Job Requisition ID: 94216
Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
Group Benefit Solutions deliverscomprehensive insurance and absence management solutions for mid-sized, and large companies. Our work fosters a healthier, happier, and more secure workforce, contributing to New York Life’s legacy of beingthere when we’re needed most. Here, you'll design, implement, and support these solutions directly impacting employees’ lives. At our core, we provide financial security and peace of mind to people through our solutions. Click here to learn more about Group Benefits solutions.
About This Job
LAUNCH your career with New York Life Group Benefit Solutions as a Full-Time Underwriting Analyst!
LAUNCH, which stands for Leadership and Underwriting for New Career Hires, is designed to help you accelerate your underwriting career and establish early professional success. LAUNCH focuses on comprehensive technical training, hands-on learning, mentor support, and professional development opportunities.
As part of our Group Benefit Solutions Underwriting team, you will have a direct impact on the financial results of our business while helping us deliver on a longstanding commitment of providing financial protection and peace of mind to the millions we serve. As an Underwriting Analyst, you will develop skills across several business competencies including:
Risk Management & Assessment
• Assess the risk and underwrite prospective clients within Group Benefit Solutions product portfolio: Life, Accident, Disability, Absence Administration, and Voluntary Benefits
• Communicate pricing, profitability, and risk profile of clients with internal matrix partners
• Contribute directly to company financial goals through risk decisions while balancing and maintaining favorable financial outcomes
Collaboration & Consultation
• Partner with other underwriting team members to effectively solve problems
• Negotiate with matrix partners to find creative and collaborative solutions that create long-term value for both our clients and our organization
Professional Development & Leadership
• Active engagement and involvement in the LAUNCH Program over the course of your first year
• Continuous learning and development through both structured and non-structured training opportunities beyond your first year
• Develop a growth mindset that embraces challenges, learns from and applies feedback, and finds inspiration from the success of team members
Time & Priority Management
• Act with a sense of urgency to meet assigned deadlines for specified tasks
• Ability to use sound judgement when prioritizing several tasks at once
What You’ll Do
As a Full-Time Underwriting Analyst in the LAUNCH Program, you can expect a structured start to your career that includes foundational training during your first year.
LAUNCH Training
• Participate in structured training sessions in the LAUNCH Program focusing on technical training and professional development opportunities. These sessions will consist of both classroom and hands-on learning opportunities that establish a solid foundational knowledge of underwriting concepts and principles.
• Following each session, you will apply the concepts and principles learned in the program by working on active business opportunities that will eventually become larger and more complex. You will work alongside your mentor as you gain independence in your daily work and decision-making skills.
After LAUNCH Training
• You will be assigned to support a sales region,and own more of the daily decision-making process.
• You will continue to participate in training opportunities to enhance your underwriting knowledge through organizational Group Benefit Solution training sessions, coaching, and feedback from mentors and managers.
• In addition to your core Underwriting responsibilities, there also exist many project opportunities that will allow you to engage with and build a network of peers both within Underwriting and across other New York Life departments.
Qualifications
To join our dynamic team as a Full-Time Underwriting Analyst, you should have:
Pay Transparency
Salary range: $51,500-$60,000
Overtime eligible: Nonexempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location.In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life’s leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com
For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime. As a mutual company we hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency, objectivity, and integrity. We’re committed to improving local communities through a culture of giving and volunteerism, supported by our own New York Life Foundation.
Join a company that values development, career growth, collaboration, innovation, and diversity & inclusion. Through various resources and programs, you can grow your career while developing personally and professionally.
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Investments are offered through NYLIFE Securities LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. Advisory services are offered through Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. NYLIFE Securities LLC and Eagle Strategies LLC are New York Life Companies. Not all New York Life agents are licensed to offer investments or advisory services. Only those agents who disclose their affiliation with NYLIFE Securities LLC and/or Eagle Strategies LLC are credentialed to provide the respective products and services.
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