Assistant Deputy Director Life & Health Examinations

Job Requisition ID: 46862 
Closing Date: 05/14/2025
​Agency: Department of Insurance
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Fiscal Management/Accounting/Budget/ Internal Audit/Insurance/Financial 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: $9,000-$11,000 (Anticipated starting salary non-state $9,000)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Supervisory (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC062 Collective Bargaining Coverage

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Position Overview

The Department of Insurance is seeking to hire a Public Service Administrator to serve as the Assistant Deputy Director of Life and Health Examinations in the Market Conduct Division. This position supervises various Insurance Performance Examiners of Life and Health insurance company Market Conduct examinations; acts as the supervising examiner-in-charge of large and complex examinations; assists the Chief Examiner of Market Conduct in administering the Life and Health Market Conduct examination program; and directs all field special examination activity and/or fraud investigations. The position travels in the performance of duties.  We invite all qualified applicants to apply.

Why Work for Illinois?

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Essential Functions

• Supervises various Insurance Performance Examiners of life and health insurance company market conduct examinations.
• Serves as full line supervisor.
• Acts as the supervising examiner-in-charge of life and health market conduct examinations and in coordination with the chief examiner
• Assists the Chief Examiner of Market Conduct in administering the life and health market conduct examinations.
• Directs all field special examination activity and/or fraud investigations.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, preferably with courses in auditing, accounting, finance, statistics, business administration, economics, or insurance.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in the life and health insurance industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least two (2) years of underwriting and/or claims experience.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of current experience as an examiner in charge.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience in the life and or health insurance market.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience gaining thorough knowledge of the Illinois Insurance Code and all federal and state laws, rules and regulations that govern the life and health insurance industry.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience gaining extensive knowledge of agency programs and service objectives, activities, and operational systems.
• Prefers the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society Designation Market Conduct Management (MCM).
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience performing duties in a professional, efficient, and ethical manner and to maintain the confidentiality of the company’s information that is obtained during an examination.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience gaining extensive knowledge of agency policies and procedures.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience speaking and writing effectively and enhancing skills in communicating information through examination documents and reports.
• Prefers demonstr