Commercial Lines or Group Benefits Producer opening in New Jersey.  A strong regional insurance brokers located in Central NJ is seeking solid production talent for new commercial insurance or group benefits business development. Business accounts will range from $5K-100K in revenue. Client provides strong service and support to allow producers to spend virtually 100% of their time generating new business and develop strong, front-end relationships with clients. Client will purchase books of business and/or agencies. Client pays expenses and competitive commissions. Candidates should be prepared to discuss a conservative business development plan for 2010. Base compensation is contingent upon past track record, book of business and sales potential. (HSESPLTB6207).

Life & Health Group CSR opening in New Jersey.  Inside Group L&H CSR who can quote, handle calls, enter data-desk level 8:30 to 5pm daily. Must be familiar with Aetna, Horizon, United Healthcare. Group size ranges from 3 to 200 lives (but some of these accounts might be linked to the P&C side) Must be very computer literate. Salary up to $60k. (HSESPLTB6208).

Group Benefits Producer opening in Wisconsin. Company provides very strong support and service and allows you to spend virtually 100% of your time generating new group benefits business. Producer will interface with middle market business to develop strong, front-end relationships with clients. Client will purchase books of business and/or agencies. The desirable candidate will have at least 3 years experience selling group benefits with a broker and/or direct writer; will exhibit a very strong track record, strong technical knowledge of group healthcare and voluntary products. Base compensation is contingent on track record, past compensation and potential sales. Paid expenses, strong commission plan and excellent company benefits are provided. Salary up to $85-150k. (HSESPLTB6206)

Medical Claims Executive opening in Michigan.  Regional Insurance Carrier is seeking an expert with a strong understanding of the medical aspect of workers compensation claims to be lead for new claims data center of excellence. Key is someone who can interact with high level executives of the operating companies, able to articulate control changes to these executives operations. Second side is to work with these operations on how to implement these changes. Person will need to have ability to be entrepreneurial/inquisitive mind on current trends when it comes to medical management.  Salary up to $170k. (HSESPLTB6203)

Lead Business Process Consultant – Six Sigma opportunity opening in Connecticut.  Client is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies. They currently offer an opportunity to join their organization in a Lead Business Process Consultant-Six Sigma role. This role will design enterprise wide and/or cross-functional solutions to address business problems. College degree. Masters degree preferred. Six Sigma training. Black Belt. 10+ years experience with several of the following methodologies: management consulting, project consulting, business process consulting, financial strategic analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business planning, and/or risk management consulting. Experience with enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional large scale initiatives with high degree of complexity. Demonstrated experience successfully implementing change in complex organizations. Demonstrated superior business process, project management and organizational redesign experience.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6202)

Employee Benefit Manager / Producer opening in Alaska. Large all-lines agency needs a replacement for one of their people who is getting close to retirement. Responsible for overseeing approximately a $1Mil book of business,  maintain this business acting as the client relations executive, and with support staff assistance, ensuring that these accounts are properly controlled,  expand  book of business by pursuing new business opportunities on an individual basis or via cross-selling opportunities that arise with current non-employee benefit clients. Ideal candidate will have 10-15 years of similar employee benefits agency/broker experience, a college degree, and insurance education sufficient to demonstrate technical proficiency in these business lines. Salary $125-$150k + 25% bonus. Relocation assistance will be on a case-by-case basis. (HSESPLTB6168)

Life Sales Marketer opening in South Dakota.  serve as liaison between the client's field force, sales team and product development team and make recommendations to ensure products meet the needs of our field force. Educate the sales and sales support teams on new products and concepts; serve as "go to" source for case design, more complex cases, and cases that are in competition with other carriers; be content expert for product-focused promotional campaigns and presentations.  Salary #open. (HSESPLTB6163)

Employee Benefits Operations Manager opening in San Francisco. Top 50 National Broker with offices throughout CA seeks to recruit an Operations/Administration Manager for its Employee Benefits Unit in Northern CA. This position will oversee all service and operational staff (35 staff) and will be responsible for: Systems and Procedures within the EB unit, Project Management, IT and HR. A background from the EB sector is desirable but not mandatory. Operational and Administration background within a carrier or brokerage is key. The ability to handle Project Management is critical and would like a candidate with a BA or advanced degree, the L&H License (not mandatory) and 10+ years of Operations/Admin experience in an insurance environment. Client is a large growing retail broker in excess of 70 million in revenues. The EB unit is 10% of revenues and targets accounts in the 50 to 10,000+ lives range. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6181)

Employee Benefits Producer opening in Baltimore/Washington DC or Philadelphia.  Firm is looking to recruit a producer with Partnership potential, someone that has the ability to target upper middle market and large accounts and is comfortable in the Self Funded arena. The person can be located in either the MD, DC or Philadelphia areas.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6140)

Billing Analyst for Benefits Broker opening in Maryland Area. Large regional Benefit Consulting Firm is looking for an entry level Billing Analyst. Details of the position are as follows:  Generate premium bills as per specific client/carrier billing timeframes, guidelines and standards; create monthly bill schedule; interact with clients to resolve billing and other related issues; identify, reconcile, research and resolve discrepancies between client premium payments and insurance carrier invoices on a monthly basis; assist in monthly and ad hoc reporting activities; assist in testing of self-serve webs and enhancements. Results oriented with strong attention to detail, strong organizational, communication and problem-solving skills, ability to interact with internal and external customers, ability to meet operational deadlines.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products. EXCELLENT EXCEL SKILLS REQUIRED. Access knowledge with ability to create simple queries preferred. Bachelors’ degree or combination of education and/or equivalent work experience. Insurance experience preferred. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6139)

Vice President Management and Product Innovation – Life Products opening in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Responsible for development and analysis of all market management intelligence. Will create the process to identify, gather and analyze external and consumer data to Market Management/Product Innovation strategies. 10+ years in financial services/market research/strategy development, 5+ years Management experience, experience creating a new department within a complex organization. Salary $open. (DC6129 ).

Life Process Improvement Leader opening in Northwest Illinois. Client is a financially solid life insurance carrier. They hold an "Excellent" rating by AM Best. Develop methodologies & tools to promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. Ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in the financial service industry, with at least 5 years of experience in managing process improvement projects and applying the DMAIC methodology. Professional designations: Black Belt, PMP, LOMA, FLMI, ACS and other related professional designations. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6056)

Life Product Line Service Manager opening in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania or Michigan YOUR CHOICE! Responsible for establishing and maintaining high levels of customer service for their clients, sets service standards, educates and reduces Errors & Omissions exposure in the product line. Client Service: develops, trains, measures and improves client focused activities including service and client focused initiatives; sets service expectations for product lines and ensures delivery; Sagitta expert and resource for product line; creates, continuously evaluates and enhances workflows, protocols, manuals and tools; Product Expertise: Utilizes carriers to assist in necessary training of the service staff; develops product line requirements for exceptional service and coverage expectations for colleagues; provides service standards and minimum coverages with product line specialist; acts as a technical resource on difficult coverage issues; sets standards to reduce risk exposure throughout the agency; introduces new produces, services and opportunities and ensures staff awareness throughout the agency. Management: establishes benchmarks setting productivity expectations and measures appropriately; develops and trains supervisors; evaluates appropriate software tools for usage throughout the agency to increase efficiencies; creates and manages a line of business service tool box including form letters, scripts, proposals, checklists, etc. Minimum of 5 years supervisor/mgmt experience, 5 years insurance and/or underwriting experience, excellent knowledge in Excel, Word, and Access and License in appropriate line of business required.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB6062)

Senior Client Service Manager opening in California.   The individual will “work from home” and must be based in the Bay area. Responsible to maintain and strengthen relationships with a portfolio of primarily Emerging Market Clients. Accountable for the development, implementation and coordination of multi-year client plans to increase satisfaction, revenue and profitability within the Client portfolio. Minimum 3-5 years experience in the field of Client management required. Legal services experience and/or employee benefits experience preferred. Specific knowledge of Client management and relationship building is required. Working knowledge of insurance products and/or employee benefits is preferred. Appropriate experience could come from a 401K - Retirement client services background or Broker - client management background. No sales involved in this position. This is strictly a client management role. Local Bay area candidates only.  Salary $75k. (HSESPLTB5995)

Inside Sales Representative for Medical, Dental and Vision in Texas. Exciting new opening for the licensed insurance candidate to sell medical, dental and vision insurance to a captive audience. This includes cold and warm calling prospects and customers to screen, qualify and sell current products appropriate to the size of the group as gathered from internally devised lists. The products are with a well known national carrier and are offered at a very competitive rate. You will get to work with a great group of people, too!  Must be licensed to sell health insurance in Texas have at least 1 year of experience selling insurance products with a strong preference for medical insurance products. Must be able to quickly learn the products offered and the software tracking system.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5998)

Product Development Manager opening in Indiana.  Responsible for the product management in the group employee benefit profit center. Ensure that all product development/enhancement requirements are developed including underwriting guidelines, actuarial rate and factor development, reinsurance coverage, compliance, filings, and claims processes. Handle all product development activities including competitive intelligence, product strategy development, business case rationalization, and the coordination of policy/form filings. 5 years of experience in insurance product research, in addition to product development experience is required. Exposure to group employee benefits/products is highly desirable. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5969)

Regional Vice President of Sales opening in Chicago.  Very unique opportunity. Seasoned professional with demonstrated success in implementing change and coaching and motivating sales teams to consistently achieve high performance results. This position requires vision, leadership, financial acumen combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding and communication skills. Must possess the ability to analyze and resolve issues strategically and functionally. 15 years sales management experience in Long Term Care, Life Insurance products and/or Senior market products. Strong customer orientation with a commitment to company values. Excellent analytical, problem solving, matrix management, organization, planning and communication skills. College degree required; MBA preferred.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5963)

Chief Life Underwriter opening in Illinois.  Opportunity to join growing individual life carrier, offers a wide variety of life insurance products, including: Traditional life insurance, Term life insurance, Universal life insurance. They hold an "Excellent" rating by AM Best. And offer a very employee friendly work environment. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5931)

Senior Life Underwriter opportunity in Southeast.  Opportunity to join growing individual life carrier, one of the fastest growing insurance companies in the country. Due to this continued growth they are offering an opportunity to join their life division in a newly created Senior Life Underwriter role. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5930)

Senior Group Benefits Account Executive/Consultant opening in Houston, Texas. Key experience you must have to be considered for this job include : Brokerage experience with accounts having 240+ lives; Fully Funded and Self Funded Accounts; Medical, Dental and all the Ancillary Accounts ;Marketing to Carriers and Clients; Open Enrollment; Preparation of Ad Hoc reports; Spread Sheeting. Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills. Salary $open. (HSESPL5933)

Investment Counselors/Broker opening for a well established Financial Service Company on Long Island, New York. Company is on the move and expanding its sales department. This is a great opportunity to learn while you earn and be in charge of making the BIG BUCKS, take advantage of the “baby boomer” generation by offering them the financial tools that will lead them into their future. Must be highly motivated. A sales/marketing degree a plus. Will train for Series 7 and 63. Salary $open. (DG5899)

Experienced Insurance Specialist opening on Long Island, New York. 10+ years selling Life, Estate Planning, Annuities, DI, LTC, etc. needed to accommodate the rapidly growing Baby Boomer Generation. Existing Client Base, excellent company and compensation package. Existing L&H License and Series 6 and 63 required to be considered. Designations a plus. Salary $open. (DG5900)

Product Analyst opening in New Jersey.  Experience with Product Design, Product Implementation and Product training. Ideal product line expertise is A&H, will consider AD&D, Health and/or Life. Ideal candidates will have an Underwriting background or could be Product Analysts presently. Must be local unless they are willing to relocate at their own expense. Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5887)

Underwriter opening in Los Angeles.  Assesses risk and negotiates cases with producers and carriers through evaluation of an individual's medical history or physical condition, occupational hazards, financial background, insurable interest and other information pertinent to the decision. Shares evaluations with more senior staff to obtain their review and approval.  Must be comfortable working with Agents, Sales and Sales Support to determine appropriate carrier based on proposed insured's risk prior to and/or during the insurance application process. Prepares or reviews underwriting summaries to include medical and non-medical information (i.e., abnormal lab results, EKG interpretation, family history, blood pressure, weight, aviation, avocation, travel, etc.) for carrier review. Develops knowledge of carrier underwriting guidelines, insurance products, brokerage market, and re-insurance market - Carries a caseload of 125 to 150 cases and accomplishes 15 to 20 image reviews per week with a 48 hour turnaround time.  Candidate must have a brokerage/multi carrier background. Salary $ 65-80k+. (HSESPLTB5885)

Life Insurance Case Designers opening(s) in North Carolina.  Responsible for providing life product illustrations, applications, and sales materials to producers; navigating software and company tools with producers & their staff members; assisting with appropriate carrier/product recommendations. Produce qualified illustrations that meet producer objectives in a timely manner. Ideal candidate will have a brokerage background and be comfortable providing product and carrier information to the producer groups as well as internal staff. They will maintain detailed product and financial knowledge on all carriers and know the competitive environment to run appropriate illustrations. Salary $35-40k. (HSESPLTB 5884)

Marketing/Sales Candidate required for a new Consulting company located in the North East (New England territory). Market a variety of Employee Benefits packages to businesses serving 1-500 employees.  Products include Group Life, Dental, Health and Workers Compensation. The candidate must have a proven record of cold calling and development of new business.  A background in medical or pharmaceutical sales would be considered and company would consider purchase of an existing book of business. Degree is a must.  Base Salary around $80-$100K. (MBSPL5844)

Benefits Manager opening in California.   Great management skills are a critical piece to this position; split between: Small lines – 2-50 and Large lines – 50-300; Agency experience best – P&C experience preferred as departments are somewhat integrated within this large P&C agency, Traditional benefits – life, health, dental, LCC, etc – no financials or securities – most clients are local, with one on the east coast. Salary $80-100K. (HSESPLTB5807)

Managed Care Claim Specialist opening in California.  Responsibilities: outcome of clinical case management activities on behalf of the claims department; and accountable for utilization review & telephonic case management on behalf of the claims department; manages complex workers compensation cases to ensure quality and clinical outcome is achieved through focused medical intervention; acts as a technical medical resource to the claim staff; responsible for meeting legislative timeframes; manages the appropriate workflow processes within the Claim Department; develops and administers appropriate communication with the Claim Staff; interprets and manages medical intervention procedures. Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two-years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of current recognized evidence based medicine guidelines, office operations, workflow analysis.  Registered Nurse (RN) license is strongly preferred,    LVN is ok. Salary: up to mid $80’s. (HSESPLTB5783)

 Advanced Markets Marketing Consultant opening in New York.  Provide state-of-the-art advanced markets marketing support, marketing material development and design, case consultation, and training to sales associates in the field; gather intelligence through networking and customer contact on competitors' products and services and share with marketing staff to develop superior output. Responsibilities: Comprehensive knowledge of Advanced Markets Concepts and use of  product life insurance, annuities, disability insurance in advanced markets concepts (bonus, loan split dollar, economic benefit split dollar, private split dollar, nonqualified deferred compensation, premium financing, gifting, estate tax planning); keep current on, review and analyze important developments in the areas of new tax law, court decisions and IRS rulings especially as they relate to designing new marketing strategies for the sale of products; Principal Accountabilities: Advanced Sales marketing concept development and implementation (including sales literature, seminars, classes, strategic concepts); Keep current on complex advanced market concepts including recent litigation and strategic changes in the marketplace. Proven experience in incorporating advanced sales concepts into advanced sales illustrations.  Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;  ability to work as a team player in a fast paced environment with little supervision is a must; develop and maintain productive relationships with home office partners. B.S. in finance or economics preferred, J.D., CPA or LLM., Taxation a plus. Industry designations (CLU, ChFC, CFP), Series 6 securities license and 10+ years of advanced markets experience. Frequent Travel will be required. Salary $open. (TB5761)

Employee Benefits Staff Manager opening Multiple Locations within the United States.  Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the day-to-day service staff, including coaching and mentoring unit managers and service staff members.  Specific Responsibilities: participates with broker and operations in planning department goals and objectives; manages staff including; motivating/mentoring staff, providing employee training and development, conducting performance reviews and performing disciplinary action as appropriate; assesses personnel/staffing needs and prepares personnel requisitions: conducts new hire interviews and makes hiring decisions; schedules and facilitates regular staff meetings; assists unit managers with workflow analysis and problem solving; ensures compliance with company guidelines and internal audit standards; partners with sales team to understand service needs and provides solutions; maintains regular communication with VP Operations, Unit Managers and other Staff Managers; reviews financial statements and investigates discrepancies; Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and proficient in Agency Management System. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, 8 - 10 years related work experience, including 5 years management experience, valid insurance license  and must continue to meet Continuing Education requirements for license renewal.  Salary $open. (HSESPLTB5748)

Director of Underwriting opening in New York.  Oversee the Underwriting Department, which includes new business production and renewal underwriting for all product lines; extensive knowledge of group health and life products, including but not limited to:  DBL, dental, vision, life, long term disability, excess major medical and stop loss; interface with all department managers in the administration of all product lines; interface directly with actuarial personnel in order to conduct statistical studies; communicate extensively with the brokerage community in order to facilitate new business production, renewals and administration. BA, BS or MBA, Life Accident & Health License. Salary $open. (FP5742)

Life Product Manager opening in New York. As a Product Manager for a specific line of business, ranging from group health, short and long term disability, vision care, dental and group term life, you would manage and interact with all stages of a policy’s lifecycle: from sales to underwriting to billing to service and claims.  Management of existing policies: renewal of cases; accuracy of enrollments; accuracy of billing and collections; troubleshooting any and all producers (policyholder issues). Development of new business: quote cases and follow up; evaluate and approve/reject applications; deliver policies, administrative materials, etc.; facilitates claims filing. General Management;  to review monthly claims reports by case and track loss ratios. Seeking licensed individual with 7 to 10 years industry experience (in sales and/or underwriting).  Salary $open. (HSEFPTB5738)

CFO opening in Dallas for a life and health carrier.  Must have experience out of a health CARRIER, not a brokerage or agency.  Up to $150K.  (HSESPLTB5680*)

Director/Manager opening in San Francisco – Managed Provider Network.   Specific contract management experience, easily build relationships; specific workers’ compensation experience; workers’ compensation healthcare management or prior medical case management experience in workers’ compensation. Bachelors Degree in Nursing, Healthcare   Management, and/or Communications with specific experience in the workers’ compensation provider relations. Must demonstrate full understanding of California LC and regulations pertaining to Medical Provider Network requirements, prior experience developing workers’ compensation provider contracts as well as network development, full understanding of LC Utilization Review requirements. Salary $100-120k.  (HSESPLTB5676*)

Employee Benefit Producer opening in Texas for one of the larger benefits operations. In addition to insured products, a full array of fee services for self-insured firms. The products and services range from Group Benefits – Pension Plans – Executive Compensation – Actuarial Services – Auditing services – and more.  Salary $open. (HSESPL5612*)

Medical Malpractice/Risk Manager opening in Minnesota.  Diversified Property management company operating in multi States seeks a person for its claims/risk management position. Candidate must be experienced in medical malpractice (senior living), workers compensation, general liability, automobile and property claims handling; hands on medical malpractice claim adjusting (investigations, record review, interviews of witnesses, evaluation of liability & damages, reserving, selecting and managing outside counsel, claim resolution and communications, as well as active management of insurer/third party handling of workers compensation, general liability and property claims; design, direct and implement corporate policy for cost containment and claim management efforts to minimize financial loss resulting from professional liability (medical malpractice), workers’ compensation, general liability, auto and property claims. Responsibilities: Medical record reviews; Investigation reports; Attorney selection and monitoring; Development of a claim resolution plan; Develop and maintain the Claims Manual and Claims Management Training manual; Audit and conduct evaluations to establish conformance to stated objectives; Orchestrate appropriate claim reviews; Monitor large losses and produce effective status reports; Analyze company statistics and make recommendations for correction of problems areas; Coordinate loss reduction strategies; Design and implement claims handling protocols; Liaison with third party claims administrators, attorneys, insurers; Medical malpractice and workers’ compensation claim handling experience required, knowledge of claims file handling, investigation, settlement processes and procedures, ability to analyze complex medical and legal information. Salary $80-$120K. (HSESPL5600*)

Senior Stop Loss Supervisor for Healthcare Industry opening in Maryland. Large national TPA. Responsibilities include: New Business Stop Loss Underwriting --- Will coordinate with Sales Reps and TPA Proposal Unit to analyze, collect, verify new business RFPs, select which markets to send to, distribute, reply to ongoing questions, receive, analyze and catalog Stop Loss proposals; Renewal Stop Loss Underwriting --- Will coordinate with TPA Account Management staff to analyze, collect, verify and prepare Stop Loss renewal proposals from incumbent Stop Loss carriers and selected alternate carriers to assure complete and competitive group renewals. Candidate will coordinate and interact with TPA functions in Claims, Reporting, Finance, Compliance and Account Management to assure timely, accurate and reliable information exchange on new and renewal Stop Loss group marketing; maintain favorable relationships with Stop Loss Carriers, Brokers, Sales Reps, Case Managers and PBMs. Stay abreast of industry trends and developments; mentor and develop Stop Loss Market Analyst staff through knowledge transfer, exposure to carriers and markets, and to demonstrate best practices in Stop Loss strategic placement for TPA groups. Ideal candidate should have a minimum of 10 years or more of progressive responsibility in marketing, analyzing and conducting new business and renewal TPA Stop Loss insurance, ability to analyze and understand Stop Loss contracts, terms, provisions, limitations and exclusions. Strong organizational skills, established supervisory management and mentoring capability, ability to work collaboratively with internal and external constituents to assure timely and reliable data outputs, demonstrated skills in Work, Excel, PowerPoint and Access databases, ability to successfully analyze and negotiate competitive and reliable Stop Loss quotes and renewals to TPA clients' benefit, and ability to develop favorable strategic relations with Stop Loss Carriers, Reinsurers and Managing General Underwriters (MGUs). Salary $55-75+. (HSESPL5589*)

Associate Underwriter opening in Pennsylvania.  Underwrite and rate routine health care business and accomplish the goal of providing excellent service to our sales force and customer, ensures these groups remain on a profitable basis. Applies methods used to analyze data in order to determine financial requirements for prospective and renewal business. Calculates standard renewal and prospective group rates in accordance with regional rating rules and federal and state regulations.  Gathers and examines appropriate documentation and data required to calculate and produce rate renewal packages and new business proposals. Interprets actuarial data and applies judgment as to actuarial and underwriting considerations in appropriately pricing products. Evaluates the appropriateness of group rates. Monitors and enforces current underwriting policies as they relate to individuals and groups. Assists sales personnel in explaining rate calculations and underwriting policy if needed. Ensures the quality and integrity of account-specific data and information released to the sales force. Ensures the timely completion of renewals, proposals, account reports and monthly departmental reports associated with the underwriting function.  Serves as a liaison with other departments for coordinated projects. Tests computer applications of new rating methods. Knowledgeable of all federal and state laws and regulations regarding operation of the Program including licensure and audit of contractual services, statistical and computer information systems. Previous health care contract and services rate administration experience desirable. Salary $open. (CL5488*)

Life & Annuity Marketing Director opening in Illinois or Arizona.  Responsibilities: Brand management; Brand development; Brand position; Brand image and Product awareness. Will assist in relocation. Salary up to $105k + bonus. (HSE5464*)

HR Benefits Manager opening in New York/Connecticut.  The position will have a dual focus of providing employees with excellent benefits and managing and developing a first rate benefits team to provide these services.  Specific responsibilities include: Develop and implement a strategic vision for in-house benefit plans; manage the Benefits Team consistently with  management style; design the Benefits Team structure including hiring, training, and developing team members to implement the design; drive change and improvement to the existing processes; evaluate benefit plans and managing vendor relationships; oversee the daily administration of all benefits and COBRA for 600+ employees; serve as a subject matter expert on benefit issues, including having a superior understanding of federal laws pertaining to benefits, such as FMLA, COBRA, ADA, etc. Ideal candidate will have a degree and high GPA from top-rated university and 5+ years of benefits-related experience, extensive understanding of benefits legislation and a broad familiarity with benefits provider and broker industries. Salary $open. (CL/PR5386*)

HR Benefits Analyst opening in New York/Connecticut.  Report to the Manager of Benefits and lead the transition to a highly organized, consistent and well managed data environment.  The emphasis of this position will have a dual focus on developing a strategy to manage benefits data and the execution of said strategy. Specific responsibilities include: identify process improvements for all data management and streamlining the information management process; create metrics for analyzing utilization experience, trends, and costs; assist with special projects, which may include implementing an HRIS, and assessing new vendors; gather and maintain employee data related to benefits, including data review, verification and reconciliation; enter data as needed; understand and process data from and for a wide variety of vendors; work to ensure both accuracy and timeliness; manage budgeting process including the annual budget guidelines and monthly reconciliation; reconcile monthly bills, and provide reporting to HR and Finance departments. Ideal candidate will have a degree and high GPA from top-rated university,  2+ years analyst experience (benefits analyst experience preferred), expertise and knowledge in data management and analysis, excellent critical reasoning, analytical and problem solving skills ideal. Salary $open.  (CL/PR5387*) 

Group Benefits Account Manager opening in Nassau County, New York.  Seeking an experienced Group Benefits Insurance professional with extensive experience providing high-level hands on client relationship management for large and small groups representing various premium levels, presenting written and oral proposals to clients, conducting open enrollments with client employees. Experience marketing new and renewal business is a plus. Responsibilities include issuance of Provider ID cards,  Assist in handling applications, client contact follow up. At least 5+ years experience in Employee Benefits and have 5+ years in a brokerage environment with exceptional communication and organizational skills with a firm grasp on all concepts relating to group plan design. Salary $negotiable +. (CL4922*) 

Sales Manager opening in  Long Island & New York. Responsibilities: Develop an operating sales strategy for the business development of life insurance and financial services; recruit, develop and retain life and financial services producers; organize, manage and monitor the sales planning, marketing and implementation process to achieve annual operating plan; direct marketing initiatives and coordinate joint marketing efforts; implement a business processing operation with support staff, technology and other resources to expedite the processing of all new and renewal life and financial services products. Valid life Insurance license strong communication and organizational skills with 2-3 years life insurance management experience. Salary  $Open. (CL4765*)