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Job Posting End Date: January 30

At Unum, we're dedicated to your success and well-being. Join our team and be part of an organization that provides essential employee benefits and service solutions, empowering employees to thrive through life's challenges. We focus on ensuring our team members have opportunities to achieve both professional and personal growth. Here's what we offer:

• Award-winning workplace culture

• Commitment to diversity and inclusion

• Performance-based incentive plans

• Comprehensive benefits package (Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability)

• Generous PTO including paid time off for volunteering

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution

• Mental health support

• Opportunities for career advancement

• Student loan repayment assistance

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments

*All benefits are subject to the terms of their individual plans.

Your journey with Unum impacts the lives of over 39 million people worldwide. Every role contributes to meaningful outcomes, whether you're supporting families or developing tools to navigate difficult times. Join us in making a difference!

General Summary:

As a Lead Underwriter, you will excel in risk evaluation and selection, ensuring profitable business within your assigned authority limits. You will closely collaborate with our sales teams, brokers, and internal partners.

Responsibilities:

• Consult with sales and service partners to identify and provide optimal products and plan options for our customers.

• Evaluate and select risks to ensure the profitable acquisition of new cases and successful retention of existing ones.

• Conduct thorough risk assessments to meet business guidelines, target profits, and metrics. Analyze risk trends and make informed recommendations.

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the Company's products, sales processes, and market influences.

• Provide dependable, accurate, and timely service while nurturing relationships with internal and external partners.

• Assist in training and mentoring junior underwriters to foster their technical development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant business experience.

• Proven proficiency at the Underwriter level.

• Thorough understanding of product provisions, plan designs, pricing, and contractual benefits.

• Strong technical expertise in risk selection.

• Demonstrated awareness of top-line and bottom-line business objectives.

• Solid understanding of the sales/distribution processes and market trends.

• Excellent mentoring and coaching abilities.

• Creative problem-solving skills.

• Strong critical thinking and analytical reasoning capabilities.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

• Persuasive negotiation skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

• A strong commitment to quality and personal accountability for results.

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company that provides employee benefits globally, headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland, and the UK, along with significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA, and over 35 U.S. field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

The base salary for this position ranges from $53,300.00 to $100,700.00, depending on skill, geographical location, and experience. Additionally, Unum offers a comprehensive benefits and rewards portfolio including healthcare, insurance benefits, performance-based incentives, PTO, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching and additional contributions. All benefits are subject to individual Plan terms.

Company: Unum