Assistant Manager Job in Kenya

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

• Minimum
  
  of 5 years underwriting or business development experience.

• In-depth
  
  understanding of underwriting process and procedures.


• Superior
  
  Communication skills both written and oral.


• Analytical
  
  skills.

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.