GA Insurance Assistant Manager (Business Development) Job in Kenya

GA Insurance Limited 

Assistant Manager – Business Development

Overall Responsibilities: Evaluate risks in accordance with GA Insurance Ltd laid down Business development and underwriting procedures and to ensure effective and efficient service delivery to customers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Direct and control the underwriting team in consultation with the underwriting manager to ensure that it is appropriately motivated and aligned so as to achieve company objectives.


• Develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal and external customers in order to attract and retain profitable business.


• Visit clients in order to retain existing accounts. Build and maintain business relationships and develop new opportunities in support of the company objectives.


• Provide an efficient and effective service to clients through maintenance of healthy and efficient communication by responding promptly to their enquiries.


• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of competitors by thoroughly analyzing market position, products and rates.


• Maintain all necessary records and processes to ensure that premiums are paid promptly.


• Check and verifying proposal forms, and assessing risk quality to ensure that risks undertaken and assumptions made in the premium calculations conform to the underwriting policy guidelines.


• Ensure competitive quotations and follow-up for closing instructions are prepared in good time.


• In conjunction with reinsurance department, ensure compliance with reinsurance terms, conditions and exclusions.


• Assist in developing and promotion of new products in line with new trends and demand in insurance market.


• Prepare contract terms for clients and ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities in the contract.


• Maintain all necessary records and processes to ensure that premiums are paid promptly and that claims are efficiently processed.


• Check proposal forms to ensure that risks conform to assumptions made in the premium calculations and are within underwriting policy guidelines.


• Agree contract terms with prospect in accordance with company guidelines and policy guidelines.

Person Specifications:

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance, Business Administration or Economics.

Professional Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years underwriting or business development experience.

Skills and competencies

• In-depth understanding of underwriting process and procedures.


• Superior Communication skills both written and oral.


• Analytical skills.

How to Apply

If you meet the above minimum requirements, send your c.v to careers@gakenya.com  indicate the position applied for on the email subject line so as to be received on or before 25th August, 2016. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.