Benjamin Davidson
Vice President, Chief Life Underwriter at USAA
- Role
- Vice President, Chief Life Underwriter at USAA
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Benjamin Davidson
Energetic senior leader with significant operations management, underwriting executive management, relationship management, health care, insurance sales management, and financial risk management experience. Skilled in building large, diverse, productive teams and balancing conflicting priorities, while delivering desired results on time and budget. Talent for proactively identifying and resolving inefficiencies, reversing negative sales trends, controlling unit costs, maximizing productivity, and delivering profit increases.Specialties: Operations Management, Client Relationship Management, Large and Small Team Building, Financial Risk Management, Life, Health, LTC & Disability Underwriting, Project Management, Call Center Management, Financial Management, Bank Negotiations & Relations, Team Leadership & Collaboration, Wholesale Distribution Systems, Strategic Financial Planning, Profit & Loss Management, Six Sigma, Human Resources, Relationship Building and Commercial Real Estate.
Experience
Vice President, Chief Life Underwriter
Dec 2018 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US
Complete responsibility for leading the development and implementation of underwriting policy, processes and innovation strategy- Leading Life Co. digital underwriting automation - straight through processing (STP), accelerated underwriting and Electronic Health Records (EHR) initiatives- Data-driven underwriting decisions- New business and underwriting platform modernization- Ensures compliance with legislation and regulation regarding life insurance underwriting policies, practices and procedures.
Education
Northern State University
Finance
1992 — 1993
Augsburg University
BA, Finance
1993 — 1996
Skills
- Risk Management
- Underwriting
- Life Insurance
- Reinsurance
- Operations Management
- Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Product Development
- Automated Underwriting Systems
- Wealth Management
- Brokers
- Sales
- Marketing
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Development
- Insurance
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