What will you do?
Santam Real Estate has a position available for Underwriting Consultant who will be based at 11 Alice Lane, Sandton.
Responsibilities:
Servicing broker requests, including enquiries
Providing telephonic/email support to the intermediary on record, authorised representatives from the brokerage, and broker services
Dealing with general insurance and policy specific enquiries
Dealing with issuance of new policies/policy maintenance/renewal/any other policy related concerns
Assisting to resolve all insurance queries within required timeframe and compliance requirements
Undertaking client follow-ups when policies are cancelled to ascertain the reasons and attempt to retain the policy onto books
Managing client expectations on expected turnaround times for submitted requests
Adhering to underwriting criteria and business unit requirements
Assisting with profiling the client with the best suitable product and underwriting criteria
Advising brokers to ensure that we meet with clients' needs in terms of the correct cover and product
Assisting in implementing solutions for improvement
Standing in for Consultants should they be absent or on leave during busy periods or absence of key resources, assisting where required
Qualification and Experience
Matric/Grade 12
60 commercial lines FAIS credits
A relevant insurance related qualification (e.g. NQF lev 4) would be advantageous
Proven work experience in commercial, property (advantageous)
Policy administration and underwriting within the short-term insurance industry
Minimum of 2 years' experience in short term insurance commercial lines and/or property
Knowledge and Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills, collaborating with internal colleagues and external stakeholders/clients
Ensure adherence to quality, compliance and accreditation standards
Conduct efficient administration
Optimising work processes
Our commitment to transformation
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.
Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.
At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.
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