Rating Specialist

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first. Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities. We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day. Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together. Job Summary: Provide timely and accurate rate calculations for proposals, new groups, amendments, and renewals to contribute to efficient department service. Principal Responsibilities: Contribute to the company’s success through excellent customer service and meeting or exceeding performance objectives for the following major job functions: Analyze and interpret routine group insurance calculation requests and enter coverage plan designs and hard-copy census data on system applications to produce timely and accurate sales proposal, new group, amendment and renewal rates. Analyze, interpret and reformat data submitted electronically; calculate sales proposals on system installed calculation application (OPUS). Determine and apply occupational and industry codes for calculations using underwriting guidelines to provide sales proposals within actuarial standards. Serve as a resource to internal and external customers. Perform special projects as requested. Provide back-up to other underwriting support areas by learning specific functions. Essential Function Requirements Demonstrated skills: Express ideas clearly in written and oral communication; perform high volume detailed data entry with accuracy; organize workload to meet changing priorities and deadlines; accurate typing at 40-50 wpm; accurate 10-key by touch at 90-100 spm. Ability to: Analyze, interpret and input alpha and numeric data from paper and electronic source documents using various computer applications; make decisions based on appropriate underwriting and actuarial guidelines in the absence of specific instructions; adjust work schedule to accommodate peak work periods; prioritize work to meet sales deadlines. Working knowledge of: Spreadsheet applications (Excel); MS Word; basic math principles; group insurance products. Advanced knowledge of: 10-Key calculator by touch. Qualifications Education: High School diploma or equivalent. Experience: One year related work experience, or the equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience. Professional certification required: None #LI-Remote Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, drug test, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.