meeting clients’ needs.
- Ability to work online, either at home or remote
- Occasional travel required
Company Overview
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients’ prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.
State of Colorado: This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. The pay range for this position in Colorado is $140k-$188k base per year. Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition, RGA compensation includes an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and maintains a full range of competitive health and life insurance, retirement, and other employee benefits.
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Job Reference: US08017
