Head: Premier Solutions
Old Mutual South Africa
Hilton Head Island, SC
Full Time
Director Level
5+ years
Posted 1 month ago Expired
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Lead and motivate a team of market-facing underwriting managers to drive growth and profitability for the commercial business. This role involves managing resources, ensuring sound underwriting principles, and supporting broker and customer engagements to provide effective solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead and motivate a team of market-facing underwriting managers
- Responsible for growth (retention, new business) and profitability of the commercial business
- Manage accurate and timeous placement of reinsurance on commercial business
- Manage and report on key measures such as GWP, cancellations, claims, and complaints for the commercial business
- Manage and report on management expenses for the commercial business
- Manage the process of implementing any offering or underwriting changes
- Ensure sound underwriting principles are followed and work produced is at desired quality levels
- Support teams with broker engagements, leveraging business acumen to communicate complex underwriting decisions
- Provide technical underwriting expertise to address technical enquiries
- Monitor and track compliance to underwriting guidelines and make recommendations to senior management to mitigate any risks identified
- Act as custodian of products within the Premier division, ensuring products keep up with evolving trends and remain competitive
- Identify, implement, and track agreed processes to manage achievement of service delivery goals
- Manage a significant portion of the organization's risk management and/or risk control processes
- Monitor and manage a wide range of activities of a significant team, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
- Coach and mentor market-facing senior underwriter(s) and underwriter(s)
Requirements
- 5-8 years’ experience in commercial or Agri underwriting
- 5-8 years’ experience leading a team of specialist underwriters
- 3-5 years’ experience in dealing with brokers
- Bachelor degree and/or equivalent NQF Level 5 (Licentiate or higher) qualification in general insurance
- Knowledge of Assets All Risk wordings
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree and/or equivalent NQF Level 5 (Licentiate or higher) qualification in general insurance
- 5-8 years’ experience in commercial or Agri underwriting, 5-8 years’ experience leading a team of specialist underwriters, and 3-5 years’ experience in dealing with brokers.
Skills
Risk Management
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Strategic Thinking
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Change management
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Collaboration
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Innovation
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Accounting
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Budget Management
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Financial acumen
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Servant Leadership
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Customer centricity
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Leadership with Influence
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Data Compilation
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Executing Plans
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Legal Practices
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Management Reporting
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Numerical Aptitude
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Policies & Procedures
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Presenting Solutions
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Professional Presentation
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Underwriting Management
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* Required skills