Executive Underwriter - Livestock

Kenya Orient Insurance Ltd seeks to recruit a talented and experienced individual to fill the following position.

Position: Executive Underwriter - Livestock

Reports To: Head of Underwriting

Overall Responsibility: Lead the operations of the product and business development of the livestock underwriting business, and ensure quality service to clients and brokers to attract, retain and service clients for livestock business line.

Key Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for several producers and/or accounts and is the primary point of contact for that livestock producer and/or agency
• Monitoring production, hit ratios, renewal retention ratios spread of risk, and other production and quality measures.
• Possesses a working knowledge of all of livestock related products.
• Prepares annual analysis of Company’s relationship with assigned Producers, identifies areas of opportunity or problems with the Producer and takes necessary steps to exploit such opportunities or address such problems, and updates analysis as required.
• Acts as an “ombudsman” for Producers in working with KOIL dient relations standards.
• Visits producers per regional marketing and sales plan to ensure relationship management responsibilities are met; completes and distributes “visit reports” within 5 business days after visit.
• Draft manuscript policy endorsements, when necessary.
• Responsible for new and renewal premium in the region on assigned producers and/or accounts.
• Responsible for underwriting and pricing accounts in accordance with KOIL’S underwriting standards, personal underwriting authority level, and IRAs General Guidelines.
• Ensures compliance of all file documentation standards, complies with underwriting and authority level standards, and passes all audits (both internal and external).
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of livestock underwriting forms and endorsements, rating methodology and reinsurance contracts.
• Works with the Head of Underwriting to manage regional underwriting results including regional modeled results, spread of risk initiatives, and concentration of risk controls.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Veterinary Medicine or related fields
• 3 years progressive underwriting experience within the insurance industry
  
• Certification in insurance will be an added advantage
• Strong IT skills & mathematical aptitude

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward their cv to hr@korient.co.ke before 18 August 2011.