Long Term Care- Benefit Intake Specialist
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The Benefit Intake Specialist receives, reviews, and logs incoming benefit claims and requests, serving as an initial point of contact in the claims process. The role supports customers and families by providing claim and plan information, helping move claims through intake, and coordinating with claim analysts and care managers. It also involves researching incomplete claims and customer issues, documenting interactions, and contributing ideas to improve service quality.
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Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Join a team shaping the future of financial well-being for millions of Americans. At the heart of our U.S. Business is a commitment to delivering trusted employee benefits and retirement solutions that empower people to live with confidence. You'll help drive strategic growth across a diverse, expanding portfolio - whether it’s developing innovative products, harnessing technology to drive customer impact at scale, advancing capital-efficient retirement solutions, or exploring new market opportunities. Here, you’ll work within an environment that combines deep industry expertise with forward-thinking investment in emerging capabilities, while making a meaningful difference in how Americans plan for their futures.
The Opportunity
The Benefit Intake Specialist is responsible for receiving, reviewing, and accurately logging incoming benefit claims and requests so that customers get timely, accurate service and their claims move smoothly through the process, across the United States. Guided by our purpose - always with you building a more confident future - and our [1] New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to be the first point of contact in the claims journey, helping customers and their families at important moments of need. You'll sharpen your attention to detail, build deep knowledge of MetLife's benefit products, and work with teams across the business to make the intake process faster, simpler, and more reliable. References
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Key Responsibilities
- Handles incoming calls through the claim toll free lines
- Provides plan/policy and claim information, assists with submission of claims and makes outbound calls to gather missing information on incomplete claims.
- Conducts research when needed to resolve customer questions or complaints.
- Able to appropriately explain varying plan provisions to customers accurately and in a professional manner.
- Responds to telephone inquiries from insureds regarding specific claim details.
- Understands processes in entire department to assist callers with questions.
- Works closely with the claim analysts and care managers to provide a seamless customer experience.
- Outbound calls and letters to customers and providers to research incomplete claims.
- Escalates complaints and potential complaints appropriately.
- Documents calls in computer system.
- Completes letters, tasks and problem solving for resolution of customer issues.
- Contributes ideas that enhance service quality.
- Performs project work and other related duties as assigned or required.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma
- Demonstrated critical thinking in activities requiring analysis, investigation, and/or planning.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Comfortable working with multiple priorities in a changing environment.
- Ability to prioritize and maintain quality.
- Ability to use AI to improve speed, quality, and efficiency across a broad range of day-to-day tasks
- Ability to select appropriate approved AI tools, develop strong prompts for effective outputs, and integrate AI into workflows while maintaining ownership of decisions and final deliverables.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate level or higher degree.
- At least 2 years experience in a direct customer service position preferred.
At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to make a difference in the lives of our customers.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $41,600-$56,200. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please [1] click here.
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s [2] #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.
This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date. References
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How this job compares
Set against the 78,648 open Customer Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$42–56K/yr
- Florida median$48–55K/yr215 salary ranges
- US median$50–61K/yr3,073 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $49K, is 3% below the Florida median midpoint ($51K) — in the middle half of Customer Service salary ranges in Florida.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 3,961 open Customer Service jobs in Florida and 78,648 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Customer Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (10,201 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 14,641 of the 78,648 open Customer Service jobs (19%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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