Underwriting Manager

at  Allianz Partners

WHAT YOU BRING:

To be successful in this position you will need to have the following skills/ experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of a proven track record in an Underwriting position, ideally within Dubai Health Reinsurance.
• Minimum of 3 years (re)insurance management experience in a relevant line of business.
• Proven experience of consistently delivering to tight and exacting deadlines.
• Proven track record of successful negotiations with large corporate clients
• Preferably Degree and / or professional insurance qualification (e.g. CII)
• Strong knowledge of Ms Office, especially Excel.
• Demonstrate strong managerial skills and experience, with a hands-on approach; A penchant for being proactive
• Must be highly collaborative.
• Strong communication, attention to detail, time management and leadership skills.
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality output within tight time frames and simultaneously.
• Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly numerate
• Strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proactive, focused and structured attitude to work and an ability to constantly meet deadlines.
• Customer focused
• Comfortable challenging the ideas of others.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Honesty and Integrity
• Presentation skills
• Ability to motivate others

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead the Reinsurance team to deliver on departmental goals and monitor adherence to plan.
• Lead and manage the team, ensuring organisational structure and processes are best fit to serve external and internal customers.
• Review and approval of quotations for new and existing customers in line with growth strategy.
• Ensure that all new business, renewal quotations and pricing requests are addressed in a manner designed to secure clients.
• Positively represent the company internally within the Allianz and externally to the market (including client negotiations).
• Work closely with Portfolio Monitoring team to ensure adequate monitoring and reporting is in place and is shared with the appropriate audience in a timely manner.
• Take action quickly on emerging trends or any changes in the business that impact the accurate of pricing.
• Drive and proactively monitor a consistent and coherent global underwriting governance framework ensuring alignment of processes between the different lines of business.
• Proactively drive involvement of functional areas in the Underwriting and Pricing process, including e.g. Actuarial, Finance, Operations.
• Responsibility for Health, Safety and Welfare within team (please refer to the Company`s Safety Statement for full list of responsibilities)