Mgr Underwriting - Large Groups (Health Insurance)

Location: Hybrid in Chicago, Downers Grove, IL, or Richardson, TX; in-office attendance required at least three days per week.

Base pay: $102,000–$184,300 annually, plus eligibility for an annual incentive bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides group health insurance and managed care products.

What you will do

• Manage a team underwriting large group accounts in compliance with company objectives and federal and state legislation.
• Underwrite and price new and renewal group health business across funding options and products.
• Lead underwriting decisions for complex large, major, national, and special accounts.
• Prioritize and assign work, project assignments, and cross-department initiatives.
• Develop presentations and present underwriting recommendations to customers, consultants, brokers, and senior management.
• Build relationships with strategic accounts, BCBSA, member plans, internal partners, and external representatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience underwriting small and/or large accounts while working directly with key customers, consultants, and/or brokers, or 6 years of equivalent underwriting and customer-facing experience.
• Three years of underwriting higher-complexity cases for large, major, national, or special accounts, or demonstrated capability to meet the required responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience underwriting and pricing funding options and products, making sound decisions, and applying renewal and prospective group health underwriting procedures.
• Knowledge of mathematical and financial group health underwriting methodologies, managed care and health care products, group insurance products, financial arrangements, and applicable state and federal legislation.
• Extensive consortium procedure and pricing experience when applicable.
• Work, project, and process management skills, including prioritizing workloads, meeting deadlines, designing and leading projects, and implementing process improvements.
• Highly effective presentation, verbal and written communication, interpersonal, independent judgment, and problem-resolution skills.
• Ability to interact with BCBSA and member plans, interpret BCBS and competitor products and financial arrangements, and present to external clients and senior management.
• PC proficiency, including Word and Excel.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the Blue System and ability to price large groups.
• Rotation experience across other underwriting market segments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid Flex arrangement with a minimum of three days in the office each week; management may adjust schedules for exigent circumstances.
• Professional development plans and opportunities for career growth.
• Health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, and paid holidays.
• Employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, and other total rewards incentives.
• Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of drug screening in accordance with applicable law.