Business Development Manager - Marine at Afrizan People Intelligence

The Business Development Manager Production Underwriter’s role is to manage, develop and grow a designated panel of Brokers, to retain existing business and generate new business opportunities with new brokers and achieve the desired sales volumes, achieve Gross Written Premiums and Loss Ratio Targets

Key Task & Accountability

• Produce a Business Plan that reflects market opportunities for area of responsibility
• Produce a Sales plan that demonstrates how to identify , develop and manage prospects
• Underwrite and accept risks within delegated authority to achieve effective implementation of business
• Grow and retain sales target to ensure the GWP and profitability targets are met
• Develop the Broker panel whereby the Business Development Growth targets are achieved through influence and persuasions.
• Ensure that technical and operational underwriting standards, procedures and controls are complied with
• Implement agreed underwriting measures to attain targeted loss ratios and rates
• Ensure adherence to the Regional Teams Sales plan 
• Liaison with regions, customers, distributors tied agents, business partners as deemed required and agreed with respective stakeholders
• Contribute to pricing strategies

Qualifications & Experience

• 5 years+ Engineering insurance industry experience and sound experience in Sales with a strong presence in the Broker community
• Comply with Industry Regulatory requirement, Company and Best Practice Underwriting Policies as well as local regulatory & industry requirements (RE)
• Has a high level of UW authority and involved in trade & Industry bodies for area of specialism
• Technical competent in Engineering Products and underwriting principles
• Business and Financial acumen 
• Engineering underwriting experience essential
• Knowledge of South African Insurance market Experience within Sales
• knowledge of statutory and legislative requirements

Travel and Other Requirements

• Extensive local travel in the role
• Driving license required  

Kindly note, if you have not heard back from us within two weeks of your application please consider it unsuccessful