Job Description

What will you do?A position has become available within Santam Marine for an Underwriting Clerk and will be based in Cape Town.What will make you successful in this role?Underwriting:

• Underwrite and manage a portfolio of existing and new business, which may be complex in nature,including all tasks associated therewith but not limited Underwriting Governance which includes detailedrisk evaluation and assessment, coverage and exposure analysis, detailed claims analysis and wordingreview & negotiations within underwriting authority.
• Refer and acquire sign-off relating to matters falling outside of own authority, in accordance withauthority matrix.
• Adherence at all times to the authority matrix, departmental protocols and procedures, includingUnderwriting Governance provisions.
• Detailed explanations regarding changes with respect to terms/ underwriting stance.

Client Liaison (Internal and External)

• Respond to queries and resolve to the satisfaction of the affected parties within the scope of authorityand / or responsibility.
• Continuously monitor quality and accuracy of the documents and KIT/M-file records produced by thesystem
• Get involved in ongoing system testing.

Reinsurance gap exposure management

• Follow up on quotations and renewals.
• Sign and check policy documentation.
• Attend to daily administrative tasks in accordance with organisational standards, processes andprocedures.
• Adhere to organisation's standards, processes and processes as it relates to underwriting governance.

Reporting:

• Feedback on findings and priority remedial actions required
• Assistance with risk and compliance reporting and submissions
• Stakeholder Management:
• Maintain and develop effective relationships with key internal stakeholders

Qualification and Experience

• Matric
• A tertiary qualification in Insurance and Risk management is preferred
• 3-5 years underwriting experience

Skills:

• Core technical skills in the areas of underwriting, reinsurance, and risk management
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to self-manage while managing assigned teams and projects.
• Ability to work appropriately with sensitive and confidential information
• Demonstrate passion and commitment for excellence
• High attention to detail
• Approachable and customer/ service-orientated

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation
• Customer focus
• Drives results
• Collaborates
• Being resilient

About The CompanySantam 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 numberof 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 ofinsurance good and proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruitthe 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 toachieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce,representative of the demographics of o

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