Underwriter at African Trade Insurance Agency

Under the supervision of, and reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, through the Senior Underwriter, the Underwriter’s key duties and responsibilities will be as below:

• Support in generating business through marketing activities and increasing the visibility of ATI. This involves meeting one-on-one with clients and prospects and attending different marketing events organised by ATI or ATI’s business partners;
• Assist to organise/manage awareness events in countries of responsibility;
• Support underwriting business through;
  • Screening business enquiries based on eligibility criteria;
  • Assess the risks of the proposed transactions and produce a report of the risk to convince approvers to accept the risk;
  • Issue non-binding/indicative term sheets;
  • Arrange reinsurance for transactions requiring reinsurance support;
  • Preparation of policy documents
  • Educating policy holders on the A-Z of the policy they are about to sign.
• Assist in managing and monitoring the underwritten risk - support and guide the Portfolio Services Personnel in;
  • Ensuring timely payment of premiums;
  • Following up on any outstanding documentation/information from policyholders and
  • Continuously monitoring the assigned portfolio, pre-empting any potential risk events thereon; and promptly bringing such to management’s attention;
• Support generation of reports such Underwriting reports, Broker reports, Marketing reports, Mission/back to office reports, country marketing plan and activity reports, Policy wordings;
• Update and monitor the Watchlist and;
• To perform other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Skills and Attributes

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization
• CII or CPA/ACCA (an added advantage);
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant experience;
• Technical understanding, expertise, and experience in insurance and reinsurance;
• A proven track record of success underwriting complex transactions or providing sector specific underwriting skills;
• Key Stakeholders management skills;
• Demonstrate ability to initiate ideas for product development;
• Team leadership skills;
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of policy wordings;
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to details;
• Excellent negotiation skills;
• Good judgement and decision making skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet urgent deadlines;
• Excellent communication (oral, written, presentation) and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Bilingual communication skills in both English and French will be an added advantage;
• Strong people management skills; and
• Demonstrate ATI’s core values - unity of purpose, customer first approach, integrity, getting it first the right time and creativity