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JOB DESCRIPTION
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POST TITLE
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Agriculture Assistant underwriter
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JOB HOLDER
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REPORTING TO:
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Underwriting& Reinsurance Manager
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DIVISION/DEPARTMENT
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Underwriting G.I
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LEVEL
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Role Size
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K
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1. JOB PURPOSE
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Assess and determine risk acceptance terms for agriculture to ensure that quality business is accepted and retained. Support the claims adjustment process.
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2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES.
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- Carry out risk surveys and prepare reports on potential business to better understand risks.
- Promote and sensitize the crop and livestock insurance product to the entire agriculture sector through field days, exhibitions, media, trade fares, farm visits.
- To acquire and develop agriculture business.
- Engage with re-insurers to develop/refine agricultural insurance products that suit the needs of the local market to grow this line of business.
- Assess, manage, and rate risks to ensure the company accepts and retains quality business.
- Provide expert advice during claims adjustment process, including crop surveys at the time of loss.
- Carry out inspections of the crops during planting, mid-season, and pre-harvest to track crop condition as well as loss if any.
- Ensure timely and accurate agriculture quotations and follow up.
- Ensure accuracy of renewal notice and timely dispatch and maintain a monthly report.
- Respond to correspondence, queries, and complaints for efficient service delivery.
- Train and sensitize staff, intermediaries, and other stakeholders in the agricultural industry to create awareness.
- Ensure that renewals for agriculture business are done in a timely manner to enhance customer retention.
- Ensure that Underwriting files are well documented, and all communications and transactions are recorded.
- Monitor performance matrix of different SLAs.
- Provide training to the team and intermediaries if required.
- Work with supervisor/seniors to ensure process improvement.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of underwriting data.
- Carry out to satisfaction any other activities tasks given by the Management
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3. DIMENSIONS
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Unit Measures And Impact:
- Financial Measures And Impact: Department target (As per yearly set targets) billion
Value of Assets In charge:
Budget: Expense budget – As per yearly set targets
Revenue budget – As per yearly set targets
People Impact And Numbers:
Direct Reports:
Indirect Reports:
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4. RELATIONSHIPS
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REPORTING TO: Underwriting& Reinsurance Manager
REPORTING TO JOB HOLDER:
N/A
OTHER CONTACTS:
Within The Company:
Outside The Company:
- Clients
- Brokers
- Agents
- Other insurance companies
- Service providers
- Media houses
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5. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
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Qualifications:
- Degree in Agriculture, Animal production, Veterinary Medicine or related field
- Good communication skills Marketing &Customer relations
- Organized and self-driven person who can work with minimal supervision who will be able to work on his/her own initiative
Experience:
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6. SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES.
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- Good communication and negotiating skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Thorough understanding of policy covers/wordings and their interpretation as pertaining to claims
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7. JOB CHALLENGES.
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- Sourcing because penetration levels are low, and the environment is not conducive
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8. DELEGATED FREEDOM TO ACT & MANAGEMENT CONTENT
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- Fairly high freedom to decide, within policy
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9. ENVIRONMENT
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HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should send their cover letter and CVs (All in one document) with three references by using the “Apply button” not later than 13/04/2022.
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