Senior Underwriter Corporate Property at Guardrisk

Role Purpose    

• Responsible for underwriting of new and renewal business on Corporate Property and Mining Risks.

Requirements    

• At least 10-15 years Corporate Property underwriting experience
• Proven track record of underwriting experience e.g. assessing exposure,understanding risk reports, underwriting levels and risk rating
• Very good communication skills (both written & verbal)
• NQF Level 4: Short-Term Commercial Lines min 60 Credits
• Successfully completed the RE 5 Examination Level 1

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Ensuring that risks are written within the company’s risk appetite and complies within the reinsurance/underwriting treaties and internal mandates
• Monitoring and taking corrective action on badly performing risks
• Maintain an acceptable loss ratio
• Maintain policy wording drafts and ensure that the product remains competitive with market offering
• Dealing with day to day queries and amendments to existing policies
• Providing brokers with advice
• Maintaining and building good customer relationships with brokers
• Conducting product training to brokers
• Provide input into building and designing various aspects of the products on a designated system
• Provide comparisons between the competitors’ products
• Do broker visits with a view on growing the Corporate Property footprint including the overall footprint of the associated business products

Competencies    

• Ability to work under pressure
• Negotiating skills
• Good communication skills
• Policy, product and systems knowledge
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analysis
• Detail orientated
• Numeric skills
• Customer service orientated
• Building relationships