Underwriting Consultant - Employee Benefits

At Alliant Insurance Services, we thrive on creating employee benefits solutions built on the idea that health makes growth possible. As top tier professionals dedicated to solving our clients' health and welfare insurance challenges, Alliant team members deliver an unrivaled depth of service, and our unique approach enables us to help clients stay resilient and turn change into opportunity. This position is a chance to join a dynamic, expanding company with prospects for individual and career growth. As one of the 5 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S., Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to clients nationwide. More information is available at www.alliant.com. SUMMARY Responsible for execution of all advanced pricing and analysis requests. Leads in the development and management of assigned underwriting and analyst teams. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Expert in all major areas of underwriting, including special pricing and marketing projects; Meets with Producers, clients, Underwriters, and Account Executives and as needed to define and accomplish projects; Manages team of Underwriters and Analysts to determine workload distribution of department; Assists in determining strategic goals of team(s), including but not limited to resource planning, education/training needs, policy development and business growth; Identifies, coordinates and manages all relevant external business partner relationships, including but not limited to insurance carriers, external consultants and third party administrators and vendors; Expert in understanding actuarial plan values and how they are used in various pricing and analysis projects. This includes ability to competently use software available for such types of plan analysis and pricing; Full understanding of underwriting models and reporting templates, with ability to fully modify and customize to meet customer needs; Leads an