Consultant II, Underwriting Life (New Business Field Resource)

Are you passionate about being part of a team at a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their future? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers and partners are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

We are seeking a highly experienced and professional Consultant II Life Underwriting New Business field resource. 

The ideal candidate will have previous production individual life underwriting experience with at least 10 years of experience and a $5M sign off limit, life underwriting leadership experience and/or liaison between life underwriting and life sales.  This field resource will maintain and expand partnerships between our external and internal business partners.

 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Serve as a field resource for underwriting in the Life New Business distribution channel.  
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Life New Business distribution channel. 
• Utilize at least 10 years of life underwriting experience to make informed decisions.  
• Maintain a $5M sign-off limit for underwriting approvals.  
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.  
• Effectively communicate and sell the underwriting story to various audiences.  
• Possess deep knowledge of the competitive market and industry trends.  
• Exhibit strong presentation skills and executive presence.  
• Partner with marketing to develop and build underwriting-related materials.  
• Demonstrate command skills and professional demeanor.  
• Foster a competitive spirit and drive positive underwriting change within the organization.  

 

Qualifications:  

• Minimum of 10 years of life underwriting experience.  
• Proven track record of relationship building and effective communication.  
• Strong knowledge of the competitive market and industry trends.  
• Availability to travel at least 2x per quarter. 
• Excellent presentation skills and executive presence.  
• Ability to partner effectively with marketing and other departments.  
• Demonstrated command skills and professional demeanor.  
• Competitive mindset with a drive for positive change. 

 

This position can be filled as Hybrid or Remote

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program. 

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Job Description Summary

Our underwriters work hard to provide the exceptional customer experience for which Nationwide is known. Actively engaging with our firms and financial professionals to get to know their clients and their needs builds our understanding of the market, what is needed to win business and put our best offer out first.

If you thrive working autonomously, making decisions on a variety of impactful issues and continuing to learn and adapt to grow, we want to know more about you!

As a Life Underwriting Consultant, you'll analyze, select and classify applications for life insurance, of considerable technical complexity and exposure, to ensure underwriting quality according to established underwriting policies, practices and standards. You'll review and make decisions on larger, more sophisticated, or unusual business. To succeed, you'll need to coordinate life selection standards according to underwriting practices and procedures to achieve satisfactory mortality experience and acceptable administrative results. You'll have opportunities to provide leadership on projects, departmental committees and on the team by identifying problems and potential solutions and be serving as a referral point for less experienced underwriters. You'll work with latitude for independent judgment based on your underwriting authority and company underwriting standards.

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