Protective Life

Protective Life Insurance Company offers financial security through insurance and investment products, serving people and protecting families for over a century.

Insurance

Financials

1K-5K (3700)

Founded 1907

20 open positions

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Vice President, Underwriting - Employee Benefits

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Anywhere

Full-time

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Protective Life

Protective Life Insurance Company offers financial security through insurance and investment products, serving people and protecting families for over a century.

Insurance

1K-5K

Founded 1907

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Description

Define and lead underwriting strategy, governance, philosophy, and portfolio performance across all Employee Benefits product lines.
Serve as a primary underwriting advisor to the SVP of Employee Benefits and the leadership team on pricing strategy, risk selection, and market growth opportunities.
Partner with Product, Distribution, Actuarial, Finance, Operations, Claims, and Technology to align underwriting with business objectives.
Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop a multi-level underwriting organization with clear performance expectations and succession plans.
Oversee underwriting for complex aggregator opportunities, including PEOs, payroll companies, general agencies, and national brokers.
Build scalable frameworks for evaluating aggregator risk, pricing, guarantees, and block-on-block underwriting.
Champion underwriting modernization through automated workflows, rules engines, dashboards, analytics, and AI-driven decision support tools.
Improve quote-to-bind cycle time, accuracy, consistency, and overall underwriting efficiency through process design and automation.
Establish process controls, audit routines, quality assurance practices, and continuous improvement standards.
Own underwriting profitability goals, portfolio analytics, rate actions, loss ratio monitoring, and reserve adequacy oversight.

Requirements

15+ years of Employee Benefits underwriting experience, with deep knowledge of small-group and mid-market segments.
Direct underwriting experience in Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, Paid Leaves, and Supplemental Health.
Proven leadership experience managing underwriting teams; VP-level or equivalent experience preferred.
Demonstrated ability to underwrite and negotiate large aggregators, including PEOs, payroll providers, general agencies, and national brokers.
Strong process-engineering mindset with experience building underwriting operations from the ground up.
Experience implementing technology modernization, automation, and AI-enabled decisioning.
Highly collaborative, entrepreneurial, and tech-forward mindset.
Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting at the executive level.

Benefits

Targeted base salary of $171,000 to $288,000 per year.
Additional incentive opportunities through an Annual Incentive Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
Mental health benefits and an employee assistance program.
Paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day.
Contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with company matching.
ProHealth Rewards program with cash rewards for improving wellbeing.
Remote work from home opportunity.

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