Underwriting Team Leader
4 days ago
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Key Tasks & Accountabilities
- Leading and influencing a team towards the achievement of end-results and building commitment towards organisational goals whilst managing team dynamics and capitalising on individual strengths.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of the core principles of insurance and how this is applied on a day-to-day basis.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of the organisation's underwriting processes and procedures which are needed for new risks, alterations, renewals and / or cancellations to be processed in an accurate and timely manner.
- Manage the factors that affect the performance of an underwriting portfolio and how risk exposure can be monitored and controlled.
- Reviewing portfolios on a regular basis, ensure objectives and targets are met.
- Ensure that technical and operational underwriting standards, procedures, and controls are complied with.
- Implement agreed underwriting measures to attain targeted loss ratios and rates.
- To analyse and underwrite new and existing policies effectively within Delegated Authority (DA) limits to achieve agreed levels of underwriting performance by providing technical underwriting support and assistance.
- Delivery to SLAs and service standards agreed.
- Delivery of reports and information required.
- Effective communication and collaboration with other business units.
- Establish lasting partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Support growth of existing books and new books through underwriting actions.
- Retain business through underwriting actions.
- Conduct Performance reviews as part of management
Qualifications & Experience
- Grade 12
- Insurance qualification or technical qualification (Etc. Engineering) advantageous
- Min 5 years technical expertise in insurance business
- FAIS compliant, 60 credits
- Experience in leading and managing teams would be an advantage
- Proven experience with brokerages, a distinct advantage
- Must have RE
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