Key Tasks & Accountabilities

• Provide qualitative service levels to internal and external stake holders
• Analyse and underwrite new and existing policies effectively within delegated authority limits to achieve agreed levels of underwriting performance by providing technical underwriting support and assistance
• To provide high quality service and solutions to brokers and customers to ensure business retention and profitable growth.
• To provide effective qualitative underwriting and to demonstrate specialized product knowledge and to be a mentor to Junior Underwriting technicians
• Achieve targeted underwriting profit by assistance and performance of underwriting skills by underwriting medium to high complexity risk
• Growth and retention of business
• Contribute to proposition development

Qualifications & Experience

• Grade 12
• Min 5 years technical expertise in commercial including all commercial underwriting classes of insurance business
• FAIS compliant, 60 credits
• Must have RE

Knowledge

• Sound understanding and knowledge of South African Insurance/re-insurance market
• Sound knowledge of how to optimise underwriting performance at a policy and portfolio level
• Sound knowledge of statutory and legislative requirements
• Expert technical knowledge and understanding of underwriting principles
• Commercial, Financial, and business acumen

Skills

• Good relationship building skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Strong People management skills
• Strong Numeracy skills
• Strong underwriting skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Sound interpersonal skills
• Computer literacy: sound Excel skills preferable
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Teamwork

Attributes

• Problem solving
• Technical expertise
• Analysis
• Concern for Excellence
• Customer Service Orientation
• Delegation
• Developing Organisational Talent
• Diversity Management
• Engagement Impact/presence/rapport

Closing date: 24 February 2025