Employee Benefits Account Manager

AWS Insurance•Metairie, LA

17d•$50,000 - $65,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Employee Benefits Account Manager will provide professional, courteous service to our clients, producers, and internal staff. Manage employee benefits administration, assisting current and new clients with benefits questions, claims, and billing issues to a successful resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree highly preferred
5-10 years’ experience in the Employee Benefits Insurance Industry preferred
Life, Accident and Health Insurance License
Experience working with computers in Windows environment.
Strong Experience with all Microsoft Office Software program
Ability to complete projects that require a high attention to detail
Ability to work independently.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Strong excel and presentation skills preferred

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree highly preferred
5-10 years’ experience in the Employee Benefits Insurance Industry preferred
Strong excel and presentation skills preferred

Responsibilities

Stays current on regulations, Health Care Reform, and general insurance knowledge
Demonstrated working knowledge of health and welfare plans, including medical, dental, vision, STD, and LTD insurance with ability to explain benefit plan design and employee benefit laws
Responsible for acting as a liaison between clients and insurance carriers or other vendors
Maintains strong vendor relationships, while developing vendor negotiation skills
Perform clients contact via phone and email to develop and maintain rapport, anticipate clients’ needs, and modify clients’ insurance program as needed promptly and professionally
Provide clerical and technical support to producers to benefit clients
Assist producer in adding coverages to existing accounts.
Markets new and renewal business to appropriate carriers as needed or requested including preparing complete marketing submissions while verifying their accuracy.
Prepare summaries of insurance and proposals as needed for account review.
Refers current and prospective clients to other departments for solicitation of those lines of business.
Understands and interprets compliance and state and federal legislative issues, ERISA, FMLA, ADA, COBRA, ACA (all that apply)