Kenindia Assurance Company Limited
Job Title: Manager – General Underwriting
Department: Underwriting
Section: General
Job Category: TBA
Reports To: Assistant General Manager – Underwriting
Job Serial / Code No. JD/UW/M/02
Location / Branch: Head Office, Nairobi
Job Summary: Leading in implementation of general and medical underwriting strategy to achieve profitability and specific departmental goals in line with overall business objectives.
Main Responsibilities
- Leading in the implementation and monitoring general, bonds and medical underwriting strategy, policies, processes and procedures to support achievement of overall business objectives.
- Developing, implementing and proposing amendments to the section’s standard operating procedures
- Ensuring that all policies/risks that have been ACCEPTED are compliant to reinsurance treaty programmes, Regulators guidelines and company underwriting guidelines.
- Approving and confirming cover up to treaty capacity
- Proposing changes to the treaties to reinsurance department in line with market demand.
- Approving underwriting expenditure up to set limits
- Analyzing and approving quotations including rating discounts as per set limits.
- Appointing risk surveyors and vehicle valuers in line with company guidelines
- Reviewing panel of service providers
- Recommending revision of existing insurance policy terms and conditions and new products
- Reviewing and approving of underwriting documents i.e. policy documents, endorsements up to set limits
- Preparing, monitoring and Analyzing underwriting reports and making recommendations
- Identifying, implementing and benchmarking best practices in management
- Ensuring customer service to both internal and external clients by providing required underwriting documents
- Talent management including coaching, mentoring, developing, training and evaluating staff in the underwriting department to achieve highest level of performance
- Managing and implementing change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture
- Leading and managing the underwriting related company communication
Key Deliverables
- Achieve underwriting profitability
- Improve products and product composition
- Customer Satisfaction
- Service Delivery
Direct Reports
- Bonds Manager
- Deputy manager
- Assistant manager
- Senior underwriter
- Underwriter
- Asst. underwriter
Key Interfaces
Internal
- Finance & Admin
- Claims
- Marketing
- HR
- ICT
- Reinsurance
- Legal
- Life
External
- Service providers
- Intermediaries
- Financial institutions
- Regulators
- Reinsurers
- Customers
- KRA
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business related field or equivalent
Professional Qualifications
- Diploma in AIIK or ACII
Key Job Skills (specific to the job)
- Strategy formulation and implementation
- Analytical Skills
- Strategic influencing skills
- Accounting and reporting skills
- Client relations
- Negotiation skills
- People Management Skills
Insurance Skills (special Category)
- Technical knowledge & proficiency
- Understanding the new insurance market trends
General Skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer Service
- IT skills (fluency)
KAC Competencies / Behaviours
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Transparency
- Professionalism
- Teamwork
- Quality
Relevant Experience: At least 5 years of relevant experience
How to Apply
Applications to be send to: recruitment@kenindia.com
Deadline for applications is : 19.2.2016