Senior Underwriter at Old Mutual Plc

Job Description

• The purpose of the role is to provide quality underwriting outcomes for the corporate risk through effectively maintaining underwriting standards and providing quality client and broker service.
• Responsible for collating statistical information into daily, weekly and monthly formats / reports.

Descriptor

• Uses specialist technical knowledge to assess risk for business and/or specific products.
• Uses specialist technical knowledge to evaluate and manage the validity of contracts.
• Determine, select and accept risk and/or liability on behalf of the organization.
• Evaluates proposals against business rules and practices.
• Follows standardised processes and provides administrative support in line with normal business functioning.
• Delivers on daily production standards and adheres to service and quality standards.
• Provides service to customers and intermediaries.
• Responds to immediate requirements within procedure.

Key Result Areas
Underwriting Processing:

• Responds to immediate underwriting requirements within procedure
• Follows standardized processes and provides underwriting support in line with normal business functioning.
• Delivers on daily production standards.
• Uses standard underwriting techniques to coordinate own work.
• Collates statistical information in predetermined formats.
• Integrates data into daily, weekly and monthly reports as required.

Personal Effectiveness:

• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality.
• Documentation Processing
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
• Accepts and lives the company values.

Quality Assurance:

• Performs quality checks on own work.
• Adheres to service and quality standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• A First Degree or its equivalent.
• Good underwriting skills,
• Technical/insurance product knowledge
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office suite
• Relevant professional certification will be an added advantage.