Pacific Life · 22 hours ago
Underwriting Managing Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expPacific Life is a company dedicated to providing for loved ones and planning rewarding retirements. They are seeking a talented Underwriting Managing Director to lead teams, develop departmental plans, and make critical decisions regarding insurance applications to meet the company's financial objectives.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Provides leadership to managers and professional staff
Develops departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities
Decisions are guided by resource availability and functional objectives
Requires comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own family and knowledge of others
Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources
Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems
Qualification
Required
10+ years, typically includes management experience
4-year degree or equivalent experience
Appraises and underwrites applications for insurance to assess mortality and morbidity risk with company guidelines to assure equitable treatment of policyholders and producers and to meet the company's financial objectives
Determines whether to accept, modify or decline a risk through evaluation of an individual's medical history or physical condition, occupational hazards, financial background, insurable interest and other information pertinent to the decision
Consults with superiors or medical department concerning any questionable medical or personal situations
Has contact with the field force to gather information on which to base decisions
Has authority to approve cases up to specific standard and substandard limits
Provides leadership to managers and professional staff
Develops departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities
Decisions are guided by resource availability and functional objectives
Requires comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own family and knowledge of others
Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources
Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation
Company
Pacific Life
Pacific Life Insurance is an insurance company that provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Pacific Life has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (14)
2024 (9)
2023 (16)
2022 (19)
2021 (14)
2020 (17)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.44B2025-09-03Debt Financing· $750M
2025-06-18Debt Financing· $688.57M
Leadership Team
Howard Hirakawa
Senior Vice President and Fund Advisor Operations
Joe Krum
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Global Institutional Investment Group
Recent News
Private Capital Journal
2025-12-05
2025-11-22
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