Underwriter

7 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Bryte Insurance Full time

Our opportunity

The role holder will be responsible to 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.

Key Tasks & Accountabilities
- 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.
- Provide qualitative service levels to internal and external stake holders.
- Teamwork

Qualifications & Experience
- Grade 12
- Minimum of 10 years technical commercial expertise in underwriting
- FAIS compliant, 60 credits
- Must have RE5.

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 skills
- Strong Numeracy skills
- Strong underwriting skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Sound interpersonal skills.
- Computer literacy, sound Excel skills preferable
- Problem solving

Attributes
- Problem solving
- Technical expertise
- Analysis
- Concern for Excellence
- Customer Service Orientation

Closing date: 25 April 2025

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