Technical Underwriting Manager

Objectives

Provide advanced underwriting support to the branches and brokers for Agricultural/Commercial Business. Conduct technical underwriting assessment, followed by training for branches. Monitor that the branch underwriting complies with the UW guidelines/mandates. Increase the underwriting capabilities of the branches. Provide Customer focus on a national basis.

Key Responsibilites

Underwriting

• Underwrite/Assess and accept risks outside branch mandates within agreed turnaround times and ensuring business excellence
• Develop and maintain key relationships with Branches, Brokers and other Customers
• Assist branches in complex quoting queries
• As required assess branch technical underwriting, provide recommendations, and follow up on amendments required
• Provide training as required or if requested
  
  

Guidelines and Wordings

• Ensure branch adherence to Agri/Commercial Underwriting Guidelines
• Bi-lingual in English and Afrikaans
• Wording translations from English to Afrikaans and vice versa
• Develop new products and policy wordings
• Enhance and implement changes to wordings and guidelines
• Document and support IT implementation for policy schedule and wording changes
• Review liaise, agree and sign-off Policy Wordings with Brokers and Branches
  
  

Reinsurance

• Assist branches with facultative placements.
• Place reinsurance on FAC Facility system
• Assist in the monitoring of Facultative reinsurance
• Referral of large risks to Hollard treaty Reinsurers. Identify training and development needs within branches
  
  

Reporting

• Provision of monthly underwriting reports and other relevant management information as required
  
  

Product Development

• Assist with IT projects such as underwriting system development for new products or existing product changes with the company’s internal IT system or that of service providers
• Gain market intelligence: Continuous research on competitor products. Network with peers in the industry to keep abreast of latest insurance trends
• Provision and analysis of market developments to Hollard Insure Team and partners
• Ad-hoc Projects as may be requested by management