Jr. Underwriter

GUARANTEE TRUST LIFE INSURANCE GROUP•Glenview, IL

8d•$65,000 - $72,000

About The Position

Now is an ideal time to join our team at Guarantee Trust Life. You will find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance. We’ll give you the tools you need to bring your vision for success to life. Our collaborative environment is designed to support each of our team members, and our innovative resources and growth opportunities mean there’s always something new to learn here. We’re empowering our employees to create better ways of working through more intentional use of communication and collaboration practices, processes and tools. You’ll do all this is an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards. We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Underwriter, reporting to the VP of Underwriting! This position will be part of an interdisciplinary team that underwrites our agent 's health and life insurance business by following established underwriting protocols and guidelines to insure we are applying sound underwriting/actuarial principles toward our wide range of products. This role’s key responsibility will be to make sound decisions in helping GTL achieve their profitability goals while providing exemplary service to our agents and policyholders.

Requirements

2+ years of relevant or transferrable experience, Associate Degree a plus
Strong communication, organizational and analytical skills
Ability to work well within a team and efficiently manage multiple priorities

Nice To Haves

Underwriting experience or Medical Terminology a plus

Responsibilities

Act promptly while exercising sound, objective and consistent judgment in making underwriting decisions.
Follow established risk classification principles based on sound actuarial principles and/or reasonable anticipated mortality or morbidity experience.
Treat underwriting information with the utmost confidentiality and use it for the purposes of evaluating and classifying the risk.
Comply with all insurance legislation and regulations as they apply to risk classification.
Provide information both written and verbal, and support to sales personnel to help them fulfill their field underwriting responsibilities in selecting risks that would be acceptable to the company.