Director, Underwriting - Life
Nationwide · United States · US
General Business
Remote
Dentist
Demand55
Career growth50
Healthcare fit25
Remote potential100
Salary band
USD 138k – 243k
5-year outlook
Director-level life underwriting roles typically offer stable, competitive compensation with potential for advancement into senior underwriting or distribution leadership; exact salary depends on carrier, portfolio, and location.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
executive
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-03
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Side income
- Classified as side-income friendly
- Engagement type
- Casual
- Hours
- Part-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- License jurisdiction
- US
- Profession fit
- Dentist
- Rate period
- Annual
Why this was classified this way
- casual
- part-time
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Why this is worth applying to
Clinicians with substantial life insurance underwriting or medical underwriting experience may find this a strong leadership opportunity, but it is not suitable for those without an insurance underwriting background.
Who should apply
Physicians, nurses, or other clinicians who have transitioned into life insurance medical underwriting and are seeking a remote director-level leadership role.
CV angle
Frame clinical experience as a foundation for medical risk assessment, and highlight any underwriting, large-case review, coaching, and distribution partnership experience; quantify team leadership and case outcomes.
Skills to highlight
- Life underwriting
- Medical underwriting
- Large-case underwriting
- Risk assessment
- Team leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Negotiation
- Distribution relationship management
Role summary
Lead a team of life underwriters serving national brokerage relationships, providing senior medical and financial underwriting judgment, coaching underwriters, and partnering with distribution to deliver competitive, sound decisions.
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