Regional Underwriter at Sanlam Group

Assume overall responsibility of Technical support to Distribution within the specific region in respect of Underwriting, Risk selection and Claims Assessments for the Crop portfolio with the explicit goal to support profitable growth in the Agriculture market segment.

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE?

• Implement Underwriting Policy/Rules
• Risk management
• Audits on Claims, assessments and MPCI reports
• Support to Product maintenance and enhancement
• Assume overall responsibility in the region for the quality of all loss assessments, training of permanent & part-time assessors on technical aspects as well as assessment procedures and reports
• Build and maintain loss assessment capability in the region that is sufficient to service the business at all time.
• Support with complex claims and assessment
• Responsible for re-assessments
• Manage and co-ordinates assessments during catastrophes
• Support to Research – evaluation and testing of assessment rules and guidelines
• Responsible for control assessment
• Represent region on the Underwriters & Insurance Support meetings

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Agricultural degree or diploma with soil science and plant science as subjects – preferred
• 7-10 years’ experience in the technical & loss assessment aspects of crop insurance.
• Experience in people management