The job holder shall be responsible for analyzing and assessing the risk presented to the company through the proposals submitted and based on the underwriting guidelines provided by the company.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Examine insurance proposals to ensure they are consistent with the risk being contracted.
• Work with other professionals to collect background information about risk and ensure that correct risk management practices are implemented in group underwriting department.
• Make decisions about whether and how a person or organization can be insured.
• Ensuring that group quotations are done in line with their specific historical risk framework and negotiating the terms with brokers and clients.
• Determine premiums by making sure that they are competitive for both customers and the insurance company.
• Decide on the wording of policies to reduce the likelihood of claims being made.
• Prepare insurance policy terms and conditions
• Liaise with insurance brokers and customers to ensure that group customers are wowed.
• Maintain customer records and ensuring that customer complaints are adequately and timely resolved.
• Prepare weekly group underwriting reports on premiums, customers and member education initiatives.
• Attend member education forums with intermediaries
• Negotiate premium rates with intermediaries where necessary

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in any discipline preferably finance, accounting, actuarial science or insurance.
• Proficient in the use of accounting management information systems
• Professional qualification in insurance field; AIIK, ACII or Diploma – IIK
• Relevant work experience: A minimum of seven (7) years’ working experience as an underwriter in a position of increasing responsibility