Vice President, Underwriting - Life, Absence, Disability (LAD)
The StandardAbout the role
The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.
A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?
Job Summary
In Life Absence and Disability Underwriting (LAD), our mission is to is to help build the financial foundation for The Standard to deliver on our promise. We sell a promise every day. Responsible risk selection and management, pricing and growth helps ensure we can back that promise.
The VP of LAD Underwriting is a highly influential level role that reports to the head of Life, Absence and Disability (LAD). You are part of the LAD executive team and closely collaborating with the senior leadership in LAD Actuarial and Sales to drive profitability and premium growth through solid risk selection decisions. You are responsible for leading nearly 200 employees in both the LAD risk and LAD medical underwriting department in the Employee Benefits division, creating vision and strategy, and driving profitable growth objectives. In this leadership role, you will build on an already strong foundation with deep expertise and experience, while helping shape the future through innovation, technology and people development.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the Employee Benefits Underwriting Organization: Own the LAD underwriting strategy, risk management and operations ensuring appropriate pricing, plan design and overall risk selection to drive profitable growth, strong
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