Life Underwriter

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

Dear Future, Life Underwriter

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 organisation.

Are you someone who can:

- Manage medical, occupation, part
- time activities, travel & Financial Underwriting standard and substandard cases for: Disability and Critical Illness Underwriting, Income Protection, Business Cover, Group Risk, Alterations & Queries
- Ensure placement of cases according to reinsurance treaty and internal guidelines
- Liase with planners/ Business Development Manager on special terms, queries, presales and underwriting refreshers sessions with the front liners
- Ensure resolution of underwriting enquiries & cases
- Participate Chief Medical Officer sessions and other Underwriting training presentations (i.e, Case Studies, Sales training)
- Ensure Underwriting - medical queries and tasks allocated are resolved timely and effectively by providing first time resolution on enquiries.
- Ensure accurate completion of documentation as per departmental guidelines to meet client needs and effectively utilise IT systems to ensure accuracy of documentation.
- Ensure adherence to organisational best practice and legislative requirements. Adhere to policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary.
- Ensure all risks to the company are mitigated, identified and escalated where necessary.
- Maintain product knowledge to respond to customer queries effectively and accurately.
- Stay abreast on industry regulations, trends and best practices in underwriting.
- Approve and countersign cases above the acceptance limits of the underwriter.
- Provide fair and balanced underwriting decisions using the appropriate amount of evidence necessary
- Minimum: Grade 12 (NQF Level 4)
- Preferred qualification: Relevant undergraduate degree and Fit & Proper requirements for long term insurance category B1 for advice
- 3 - 5 Years of proven experience as an underwriter in the life insurance industry
- A proven working knowledge of Lump Sum Disability and Critical Illness, Income Protection, Business Cover and Group Risk
- Knowledge of insurance products, regulations, and underwriting guidelines and current practices
- Experience working with underwriting systems and tools
- Be competent in interpretation of doctors' reports, medical results and risk - linked to abnormalities of these.
- Assessment of medical, financial & occupational underwriting risk of an organisation.
- Proven experience as an underwriter in the life insurance industry

You will have access to:

- Opportunities to network and collaborate
- A challenging working environment
- Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

- Adaptable and curious
- Have a proven successful sales track record.
- Thrive in a collaborative environment

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you

Job Details

Application Closing Date

23/05/24


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