Underwriting Consultant Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for underwriting consultant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for oversight of pricing and underwriting decisions and escalate as appropriate following established underwriting guidelines.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Be service oriented with commitment to meet deadlines, prioritize and handle many tasks in a demanding work environment
• Strongly prefer underwriters who have experience with 300+ lives
• Strongly prefer experience with groups of 300+ lives, using experience rating and self-funded pricing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with sales, customers and consultants
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of data retrieval and manipulation
• Ownership of technical underwriting procedure documents, processes, guidelines and business capabilities materials
• Coordinates the investigation of reformations and rescissions
• Reviews, investigates, and responds to formal complaints

In response to your job posting for underwriting consultant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for technical underwriting guidance to members of underwriting team, including approving accounts that are outside the authority of underwriters.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Active in industry education is preferred
• Background in high production environment
• Act as back-up to supervisor
• Proficient Computer Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Analytical Skills
• Advanced knowledge of data sources
• Experience with automated underwriting systems preferred
• Experience with underwriting Long Term Care products preferred
• A strong team player, capable of self-learning and easily able to assimilate within a team environment

Please consider me for the underwriting consultant opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for underwriting and pricing approvals for new business and renewals of expatriate benefit products including medical, life, LTD, and/or dental.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Collects, submits and develops recommendations for underwriting criteria revisions or additions to the Risk Selection Strategy division
• Leads and participates in company and departmental wide projects/task forces affecting technical underwriting procedures and new products
• Coordinates, designs, and delivers field visitation or webinar programs to improve home office/field relationships and to communicate life underwriting practices and changes
• Establishes and maintains high quality communication and goodwill with the field, policyowners, attorneys, insurance commissioners, and home office personnel with regard to case decision and other risk appraisal matters
• Strong medical, procedural and technical knowledge
• Experience with public sector
• Experience with fully insured
• Experience with underwriting, vendor management or Field operations preferred

I would like to submit my application for the underwriting consultant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for technical and analytical underwriting support to achieve performance targets and the Underwriting strategy including supporting the delivery of change within Pricing & Underwriting and across divisions.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, superior written and oral communications, solid decision making and negotiation skills
• Expert-level knowledge of all aspects of coverage forms, exclusions, pricing, structure, rating, rating plans, loss forecasting, credit risk, market knowledge
• Advanced knowledge of insurance operations
• Specialty area to be determined and identified as critical by Industry Consulting
• Develop selection and retention of client’s customers through accurate risk assessment and appropriate premium levels that meet profit, persistency and sales objectives
• Make small financial risk decisions with close supervision
• Deliver dependable, accurate and timely service and build relationships with all clients
• Exceptional Customer Service skills and telephone manner

I am excited to be applying for the position of underwriting consultant. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for strategic leadership and direction for the Life Underwriting & New Business Organization; leads the development of strategies to maximize persistency, profitability, growth, and customer satisfaction.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Consistently deliver work of a high standard within agreed timescales to meet tight deadlines
• Good excel skills, including pivot tables, if functions & vlookups, will be essential to the role
• Demonstrate team work and commitment to providing the highest level of service to our customers
• Ensure to provide a comprehensive and seamless insurance solution to our global client base
• Completion of industry designations such as FLMI, FALU, CLU
• Excellent technical expertise in risk selection while demonstrating a strong understanding of top-line and bottom-line objectives
• Excellent communicator both written and verbal to our sales and service professionals
• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills that allow one to manage multiple priorities while still delivering results in a timely and effective manner