Reference Number HOL240909-1
Job Title Team Leader: Underwriting
Business Unit Hollard Insure
Department Central Region
Job Family Sales and Distribution
Job Type Classification Permanent
Reporting To Branch Manager
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / City Bloemfontein
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
Hello an exciting new opportunity has just become available in our Insure, Broker Distribution (Bloemfontein). We are looking to
recruit a Team Leader: Underwriting
Role Objectives
- Actively supervise the underwriting team.
- Organize day to day operations by establishing priorities, assigning work and scheduling tasks.
- Maintain the standards of the underwriting department thus enhancing the image of Hollard.
- Ensure all technical aspects within the underwriting team is adhered to.
- Operations Management: Ensure that targets and standards are maintained with the processing of new business,
- Reporting: Provide necessary reporting on financial and operational indicators relating to underwriting administration,
report, growth etc. Provide feedback (reporting) to senior management on achievements, pending issues, problems, and
suggested recommendations.
- Technical expertise: Ensure that policy transactions (new business, endorsements, renewals, post loss, cancellations) are
- Ensure reconciliation and allocation of all premiums received from intermediaries/brokers within the prescribed period.
- Underwriting/Risk Analysis: Analyze qualitative and quantitative data prepared by brokers to provide approval for risk
- Customer service: To ensure that customer service standards are maintained in accordance with service level
- Continuous Process Improvement: Ensure full compliance to all processes, policies and procedures and identify areas for
- Coaching and support: Providing informal and formal coaching support to team.
- Performance Management: Manage the performance and efficiency of the underwriting team and individuals, using
guides.
- Employee Growth: Take responsibility for your own career growth and have regular.
- TCF: Ensure that customers are treated fairly and, in the Hollard Way,
Sound understanding of commercial and short-term insurance with at least 5 years experience (3 yearsin
Supervisory Position) Including
- Underwriting procedure
- Claims procedure
- Insurance terminology
- Legal knowledge (prescription act, insurance act, FAIS)
- Risk management
- Reinsurance and treaties
- Product knowledge
- Financial knowledge
- SASRIA
- Min Matric
- NQF level 5 or equivalent Qualification
- Bcom Qualification - Advantageous
Hollard is unapologetically committed to creating and enabling a workplace that values your diversity with a true sense of care, dignity and inclusion.?We actively seek to hire for your different lived experiences (including, but not limited to disability, race, religion, ethnicity, culture, language and social origin , gender diversity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity). These grounds enhance cognitive diversity and psychological safety in our workplace for everyone.
We proudly promote the Hollard Way we work, which is a combination hybrid work environment at this time.? We offer flexibility in our work as far as possible, dependent on the nature of the role. Even if you dont meet all our selection criteria, we encourage you to apply!