Senior Underwriter (General Liability) - Johannesburg
Recruitment Insured · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Our client, a leading national Special Risks Insurer is seeking to employ a Senior General Liability Underwriter to join their dynamic JHB Underwriting team.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Underwrite GENERAL LIABILITY classes of business
- Adhere to individual underwriting mandates and company guidelines to ensure responsible underwriting and profitability of their portfolio.
- Approve risk selection within the boundaries of the specific product line.
- Quote, accept and renew risks within the agreed SLA and within delegated mandates.
- Combination of both internal and external relationship development and services to brokers that the company already has a relationship with, resulting in renewals or sales.
- Action all requests from credit control team.
- Re-underwrite renewals to ensure organic growth and maintain profitability of portfolio.
- Develop and maintain effective business relationships brokers in order to attract, develop and retain profitable business.
- Ensure all technical aspects and administrative functions of underwriting are adhered to.
- Train and mentor the team and brokers on all applicable product lines.
- To assist in placing risks that falls outside of the scope of our treaty reinsurance, into other markets locally and overseas.
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Specialist underwriting experience- at least 5 - 8 years underwriting of General Liability classes
- Matric, RE and FAIS Compliance.
- Business Degree or similar Insurance qualification advantageous.
- The desire and aptitude to grow into future leadership roles.