Job Purpose:

Growth of medical insurance business to meet set annual premium targets

Key responsibilities

• Secure new business directly or through intermediaries in all the business channels.
• Maintain excellent customer service to intermediaries and clients.
• Service existing business.
• Follow up on renewals for medical insurance business.
• Forward proposal forms and all KYC documents to underwriting department.
• Ensure timely collections of premium as per the credit control policy.
• Prepare weekly reports as required by the BDM Corporate health.
• Undertake initial underwriting in accordance with set guidelines to ensure sound acceptance of risk.
• Respond to customer and client enquiries.
• Delegated Authority: As per the approved Delegated Authority Matrix.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications required

• Bachelors’ degree in a business-related field.
• Professional qualification in Insurance (ACII, IIK).
• 2-4 years’ relevant experience in the insurance industry.

Leadership category responsibility framework (Core Competencies)
Emerging Leaders in Britam need to:

• Plan, direct and apply efficiencies and resources to optimise output and profitability against time, cost, and team targets.
• Effectively communicate strategic and operational departmental goals and objectives to peers and others to ensure proper implementation.
• Ensure that department priorities are adhered to and effectively communicated.
• Ensure competent and effective people resources through appropriate coaching, development, and people supervision as appropriate.
• Embody a high performance, proactive culture.
• Effectively ensure the adherence to key performance areas, deadlines, and goals to optimize operational effectiveness.
• Effectively communicate resource needs, possible opportunities, and achievements to management to aid them in their decision-making.
• Effectively set and monitor priorities and objectives for more junior staff.
• Understand and communicate objectives in relation to the larger organizational impact.
• Effectively disseminate knowledge within the correct context, towards subordinates as well as management.
• Appropriately model the company values while setting the pace and energy for delivering.
• Effectively manage and communicate change within the department to increase staff and process effectiveness.
• Provide access to accurate and consistent information and services across all channels.
• Ensure a seamless experience for clients.
• Improve service delivery for clients.
• Engage in continuous brand building to become the trusted partners to clients.