Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 06, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Senior Underwriter

Under the supervision of, and reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, the Senior Underwriter’s key duties and responsibilities will be as below:
• Generate business through marketing activities and increasing the visibility of ATI. This involves meeting one-on-one with clients and prospects and attending different marketing events organised by ATI or ATI’s business partners;
• Assist to organize/manage awareness events in countries of responsibility;
• Support underwriting business through;
o Screening business enquiries based on eligibility criteria;
o Assessing the risks of the proposed transactions and produce a report of the risk to convince approvers to accept the risk;
o Issuing non-binding/indicative term sheets;
o Arranging reinsurance for transactions requiring reinsurance support;
o Preparing of policy documents and
o Educating policy holders on the A-Z of the policy they are about to sign.
• Manage and monitor the underwritten risk - Support and guide the Portfolio Services Personnel in;
o Ensuring timely payment of premiums;
o Following up on any outstanding documentation/information from policyholders and
o Continuously monitoring the assigned portfolio, pre-empting any potential risk events thereon; and promptly bringing such to management’s attention.
• Support generation of reports such as Underwriting reports, Broker reports, Marketing reports, Mission/back to office reports, Underwriting Department country marketing plan and activity reports,
• Policy wordings and any other Management reports;
• Assist the Claims Department to manage claims particularly risks under watch list, and support on recovery initiatives;
• Implement effective people management initiatives including:
o Monitoring workflow, volume of work deliverables and the delivery of work of direct reports;
o Assisting team members in outlining their professional development goals and identifying any
o need for and monitoring “on the job training”; mentoring and coaching team members;
o Ensuring the efficient and fair assignment of work to direct reports; and
o Providing ongoing informal and formal feedback to direct reports and ensuring direct reports
o who are primary supervisors provide similar feedback to those they supervise.

Skills and Attributes:
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization
• CII or CPA/ACCA (an added avantage);
• A minimum of Eight (8) years relevant experience;
• Technical understanding, expertise, and experience in insurance and re-insurance;
• A proven track record of success underwriting complex transactions or providing sector specific underwriting skills;
• Key Stakeholders management skills;
• Demonstrate ability to initiate ideas for Product development;
• Team leadership skills;
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of policy wordings;
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to details;
• Excellent negotiation skills;
• Good judgement and decision making skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet urgent deadlines;
• Excellent communication (oral, written, presentation) and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Strong people management skills; and
• Demonstrate ATI’s core values - unity of purpose, customer first approach, integrity, getting it first the right time and creativity.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Job application procedure
Candidates are required to submit an electronic copy of the following:
• Application Letter;
• CV, plus details of your current remuneration package if applicable along with details of three referees; and
• Personal History Form
Submit your application to recruitment@ati-aca.org  . The closing date is Saturday, 02 July 2022 at Midnight East African time.

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