Title: Senior Underwriter
Company: Bryte Insurance Company Botswana
Reference #: SnrUnB
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Market Related
Location: Gaborone, South East, Botswana

Introduction

Bryte Risk Services Botswana is the premier, proactive personal and commercial risk specialist in Botswana. Applying our unparalleled sector insights, proven expertise and foresight, we partner with customers and brokers to protect their personal assets and business and improve their risk profile across the continent. Bryte approaches customer risk with purpose, proactively working with brokers and customers to enable better risk decisions.

You have an opportunity to join a leading global insurer and develop your skills alongside some of the best talent in the industry.

 

Introduction
•To analyse and underwrite new and existing policies effectively within Delegated Authority (DA) limits in order 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 in order to ensure business retention and growth
•To provide effective qualitative underwriting and to demonstrate superior product knowledge.

Specification
•Achieve targeted underwriting profit through utilisation of underwriting skills
•Growth and retention of business
•Provide qualitative service levels to internal and external stakeholders
•Focused underwriting of risks within delegated authority to achieve effective implementation of business plan
•Align with sales target to ensure the GWP, loss ratio and profitability targets are met
•Align with Bryte guiding principles and way of doing business
•Deliver and enhance the highest level of client satisfaction by working with brokers to map and determine their business needs
in delivering superior client service
•Strategically analyse the broker’s business plan and develop future business opportunities
•Maintain relationships with brokers and provide technical and underwriting support as required
•Maintain relationships with internal departments to ensure delivery of the highest level of client service for our clients and brokers
•Comply with technical and operational underwriting standards, procedures and controls
•Implement agreed (re) underwriting measures to attain targeted loss ratios and rates

 

 

 

Requirements
1. Experience:

•Bachelors Degree
•Insurance Qualifications
•Minimum of 3 years underwriting experience, preferably in Commercial and Specialised underwriting
•Have market-facing experience due to high degree of broker interaction in this role

 

 

2. Knowledge:

•Sound understanding and knowledge of Botswana Insurance and Reinsurance market
•Sound knowledge of how to optimise underwriting performance at both policy and portfolio levels
•Sound knowledge of statutory and legislative requirements
•Technical knowledge and understanding of underwriting principles
•Financial and Business acumen

 

 

3. Skills and Attributes:

•Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
•Strong numeracy skills
•Strong underwriting skills
•Strong analytical skills
•Computer literate
•Good relationship building skills
•Sound interpersonal skills

Job Closing Date: Wed Mar 06 2019

 

 

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