Underwriting&Reinsurance Manager at Old Mutual Insurance Rwanda Plc (Deadline:27th December, 2021)

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Old Mutual Insurance Rwanda (former UAP Insurance Rwanda) is a subsidiary of UAP Old Mutual Group, member of Old Mutual Limited, an Integrated financial service provider comprising Insurance, Banking, and Investment Business. Old Mutual insurance Rwanda vision is being the Rwandan’s revolutionary financial services company with a commitment to enhance the quality of life by delivering peace of mind and financial freedom.

Old Mutual Limited (OML) is a premium African financial services group that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key markets in 14 countries. Our primary operations are in South Africa and the Rest of Africa, and we have niche businesses in Asia. We have 12 million customers and 30,000 employees and with over 175 years of heritage across sub-Saharan Africa, we are a crucial part of the communities we serve and broader society on the continent. The business is listed on the Johannesburg, London, Zimbabwean, Malawian and Namibian stock exchanges. The UAP Old Mutual Group comprises of three key players as a result of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Faulu in 2014 and UAP in 2015 by Old Mutual. The acquisition resulted in Old Mutual Kenya and UAP Holdings (www.uapoldmutual.com) as well as Faulu Microfinance Bank (www.faulukenya.com) forming one of the largest financial services groups with a growing footprint in East and Central Africa. The Group currently has operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Rwanda.  The Group now offers customers a comprehensive and enhanced range of financial services which include Investment, Insurance, Banking, and Savings as well as a wider and more accessible distribution network. The wider group also offers broad career growth prospects for employees. It therefore wishes to fill the below vacant position with qualified, experienced, and talented individual to strengthen its portfolio as a Pan – African Financial Services Group. The positions’ details are further outlined below;

Role Title:

Underwriting&Reinsurance Manager-1 Post

Business Unit(s):

Rwanda

Business /Function:

Underwriting & Reinsurance Manager

Location:

Rwanda

Reports To:

Operations Manager

MDP Level:

Manager of others

Role Size

N

Job Summary

The role is fully responsible for the general insurance underwriting department,oversees risk acceptance and underwriting within the company, ensures risk tolerance, risk appetite, company policies, relevant regulations, and industry best practice are adhered to.

Expected to provide leadership, support, and guidance to the underwriting team and ensure that they achieve the goals, objectives, and standards of the organization, and collaborate including with senior management to meet the overall strategic goals of the organization.

Key tasks and responsibilities

  • Oversee sound underwriting (management, assessment, and managing of risks) within the general business to ensure we accept only quality business, and we remain within the agreed claims ratio.
  •  Oversee and ensure underwriting guidelines, limits, and philosophies are set, reviewed, and implemented and that authority limits within the department and branches are observed.
  •  Ensure documentation is prepared correctly and released to customers within the standard of service for effective service delivery.
  • Ensure that effective business relationships with all our stakeholders are maintained to assist in meeting overall company objectives
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and treaty requirements, in business processing, reporting, tax
  • Signing of accountable documents to ensure that they are as per terms agreed and that they get the legal effect.
  •  Approving and signing payment cheques within the authority limits for effective service delivery
  • Ensure proper management of all security documents within the department for accounting purposes
  • Oversee staffing, supervision, training, coaching, mentoring, restructuring of the underwriting function for effective service delivery and motivation of staff
  • Ensure preparation of management report for the department to advice the status of the department at any time,
  • Spearhead product development with general business to ensure we remain relevant
  • Renewal retention
  • Ensure timely preparation of various statistics and information for re-insurers, reinsurance brokers, and insurance regulatory authority to show performance of the treaty as well as comply with the regulator
  • Support Reinsurance recoveries.
  • Manage the facultative business (underwriting, claims, and reconciliation)

Academic/Professional Qualifications; experience; skills and competencies

  • University degree
  • Sales and Marketing Qualification
  • Insurance Professional Qualifications
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a same role
  • Good communication, presentation, and negotiating skills
  • Good interpersonal skills, team management, leadership.
  • Self-driven, execution oriented,
  • Strong technical insurance skill and thorough understanding of policy covers/wordings and their interpretation as pertaining to claims

Please visit our careers page through: https://bit.ly/33KfrXL

Interested candidate are requested submit their applications by 5.00 p.m. 27th December, 2021.

Applicants must possess or be in the process of applying for a POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE as at the time of making an application.

ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.






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