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Group Benefits Re, Director of Underwriting

Hartford, CT💼 Full-time💰 $128,000–$128,000🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of underwriters to manage profitable acquisition and retention of group life, disability, and supplemental health reinsurance clients.

Role type

Director of Underwriting (Group Benefits Reinsurance)

Builds

Group life, disability, and supplemental health reinsurance portfolios

Domain

Insurance / Group Benefits / Reinsurance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

team leadership, underwriting guidelines enforcement, rate development, profitability analysis, client communication, project management, product strategy

Preferred skills

group benefits technical knowledge, pricing protocols, risk selection, performance management

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Lead a team of 5-6 underwriters for presale, new business, and renewal underwriting; Build and retain a motivated underwriting team through coaching and performance management; Monitor underwriting metrics to ensure profitability and persistency; Recommend changes to products, guidelines, and pricing protocols; Communicate underwriting decisions and plan design concerns to clients; Implement new clients with project management support.

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with team management

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