Specialist Commercial Lines Technical Underwriter - Sandton Verfied

Salary Negotiable Sandton, Gauteng Sandton, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 20-05-2020 11:57:34 AM
15-07-2020 11:57:34 AM
Specialist: Commercial Lines Technical Underwriting
Sandton, Johannesburg

Detailed Description
Technical Underwriting Mandates
Policy wording

Constant review
• Design and draft policy wording and coverage ensuring legal compliance, absence of any ambiguity, scope within treaty coverage and company philosophies, competitive, relevant to channel and target market, innovative
• Continual monitoring; identifying problem areas and ensuring corrective actions are implemented to ensure effective product financial management

Manage effective customer service and relations to drive service excellence
• Maintain service, quality and desired outputs within a specific functional process through ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures and standards.
• Resolve escalated technical referrals and provide feedback to customers on matters resolved.

Maintain people practices in line with organisational guidelines, policies, culture and values
• Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
• Share and transfer product, process and systems knowledge to colleagues.
• Collaborate and work with the HR team to ensure required service levels are delivered.

Manage effective cost control in the core processes and ensure adherence to financial and corporate policies and procedures
• Ensure adherence to financial and corporate policies and procedures, and reduce wastage related to area of accountability.

Comply with governance controls to reduce risks
• Take accountability for the management of business related risks within own area.
• Operate within agreed mandates as documented in the business rules .

Initiative change and continuous improvement in work processes, procedures and schedules
• Ensure adherence to organisational policies, practices and procedures.
• Identify and recommend areas / ways to improve processes.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Relevant B Degree
• 3-5 Years in underwriting or short-term actuarial experience
• Product Development
• Product Knowledge
• Understanding of applicable regulatory requirements
• Develop and implement standardized policies and procedures
• Decision making and problem solving
• Accountability lo