Underwriting Manager- Stop loss

Health Care Service Corporation•Downers Grove, IL

1d•$102,000 - $184,300•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for quoting and rating proposals and renewal projections and approves cases within established authority guidelines.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree and 5 years’ experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and/or brokers OR 6 years of experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and brokers.
3 years of underwriting of higher complexity cases (if responsibility includes one or more of the following segments: large/major/national/and or special accounts (Labor Union, Student Health, IL Hospital, Co-operatives, Private Exchange, etc.) or OR Demonstrated capability to meet required job responsibility.
Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products and making sound decisions.
Operational knowledge of renewal and prospective group health underwriting processes and procedures.
Knowledge of underwriting methodologies including mathematical and financial group health underwriting funding.
Extensive experience applying consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable).
Extensive experience and knowledge of managed care/health care, group insurance products and group health underwriting financial arrangements and knowledge of state and federal legislation to underwriting practices and making sound decisions.
Work management skills in prioritizing and assigning work and project assignments.
Demonstrated highly effective Presentation skills for addressing customers and senior management.
Demonstrate skills for developing presentations, building and maintaining positive relationships internally and externally, interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts, coordinating initiatives across departments, interacting with senior management, lead staff.
Project management skills and experience, including designing and leading projects.
Verbal and written communication skills, including correct grammar, appropriate word choice, precisions, structure, and appropriate tone and level of detail for audience.
Interact with BCBSA and member plans.
Interpret and describe BCBS products and financial arrangements as well as those provided by competitors.
Successfully demonstrated interpersonal skills in establishing and maintaining positive business relationships.
Independent judgment and problem resolution skills.
Work and project management skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time and workload to meet deadlines.
PC proficiency to include Word and Excel.
Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in presenting to external clients.
Process management and process improvement experience and skills to identify and implement process changes.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the Blue System and ability to price National business.
Rotation to other Underwriting market segments.

Responsibilities

Quoting and rating proposals and renewal projections
Approving cases within established authority guidelines
Underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products
Making sound decisions
Applying consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable)
Interpreting and describing BCBS products and financial arrangements as well as those provided by competitors
Presenting to external clients
Identifying and implementing process changes
Designing and leading projects
Coordinating initiatives across departments
Interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts
Interacting with senior management
Leading staff