Life Underwriting Assistant Rules Specialist
Amica Life
10 Amica Center Blvd, Lincoln, RI
Thank you for considering Amica as part of your career journey, where your future is our business.
At Amica, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive environment. We all work together to accomplish the common goal of providing the best experience for our customers. We believe in trust and fostering lasting relationships for our customers and employees! We’re focused on creating a workplace that works for all. We’ll continue to provide training, guidance, and resources to make Amica a true place of belonging for all employees. Want to learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Visit our DEI page to read about it!
As a mutual company, our people are our priority. We seek differences of opinion, life experience and perspective to represent the diversity of our policyholders and achieve the best possible outcomes. Our office located in Lincoln, RI, is seeking a Life Underwriting Assistant Rules Specialist to join the team!
Job Overview:
The Underwriting Assistant Rules Specialist works within the Underwriting Optimization team to help drive the implementation of new rules, execute project tasks, and coordinate deliverables to improve the underwriting rules engine.
Responsibilities:
- Support the Optimization Development team in prioritizing projects and initiatives to ensure the organization’s strategic and operational goals are met.
- Ongoing analysis and monitoring to assist with the enhancement of our underwriting rules engine, Underwriting/New Business workflows, and overall workbench performance.
- Collaborate with other departments, including but not limited to: Production Underwriting/New Business, Project Management, and Sales, to ensure successful implementation and communication of new initiatives and guideline changes.
- Create user stories, assist in mapping changes, test/document system changes, and support work efforts to ensure all parts of an initiative are executed on time.
- Understanding of our system integrations, including, but not limited to Sureify, Resonant, DocFast, Fast.
- Recommend and apply suggested changes and developments to improve the workflow with vendors from a technical aspect.
- Working knowledge of the industry's data sources, including but not limited to Milliman and LexisNexis products, including IRIX, DX, MIB and LRC.
- Ability to recognize system needs, implement, and back department-level projects including process improvements for the department, as well as company-wide project engagement, as needed.
- Maintain appropriate documentation for guidelines and workflows.
- Assist with auditing our straight-through/automated business.
- May be called upon to handle other duties as required.
Salary and Work Schedule:
A starting annual salary of $65,752, additional compensation would be dependent on level of experience with a range of up to $87,943 annually.
The 37.5 hour work week is scheduled from Monday through Friday, between the core hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Work from home is available up to two days a week once trained to work independently.
Total Rewards:
- Medical, dental, vision coverage, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Paid Vacation – you will receive at least 13 vacation days in the first 12 months, amounts could be greater depending on the role. While able to use prior to accrual, vacation time will accrue monthly.
- Holidays - 14 paid holidays observed
- Sick time - 6 days sick time at hire, 6 additional days sick time at 90 days of employment
- Generous 401k with company match and immediate vesting. Additionally, annual 3% non-elective employer contribution
- Annual Success Sharing Plan - Paid to eligible employees if company meets or exceeds combined ratio, growth and/or service goals
- Generous leave programs, including paid parental bonding leave
- Student Loan Repayment and Tuition Reimbursement programs
- Generous fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Employee community involvement
- Strong relationships, lifelong friendships
- Opportunities for advancement in a successful and growing company
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- Prior experience in rules engine systems preferred.
- 3 years of Life Underwriting experience preferred.
- Actively pursuing continuing education and professional development, including but not limited to FALU and FLMI designations.
- Experience navigating the Atlassian Suite or products.
- Intermediate experience with Microsoft suite of products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Ability to multi-task and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and experience in proofreading.
About Amica:
Amica Mutual Insurance Company is America’s oldest mutual insurer of automobiles. A direct national writer, Amica also offers home, marine and umbrella insurance. Amica Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary, provides life insurance and retirement solutions. Amica was founded on the principles of creating peace of mind and building enduring relationships for and with our exceptionally loyal policyholders, a mission that thousands of employees in offices nationwide share and support.
Equal Opportunity Policy: All qualified applicants authorized to work in the United States will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, ethnicity, age, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, mental condition, military status, genetic information or any other class protected by law. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age with respect to individuals who are 40 years of age or older. Employees are subject to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.
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