Underwriter (Life) jobs in Honolulu, HI
Underwriter (Life) reviews medical, occupational, financial, and legal information to select or reject individual or group life insurance applications. Calculates rates and premiums from approved decrement tables. Being an Underwriter (Life) may have contact with the field force for information on which to base decisions. May require a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Underwriter (Life) typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Underwriter (Life) works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. Work is closely managed. To be an Underwriter (Life) typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Recently Added Underwriter (Life) jobs
Senior Underwriter
- Kaiser Permanente
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Honolulu, HI
OTHER
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Job Summary:
Evaluates standard and nonstandard data to understand premium, claim, exposure, and population. Independently identifies and escalates actionable data insights/irregularities, researching solutions. Contributes to the creation/use/documentation of models, tools, and assumptions that support business strategy analysis and risk management. Identifies and escalates issues with the implementation of quality and process improvement efforts. Works in support of department initiatives, program, and enterprise goals. With minimal guidance, assesses risk of accounts. Leverages foundational knowledge of the external business environment. With minimal guidance, presents renewal recommendations to clients/organization. Independently collaborates internally to develop case/investment strategies. Independently develops rates and account plans that mitigate risk. Contributes to rate negotiations with external parties. Independently helps customers understand underwriting approach. Addresses data needs and requests. Builds relationships and influences outcomes with customers and channel partners. Independently works with internal partners to bring financial solutions to customers. Provides self/peer review of cases. Maintains compliance with relevant policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:- Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
- Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
- Analyzes and reports on data by: evaluating standard and nonstandard data to understand premium, claim, exposure, and inform understanding of population risk, with little to no guidance; applying comprehensive foundational knowledge to evaluate credibility, utilization, and risk based on population size and prior predictive behavior of the pool/account; independently identifying and escalating actionable insights and potential data irregularities and researching solutions; applying standard concepts and strategies to contribute to the creation and use models (e.g., rate models and benefit pricing tools) and data analytics tools that support the analysis of business strategy and financial/underwriting risk management; and consistently documenting models, tools, assumptions, and data elements for increasingly complex accounts, as required.
- Completes case and underwriting work by: processing renewal activities (e.g., running reports, re-quotes, investments, sold rates) for customers and/or book of business under limited supervision; in collaboration with internal departments, independently developing rates that appropriately mitigate risk for the organization and optimize sustainable membership growth; independently developing and executing an account plan that addresses threats and opportunities to ensure attainment of goals in collaboration with Sales and Account Management; exercising judgment during rate negotiations with external parties (e.g., brokers, consultants, and customers); and representing Underwriting in partnership with internal and external partners to co-create effective consultative solutions (e.g., case strategy, investment strategy, benefits strategy).
- Contributes to case review and preparation by: conducting account risk assessment using competitive analyses, broker behavior, network cost profiles, legislative and regulatory impacts, revenue requirements, and contributions, with minimal guidance, especially when working on complex cases; utilizing data and standardized tools to present underwriting and renewal actions and recommendations (e.g., rate drivers, potential risk, glide path, membership impact, projections for future) to clients and/or the organization, with minimal guidance; developing, applying, and expanding foundational knowledge of the external business environment and how it applies to the line of business and/or region; and independently collaborating with Sales and Account Management to develop case/investment strategies and recommendations with appropriate documentation.
- Engages with the external market by: independently helping the market/customers understand the underwriting approach (e.g., rating methodology, rate drivers, reporting capabilities, and uniqueness from fee for service carriers); addressing data needs and requests reactively and proactively, as they arise; building relationships and influencing outcomes with customers and channel partners that enable them to understand KPs value; and independently collaborating with account management and sales partners to bring strategic, financial solutions to customers, communicate product capabilities, explain funding arrangements, and negotiate conditions of offering and pricing within the limits of their authority.
- Contributes to goals, initiatives, and program development efforts by: identifying and escalating issues with implementation of innovative new quality and process improvement efforts; and executing their work in support of department initiatives, program goals, and enterprise goals.
- Ensures compliance of Underwriting work by: providing self/peer review of cases, as required, to ensure accuracy and appropriateness of quotes and incorporating feedback from others; appropriately obtaining and documenting case approvals and any policy exceptions and investments; making investment decisions within their authority and escalating to the appropriate level, as needed; and maintaining awareness of and compliance with all relevant policies, guidelines, and procedures, applying them to their own work.
- 3 Days Ago
Underwriter II
- Kaiser Permanente
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Honolulu, HI
OTHER
- Job Summary: Evaluates standard and nonstandard data to understand premium, claim, exposure, and population. Works with team to identify actionable data insights/irregularities and research solutions....
- 3 Days Ago
Life Insurance Sales Agent
- New York Life Oahu
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Honolulu, HI
FULL_TIME
- Looking for a chance to achieve new career heights on a dedicated, compassionate team of successful insurance agents? Our insurance agency is expanding and needs the help of a life insurance agent to ...
- Just Posted
Life And Health Insurance Agent
- New York Life Oahu
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Honolulu, HI
FULL_TIME
- We are looking for a life insurance agent with amazing customer service skills to join our fast-growing insurance agency and help our clients achieve their financial goals. You’ll serve on the front l...
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Individual Life Administration Specialist
- Pacific Guardian Life Insurance
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Honolulu, HI
FULL_TIME
- Join Our Team Our goal is to recruit and develop qualified, talented and growth-oriented individuals. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Employees may be eligible for a wide arra...
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Remote - Life Coach
- Life Balance Transition
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Honolulu, HI
FULL_TIME
- “Don’t fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today.” Michael Hyatt Are you currently navigating a career crossroads, feeling disillusioned with your current role, confi...
- 20 Days Ago
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Trainee to Senior Underwriter
- First Insurance Company of Hawaii
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Honolulu, HI
- *This position is located on the island of Oahu and candidates must work in the state of Hawaii upon hire* Join our purp...
- 4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM
Commercial Insurance Account Executive MNN9484
- Capstone Search Group
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Honolulu, HI
- Job Description Job Description About the Role Commercial Insurance Account Executive career opportunity to work for a l...
- 4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM
Mortgage Loan Officer
- Royal Business Bank
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Honolulu, HI
- JOB SUMMARY Responsible for soliciting, negotiating, underwriting and coordinating the closing of mortgage loans in comp...
- 4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM
Remote Sales Specialist
- Symmetry Financial Group The Clayton Agency
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Honolulu, HI
- Simple Solutions Financial Service needs the right agents to help our growing clientele build an asset and not a liabili...
- 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM
Senior Commercial Line Underwriter
- Bishop & Company, Inc.
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Honolulu, HI
- Bishop & Company is seeking a Commercial Underwriting Manager for our Honolulu-based client to: Lead and inspire a team ...
- 4/15/2024 12:00:00 AM
Supervisor or Manager - Commercial Underwriting
- First Insurance Company of Hawaii
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Honolulu, HI
- Join our purpose-driven team and make a difference in people’s lives. We offer flexible work options and professional de...
- 4/14/2024 12:00:00 AM
Sales Representative - Remote
- InsuraTec
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Honolulu, HI
- Job Description Job Description Sales Representative - Remote Company: InsuraTec Services Group Location: Remote About U...
- 4/14/2024 12:00:00 AM
Mortgage Loan Officer
- University of Hawaii FCU
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Honolulu, HI
- Job Description Job Description DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Join a spirited, dynamic team with Hawai`i’s leading c...
- 4/14/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu (/ˌhɒnəˈluːluː/; Hawaiian: [honoˈlulu]) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu.[a] The city is the main gateway to Hawaiʻi and a major portal into the United States. The city is also a major hub for international business, military defense, as well as famously being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific culture, cuisine, and traditions.
Honolulu is the most remote city of its size in the world and is the westernmost...
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Income Estimation for Underwriter (Life) jobs
$54,586 to $67,828
Honolulu, Hawaii area prices
were up 1.9% from a year ago
were up 1.9% from a year ago
What does an Underwriter (Life) do?
Underwriter (Life) in Pittsburgh, PA
The underwriter has a challenging task in reviewing this material and making tough decisions regarding information to include or exclude, and the weight to apply to specific data.
March 03, 2020
Underwriter (Life) in Lynchburg, VA
Underwriting is the lengthiest part of the life insurance application process.
February 09, 2020
Life insurance underwriting is where your premiums, approval or denials are established.
January 25, 2020
Underwriter (Life) in Charlotte, NC
The main responsibility of an underwriter is to approve and adjust insurance policies. So, just how does that translate into a day-to-day job.
January 11, 2020