
Associate, Annuity Product Support
- Des Moines, IA
- $110,000-120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Draft contract provisions for new products, with a primary focus on retail annuity products, through collecting and coordinating business requirements from the internal product implementation, actuarial, legal, compliance, operations, and sales teams.
- Develop project timelines and tasks for state product submissions and set expectations for the state approval timelines for the business.
- Analize legal standards of state insurance laws and/or Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission standards in relation to new product development initiatives including impacts to policy and contract form language.
- Correspond and negotiate with state regulators on objections to product submissions and prepare responses.
- Oversee and prepare new product submissions in SERFF and proactively seek ways to streamline the submission process to decrease time between submission and approval.
- Review, file, and gain approval, where required, of consumer advertising and enterprise branding initiatives.
- Partner with our internal marketing team to ensure that final consumer advertising is aligned with requirements of the contract.
- Maintain record of regulated forms history; coordinate with business areas to ensure proper forms are available and used.
- Support new product implementation efforts by providing final disclosure and contract language requirements.
- Support internal operations and third-party administrators to ensure products continue to function in accordance with policy/contract language for all in-force policies.
- Maintain professional contact with state insurance departments, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission and other insurance professionals throughout the country.
- Seven or more (7+) years of experience in the annuity and/or life insurance industry with preference of three or more (3+) in a legal, compliance or product development related function.
- Strong knowledge of insurance products and sales practices, and the ability to comprehend regulatory changes. Knowledge and experience in annuity, 401K annuity, pension risk transfer, and/or funding agreement experience preferred.
- Exceptional communication abilities to articulate complex requirements verbally and through technical writing, along with negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with key aspects of insurance administration.
- PC skills, including experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe Professional and other applicable software.
- A working knowledge of regulatory requirements as they pertain to life insurance and annuities and experience with SERFF.