Director of Underwriting, Employee Benefits - IAS, West

Director of Underwriter, Employee Benefits

The Baldwin Group is an award-winning entrepreneur-led and inspired insurance brokerage firm delivering expertly crafted Commercial Insurance and Risk Management, Private Insurance and Risk Management, Employee Benefits and Benefit Administration, Asset and Income Protection, and Risk Mitigation strategies to clients wherever their passions and businesses take them throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Baldwin Group has award-winning industry expertise, colleagues, competencies, insurers, and most importantly, a highly differentiated culture that our clients consider an invaluable expansion of their business. The Baldwin Group, takes a holistic and tailored approach to insurance and risk management. This person works with Sr Director of Underwriting to implement strategic goals and performance standards, while overseeing department leaders and providing the necessary support to empower and educate leaders in effective team management.

Position Summary:

The Director of Underwriter, Employee Benefits will work within the innovative Employee Benefits department. The core responsibilities will be to support client teams with financial modeling, cost management options, data analytics, actuarial models, and overall health & welfare program solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility for monthly client deliverables
• Create and manage dashboard exhibits
• Establish ongoing communication with carriers to monitor claim trends
• Remain current with products available
• Build employer/employee contribution strategies and projection-based modeling (examples: M&A resources, contribution, and migration modeling)
• Work closely with actuarial partners on project-based work
• Assist on additional team projects as needed
• Provide data manipulation and formatting
• Support medical utilization project-based work
• Provides leadership and professional development of Underwriting Leaders, Underwriting Support Leaders, and Associate Directors of Underwriting.
• Provides guidance for escalated issues.
• Monitors production reports and address any performance issues with Underwriting Leaders and Underwriting Support Leaders
• Monitors compliance related issues and adds any concerns with Underwriting Leaders and Underwriting Support Leaders.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of funding mechanisms: fully insured and self-insured
• Organizational skills and time management
• Mathematic ability
• Effective communications skills both written and verbal for interface with Clients and co-workers
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Demonstrates the organization's core values, exuding behavior that is aligned with the firm's culture
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to learn any other appropriate program or software system used by the firm as necessary

Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• Experience (years and type of experience): 5 years' experience with a carrier required; 5-7 years' experience with a medical carrier preferred
• ASA Designation preferred

The starting salary is $185,000-$210,000 annually. Salary is negotiable upon time of hire.