GA
Insurance Limited
Assistant
Manager – Business Development
Overall Responsibilities:Evaluate risks in accordance with GA Insurance Ltd laid down Business development and underwriting procedures and to ensure effective and efficient service delivery to customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
Overall Responsibilities:Evaluate risks in accordance with GA Insurance Ltd laid down Business development and underwriting procedures and to ensure effective and efficient service delivery to customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Direct
and control the underwriting team in consultation with the underwriting
manager to ensure that it is appropriately motivated and aligned so as to
achieve company objectives.
- Develop
and maintain effective business relationships with internal and external
customers in order to attract and retain profitable business.
- Visit
clients in order to retain existing accounts. Build and maintain business
relationships and develop new opportunities in support of the company
objectives.
- Provide
an efficient and effective service to clients through maintenance of
healthy and efficient communication by responding promptly to their
enquiries.
- Maintain
comprehensive knowledge of competitors by thoroughly analyzing market
position, products and rates.
- Maintain
all necessary records and processes to ensure that premiums are paid
promptly.
- Check
and verifying proposal forms, and assessing risk quality to ensure that
risks undertaken and assumptions made in the premium calculations conform
to the underwriting policy guidelines.
- Ensure
competitive quotations and follow-up for closing instructions are prepared
in good time.
- In
conjunction with reinsurance department, ensure compliance with
reinsurance terms, conditions and exclusions.
- Assist
in developing and promotion of new products in line with new trends and
demand in insurance market.
- Prepare
contract terms for clients and ensure that they are aware of their
responsibilities in the contract.
- Maintain
all necessary records and processes to ensure that premiums are paid
promptly and that claims are efficiently processed.
- Check
proposal forms to ensure that risks conform to assumptions made in the
premium calculations and are within underwriting policy guidelines.
- Agree
contract terms with prospect in accordance with company guidelines and
policy guidelines.
Person
Specifications:
Academic Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Insurance, Business Administration or Economics.
Professional
Qualifications
- ACII
or its equivalent.
Experience
- Minimum
of 5 years underwriting or business development experience.
Skills
and competencies
- In-depth
understanding of underwriting process and procedures.
- Superior
Communication skills both written and oral.
- Analytical
skills.
How to
Apply
If you meet the above minimum requirements, send your c.v to careers@gakenya.com indicate the position applied for on the email subject line so as to be received on or before 25th August, 2016.
Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.
