Old Mutual

Banking + 2 more

Assistant Underwriter - Medical

Job details

Contract Type

Description

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

  • University degree
  • Qualification in Insurance; COP, Diploma in insurance

  • At least 3 years of experience; knowledge of the insurance industry is an added advantage.


Responsibilities
  • Client relationship management – Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including clients, intermediaries and healthcare service providers
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements and departmental set guidelines
  • Credit control – Ensure effective credit control practices, working with accounts to minimize unpaid premiums
  • Endorsing and invoicing client accounts - Ensure timely and accurate processing of policy endorsements and invoicing activities for client accounts, maintaining billing integrity, customer satisfaction, and compliance with insurance regulations
  • Ensure completeness of insurance documentation - Maintain accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency by ensuring all required insurance documents are complete, current, and properly filed according to regulatory and organizational standards.
  • Ensuring formal underwriting guidelines including rate, policy wording and reinsurance terms are complied with
  • Follow up renewal notices to ensure retention - Monitor, manage, and execute a structured renewal communication to ensure timely follow-up on upcoming scheme expirations. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve renewal obstacles, reinforce product value, and close renewal commitments.
  • Intermediary and client visits - Build and maintain strong relationships with intermediaries (brokers, agents) and corporate or individual clients through regular face-to-face engagements, enhancing customer satisfaction, driving business retention, and identifying growth opportunities within the medical insurance portfolio.
  • Maintain and account for accountable documents in EDMS - Manage, track, and maintain accountable documents such as policy contracts, underwriting approvals, claim decisions, premium invoices, and client correspondence within the EDMS platform. Ensure all critical documents are properly categorized.
  • Prepare invoices for premium payment.

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