BBC NEWS | Health | Long hours link to dementia risk
My wife tells me I don’t have to worry about this. Interesting study but of little underwriting significance at this time.
Work Longer Hours – Increase Your Dementia Risk
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Remote Underwriting Jobs – Do Your Homework
If you are looking for work it is critical to do your homework about a prospective employer. There are companies out there in trouble. For example, check out this excerpt from a recent SEC 8K filing. To be clear, this filing is not from an insurance company and is used here solely for illustrative and educational purposes. The company who filed this report is real. Would you take a job with this company? Do your homework.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
Company Actions Regarding Liquidity Position
The Company is, and expects to be, in default under a number of its financial obligations to its lenders and venture partners, including under certain loan agreements and other funding obligation agreements, and has commenced discussions to restructure these obligations and potential related claims. The Company has sought, and continues to seek, waivers with respect to such defaults, and is seeking to reach negotiated settlements with its various creditors in order to preserve its liquidity and enable it to continue operating. The Company believes that it will be in the best interests of all creditors to grant such waivers or reach such negotiated settlements with the Company and has entered and is seeking to enter into standstill agreements with a number of its creditors similar to the Standstill Agreements described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. However, there can be no assurance that such waivers will be received or such settlements will be reached, and, depending on the materiality, such discussions and agreements may or may not be separately disclosed in the future. If the defaults are not cured within applicable cure periods, if any, and if waivers or other relief are not obtained, the defaults can cause acceleration of certain of the Company’s financial obligations, which the Company may not be in a position to satisfy. The Company is also engaged in discussions with various venture partners and third parties regarding the sale of certain assets with the purpose of increasing liquidity and reducing obligations to enable the Company to continue operations. There can be no assurance that any of these discussions will result in the consummation of any transactions, and, depending on the materiality, such transactions may or may not be separately disclosed in the future.
Remote Underwriting Jobs – Try Job.com
You are looking for a job and hopefully will find that dream position where you can work from home. In my research I’ve discovered that remote underwriting jobs are rarely advertised as such. Remote jobs are out there but you have to search them out. I’ve added a link to http://www.job.com for your searching pleasure. Try this little experiment:
- Select insurance as your category
- All locations
- Add “remote underwriter” as optional keywords, and
- Search using any of these words, all words, and exact phrase.
You get nothing. Now try your search this way:
- Select insurance as your category
- All locations
- Add “telecommute yes”
- Search using exact phrase
You get hits. When I did this search I got 23 hits plus 2 from the web. This is also a good example of how different companies use different job websites for their postings. Interestingly, all 23 jobs are from the same employer.
Survival Strategies – Time to Get Personal
The insurance industry has shed 8,140 jobs since November 1, 2008. This is according to Bloomberg News and Challenger,
Gray & Christmas, the Chicago-based outplacement firm. I intend to continue writing posts on job search sites and articles of interest for underwriters who may be searching for their next opportunity. If you are searching out of necessity feel free to contact me and I’ll do what I can to help.
And with this post, I’ve started another intermittent series titled Survival Strategies. I hope you find this useful and best of luck in finding what you’re looking for.
Another Job Search Engine for Remote, Virtual, Telecommute Underwriting
I’ve added a link to The Job Spider search engine. During the course of my research I’ve noticed this engine finds positions not advertised elsewhere. I’m not saying this is a better search engine, just different. Remember to use different key words when searching for positions. For example, the words remote, virtual, and telecommute may pick up different postings as any of these words are often used to describe those of us who toil from outside of office walls. If you go to this website, watch for the posting dates of the positions. Some are pretty old, and therefore useless. But definitely check out the Scam Awareness page. This is well worth reading.
Looking for a Job? Read This
How to Change the World: Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
According to Alison Doyle in her article on About.com the social networking site LinkedIn has 130,000 recruiters as members. If you’re looking (and I know some of you are looking) then read this article for some good job hunting tips.
Remote Underwriting Jobs – Look Beyond
Search Jobs, Resumes, Recruiting & Career Site – Beyond.com
There are a a ton of job sites on the internet and it should come as no surprise that companies must pick and choose where to place their ads. For the job seeker, the problem is finding the website that hopefully lists the type of position you’re looking for. I prefer employment sites that utilize meta-search engines. If you’re searching for that ultimate remote underwriting job (or any new position) I suggest trying Beyond.com. I have been playing around with this website and so far, the results are impressive. Beyond claims to have search capabilities for over 15,000 niche employment sites.
Feel free to leave a comment. Let me know if this type of post is useful or not.
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Working for Uncle Sam – (sorry, no openings for remote underwriters)
Remote Underwriting Jobs – OK…I Get It
Revised October 16, 2010
The first version of the post was written nearly two years ago. A lot has changed since then. One of the more interesting developments for my business is the continued development of the Google search algorithm. I just recently discovered what happens when you search on Google for “remote underwriting jobs”.
This post is on page one of the search results. You’re probably looking for a remote life underwriting job and you got this page. I figured I better revise this post for clarity. So here we go…
Underwriting Solutions LLC is a consulting company based in Edmond, OK. We do provide outsourced life underwriting services and have multiple technology partners to help your company improve efficiency, effectiveness, and time to issue all while lowering costs. At the present time my company has no opportunities for remote underwriting work. Due to the current economic environment and the continually evolving life underwriting landscape most of my activities have been strategically focused elsewhere.
I do have friends in several companies that provide outsourced underwriting support who may have openings. Feel free to email me with your contact information. Also do explore this site for posts on other companies in the hiring mode as I try to pass along information on open positions as I come across them. I also have some links to job boards on my home page.
Best of luck in finding what you’re looking for. But if you’re in management and trying to figure out how to do remote underwriting from the technology and management perspectives, call me. I’d love to chat about APS medical summaries, structured XML databases, and our flexible hybrid fixed/variable underwriting model. I have a mortgage, one kid in college, one kid in medical school, health insurance premiums and a small fleet of cars to support. Call me.
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