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Vice President, Underwriting
Leading Insurance Company
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The company is a longstanding national provider of voluntary and worksite benefits serving a broad base of employer clients |
Situation Analysis
The company set out to grow its benefits portfolio by adding employer-paid group products to its established voluntary book. The expansion required underwriting capabilities the organization had not yet built, stronger risk assessment and greater use of data and technology. Leadership needed an underwriting executive who could set strategy, build the function and support profitable growth across the new lines.
Key Responsibilities
The Vice President, Underwriting reports to the head of actuarial and leads underwriting strategy, operations and transformation for a growing employee benefits portfolio. This executive sets underwriting philosophy and risk management standards, oversees daily operations and builds new capabilities for employer-paid products. The role also strengthens risk assessment, introduces data-driven tools to improve accuracy and efficiency and partners with actuarial, finance, sales and product leaders.
Successful Placement
Slayton Search placed a group benefits underwriting leader with more than 15 years of experience across life, disability, absence management and supplemental health. Most recently, they led a regional team across the same product lines at a large carrier and contributed to enterprise strategy. Earlier, they built a dedicated supplemental health team from the ground up, establishing its processes, pricing tools and risk controls. They also underwrote large national accounts and partnered closely with actuarial, sales and distribution leaders.
