Current jobs related to Underwriting Specialist - Johannesburg - FirstRand


  • Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

    Job Description Dear Future, Underwriting Specialist Your role requires you to provide leadership, support, training, guidance and development to the medical underwriting team to ensure that the team complies with goals, objectives and standards of the organisation in order to meet customer satisfaction, deadlines and manage the risk of the...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

    Job Description To provide leadership, support, training, guidance and development to the medical underwriting team to ensure that the team complies with goals, objectives and standards of the organisation in order to meet customer satisfaction, deadlines and manage the risk of the organisation. Hello Future Underwriting Specialist Welcome to FNB, the...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Absa Group Limited Full time

    Job title : Junior Specialist: UnderwritingJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 14, 2025Quick Recommended LinksJobs by Location Job by industries Job SummaryTo provide specialist client service and advice support in brokerage with specialisation in guarding the business against risk Job DescriptionIntermediary support:  Provide...


  • City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Absa Group Limited Full time

    Job title : Junior Specialist: UnderwritingJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 14, 2025Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries Job Summary To provide specialist client service and advice support in brokerage with specialisation in guarding the business against risk Job Description Intermediary support:  Provide...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Bryte Insurance Full time

    Your role As an underwriter, your primary responsibility will be to effectively analyse and underwrite both new and existing policies within delegated authority limits. Your goal will be to achieve agreed levels of underwriting performance while ensuring high-quality service and solutions for brokers and customers. Key Tasks & Accountabilities - Provide...

  • Underwriter

    4 weeks ago


    Johannesburg, South Africa Sanlam Full time

    **Who are we?** Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia. Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Performer Recruitment Full time

    **Introduction** Our client who is an independent, specialist financial brokerage, who offer financial planning, asset management, short term insurance, tax and estate planning functions to medical practitioners nationally, is seeking an Internal Broker/Underwriter to join their Dynamic team The Internal Broker/ Underwriter is required a minimum of 4...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Network Recruitment Full time

    An industry requiring specialist skills, deserves specialist recruitment. I am a Specialist Risk Analytics & Data Recruiter working with very prestigious corporate concerns in Gauteng. Assisting you in exploring new commercial opportunities within the market is my main priority. This will allow me to enhance your current skills within the FMCG, Manufacturing...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Santam Insurance Full time

    Job title : Policy Wording and Technical Underwriting SpecialistJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 24, 2025Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries What will make you successful in this role? The purpose of the role is to support Personal Lines and Outsourced Business: The incumbent will be responsible and accountable...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Santam Full time

    What will you do? This job family stream is concerned with managing risk by providing specialist technical underwriting advice. The CoE is a highly technical role with strong client focus. The primary focus is on renewal underwriting to maintain profitability. The incumbent will be responsible for managing risk administered on external systems, to achieve,...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Santam Full time

    What will you do? The Underwriting Services team has a permanent position available for Commercial Underwriting Manager: Namibia based in Gauteng, reporting to the Head of Commercial Underwriting. What will make you successful in this role? To manage Santam’s Namibia’s Commercial portfolio with regards to risk appetite and underwriting mandate...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

    About us, purpose, experience and qualifications **about us**: - make a promise - be deeply invested - value our differences - build trust, not territory - have courage - always do the right thing **purpose**: - To provide leadership, support, training, guidance and development to the medical underwriting team to ensure that the team complies with goals,...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Santam Insurance Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Technical Quality Analyst to join our team. As a key member, you will provide technical underwriting and system support to ensure seamless operations across divisions.Key responsibilities include:Ensuring new staff members are trained on SOPs and processes.Providing clarity on new Underwriting guidelines,...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Sanlam Full time

    **What will you do?** - This career opportunity is available at **Specialist Solutions** a division of Santam for an **Underwriter: Motor Fleets**, who will be based in **Johannesburg: Illovo.** **What will make you successful in this role?** **Underwriting** - Underwrite and manage a portfolio of existing and new business, which may be complex in nature,...

  • Underwriter

    5 days ago


    Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

    About us, purpose, experience and qualifications **about us**: - make a promise - be deeply invested - value our differences - build trust, not territory - have courage - always do the right thing **purpose**: **experience and qualifications**: - Minimum: Relevant Diploma. - Preferred: COP Certificate. - Minimum: 3-4 relevant experience. - Understanding...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Santam Insurance Full time

    Job title : Policy Wording and Technical Underwriting SpecialistJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 24, 2025Quick Recommended LinksJobs by Location Job by industries What will make you successful in this role?The purpose of the role is to support Personal Lines and Outsourced Business: The incumbent will be responsible and accountable for...


  • City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Telesure Investment Holdings Full time

    Job title : Head: Underwriting RenasaJob Location : Gauteng, JohannesburgDeadline : March 11, 2025Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries Job Purpose Design, implement and manage a technical underwriting framework for Renasa that fosters superior risk selection, streamlined processing, loss ratio management and underwriting...

  • Medical Underwriter

    4 weeks ago


    Johannesburg, South Africa Sanlam Full time

    **Who are we?** MWL is dedicated to supporting, growing and empowering clients with affordable, simple, and suitable solutions, primarily through telephonic intermediary channels. We have approximately 100 tied sales agents, all dedicated to meeting the financial needs of our clients and prospective clients. MiWayLife’s vision is to establish a...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa Munich Re Full time

    **Senior Property Underwriter: Non-Life (MRoA)**:CAREER LEVEL 4 **Location**Johannesburg, South Africa Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Limited (MRoA) has been operating in South Africa for over 50 years. The Head Office of MRoA is in Johannesburg, with a client service Life office situated in Cape Town. Your job The role is responsible for the...


  • Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

    About us, purpose, experience and qualifications **about us**: - make a promise - be deeply invested - value our differences - build trust, not territory - have courage - always do the right thing **purpose**: - To provide leadership, support, training, guidance and development to the medical underwriting team to ensure that the team complies with goals,...

Underwriting Specialist

1 month ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

To promote, develop and implement the Company's underwriting philosophy and strategy through the successful delivery of a variety of underwriting functions to maximize performance and achieve company objectives.
- Provide leadership, support, training, guidance and development to the medical underwriting team to ensure that the team complies with goals, objectives and standards of the organisation to meet customer satisfaction, deadlines and manage the risk of the organisation.
- Review and ratification of underwriting business processes to the Underwriting Management Team
- Maintain and govern the underwriting processes for the Underwriting Department.
- Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business.
- Support the Underwriting Managers with their role objectives as needed.
- Research and maintain an awareness of market conditions, practice and legislation, making appropriate recommendations by identifying opportunities to maximize business performance.
- Lead or support defined pieces of work end to end within agreed timelines.
- Pro-actively identify areas for process improvement and efficiency enhancements.
- Support other key tasks within the Underwriting Operations Team such as reinsurance maintenance, Reporting, Auditing as well as the wider Underwriting Department.
- Assessment of medical, financial and occupational underwriting risk.
- Assessment of complex and commercial cases within the agreed KPI target.
- Creation of business practice guidelines.
- Creation, implementation, review, testing and maintenance of medical underwriting rules and questions.
- Relationship management with re-insurance treaty partners.
- Implement Re-insurer guidelines and requirements.
- Assist with Ad hoc letters, non-disclosure letters and communicating changes in standards.
- Providing input to Lead underwriting on Ombudsman cases, High priority, CEO and media complaints.
- Onboarding Training, mentoring and coaching of Underwriters.
- Training and support for Underwriting, Advisory and Call Centre teams.
- Providing retrospective underwriting decisions at claims stage.
- Conduct and recommend Limit reviews for underwriters.
- Assist with / conduct periodic quality assurance reviews for in-force policies.
- Handle complex technical queries.
- Work with Underwriting Data Specialists to translate underwriting philosophy into underwriting Specialist), etc.

Job Details

19/10/24