Director National Accounts Underwriting - LAD

Standard Insurance Company • Portland, OR

1d • Remote

About The Position

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard. A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference? Job Summary As the director of underwriting in national accounts, you will help facilitate and foster sound underwriting and business decisions, develop effective relationships, and contribute toward the growth of the underwriting department in an effort to write and retain long term profitable business. Oversee day-to-day production activities of the team; training and developing the underwriters, regular communication between our sales organization as well as other parts of the organization and their team members, and other ad hoc needs Risk Decisions: Apply sound and creative underwriting and business judgments to contribute to the growth and profitability of the organization while guiding and mentoring your team to provide the same high-level of timely analysis and evaluation of insurance risks. Customer Service: Develop and maintain effective working relationships with assigned field personnel, producers, assigned policyholders, and internal teams through professional negotiation, responsive communication, problem resolution, and anticipation of customer needs. Projects and Special Assignments: Actively participate in projects as well as provide team members to participate in projects to contribute to corporate goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business is preferred, additional experience in lieu of degree
• 3-5 years of experience in a leadership position.
• 5-7 years of experience in Life, Absence, and Disability underwriting, preferably in national accounts
• Strong leadership experience and proven ability to understand, mentor, and guide the intricate work of a high-performing underwriting team.
• Proven ability to partner with and meet the expectations of sales partners and brokers using strong interpersonal relationship skills and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day production activities of the team
• Training and developing the underwriters
• Regular communication between our sales organization as well as other parts of the organization and their team members
• Apply sound and creative underwriting and business judgments to contribute to the growth and profitability of the organization while guiding and mentoring your team to provide the same high-level of timely analysis and evaluation of insurance risks.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with assigned field personnel, producers, assigned policyholders, and internal teams through professional negotiation, responsive communication, problem resolution, and anticipation of customer needs.
• Actively participate in projects as well as provide team members to participate in projects to contribute to corporate goals.

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
• In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees