Assistant Manager Local Business at Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited (Kenya Re)

ASSISTANT MANAGER LOCAL BUSINESS - GRADE KRC 3C  REF NO: KRC/HR/2025/002

Reports to: Manager- Local Business

Job Purpose.

This job role is responsible for Assisting the Manager in organizing and coordinating underwriting activities within the Department with a view to meetingproduction/profitability targets
Primary Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: -

• Responsible for revenue growth and profitability of treaty and facultative book.
• Reviewing clients’ business proposal and offers.
• Reviewing adequacy of conditions imposed on different types of reinsurance proposals, drawing up agreements and compiling contract wording according to Kenya Re’s best practises and retrocession treaty terms.
• Liaising with specialists such as risk surveyors, loss adjustors, actuaries and engineers for risk assessment.
• Rating, underwriting and monitoring performance of non-life reinsurance accounts within the corporate underwriting guidelines
• Responsible for technical statistics for management, needed in decision making
• Managing the relationship with existing new or prospective contacts.
• Identify initiatives to generate interests in cedants for profitable business development.
• Marketing the business to both existing and potential markets.
• Ensure prompt responses to queries from cedants and brokers on statement of accounts, facultative and claim settlements.
• Analyse portfolio performance per market, class, cedants and contract.

Person Specifications

Academic Qualifications

•  Bachelor of Commerce or business-related degree
•  Master’s degree in any field or equivalent from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.

Professional Qualifications

• Diploma in Insurance in (AIIK)
• Member of recognized professional with the Association of Insurance Institute of Kenya (AIIK) or (ACII).
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter six of the constitution.

Experience

• At least ten (10) years of work experience with 5 years in managerial/supervisory role

Other Requirements

• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent planning organizing, problem solving and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Team player with excellent analytical and presentation skills.