Senior Underwriter Corporate Property

3 days ago


Sandton, South Africa Guardrisk Full time

**Introduction**

Responsible for underwriting of new and renewal business on Corporate Property and Mining Risks.

**Role Purpose**

Responsible for underwriting of new and renewal business on Corporate Property and Mining Risks.

**Requirements**:

- At least 10-15 years Corporate Property underwriting experience
- Proven track record of underwriting experience e.g. assessing exposure,understanding risk reports, underwriting levels and risk rating
- Very good communication skills (both written & verbal)
- NQF Level 4: Short-Term Commercial Lines min 60 Credits
- Successfully completed the RE 5 Examination Level 1

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Ensuring that risks are written within the company’s risk appetite and complies within the reinsurance/underwriting treaties and internal mandates
- Monitoring and taking corrective action on badly performing risks
- Maintain an acceptable loss ratio
- Maintain policy wording drafts and ensure that the product remains competitive with market offering
- Dealing with day to day queries and amendments to existing policies
- Providing brokers with advice
- Maintaining and building good customer relationships with brokers
- Conducting product training to brokers
- Provide input into building and designing various aspects of the products on a designated system
- Provide comparisons between the competitors’ products
- Do broker visits with a view on growing the Corporate Property footprint including the overall footprint of the associated business products

**Competencies**
- Ability to work under pressure
- Negotiating skills
- Good communication skills
- Policy, product and systems knowledge
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analysis
- Detail orientated
- Numeric skills
- Customer service orientated
- Building relationships



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