
Underwriting Manager - Life Division at Madison Group Limited
- Nairobi
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Offering guidance to the Life Business prior to placement of new and renewal businesses for strategic pricing.
- Preparing, implementing Underwriting guidelines and Underwriting Policy review as per company policy.
- Ensuring 100% automation of all underwriting processes, reports, and maximize the use of the BI tool for reporting.
- Ensuring Reassurance Treaty programs for Life Business are in place and updated regularly in line with business trends and regulations.
- Ensuring quotations, policy issuance/amendments, renewals are done within the set customer service benchmarks.
- Ensuring timely conversion of new business and institute measures for timely policy document delivery.
- Guiding, motivating and training staff on operational processes within the department and at branch level for operational efficiency.
- Continuous monitoring and evaluating the performance of each staff as per their KPI and identifying and recommending training needs of each staff.
- Preparing weekly/monthly operational management report for Life Business.
- Keeping up with the New Business rules and procedures from regulators affecting Life Business.
- Ensuring Annual returns to IRA are prepared within the stipulated period.
- Ensuring enquiries and correspondences from clients, branches and regulators are acted upon within the set customer service benchmarks.
- In Liaison with the Managing Director’s office provide underwriting decisions and pricing as per authorized financial limits.
- Proactively manage departmental costs by operating within set budget.
- Bachelor’s degree in Insurance or any other business-related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Life Underwriting, with at least 3 years in a mid-level management role or above.
- Extensive Hands on experience in reinsurance and insurance operations.
- Strong understanding of the industry’s regulatory framework.
- Professional qualification in IIK, CII or CIM.
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