Position Summary:
Responsible for risk evaluation, pricing and selection / rejection of renewal business for all assigned accounts within the portfolio. Identify business inefficiencies and make recommendations to improve the customer’s experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Sales to support marketing activities to develop ongoing relationships with brokers to discuss market appetite, quality and profitability of submissions, service standards, and underwriting and/or product changes.
- Price business according to organizational underwriting and pricing guidelines. Use creativity and underwriting knowledge to write appropriate risks and retain profitable business within delegated authority levels.
- Partner with Sales to communicate with customers on underwriting issues including, but not limited to, decisions on cancellations, declinations, exposure concerns, and survey results.
- Partner with Sales to identify patterns to resolve or improve issues.
- Use underwriting guidelines and organizational best practices to ensure compliance with guidelines / regulations.
- Analyze commercial lines accounts to make decisions based on individual risk characteristics, exposure analysis, hazard recognition and controls.
- Participate in customer planning and review processes to identify sales and marketing opportunities.
- Responsible for risk evaluation, pricing and selection / rejection of new and renewal business for all assigned accounts within the portfolio.
- Promote the organisation’s product through customer networks and stay abreast of changes within the industry and at competitors.
Required Education & Experience:
- 3 years’ experience in agricultural underwriting.
- Diploma and/or equivalent NQF Level 5 qualification in general insurance.
- Afrikaans fluent is a must