Corporate Underwriter - Health
2025-07-30T08:29:57+00:00
Old Mutual Kenya
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Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Financial Services
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
2025-08-10T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluate and assess medical risks for new and renewal business, ensuring sound underwriting decision that aligns with the company’s underwriting philosophy.
- Build and maintain a quality corporate business book through reinforcement and implementation of experience-based underwriting discipline.
- Ensure all underwriting practices comply with internal policies, processes and procedures, regulatory standards, and audit requirements, while contributing to the improvement of underwriting controls and processes.
- Work closely with sales team and retention team to provide technical underwriting support, resolve queries, and ensure alignment with underwriting guidelines.
- Prepare accurate and insightful underwriting reports to facilitate data driven decision making.
- Support with continuous review of policy documents to ensure exposures are identified and closed timeously.
- Participate in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing ones to ensure continued relevance in response to evolving client needs and market dynamics.
- Continuously monitor and review the performance of corporate accounts, identifying trends, providing insights and recommendations to improve profitability, sustainability, and customer value.
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the department to support organizational goals.
- Support in training of staff and contribute to knowledge sharing on health products and underwriting processes
- Ensure compliance to insurance related Statutory and regulatory requirements including Treating Customers Fairly and data Protection Act.
- The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring adherence to, implementation of, and adoption of Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Sanctions-related policies, procedures, and process requirements within Old Mutual and it subsidiaries. This includes execution of customer due diligence processes, ensuring compliance with Know-Your-Customer (KYC) standards, conducting ongoing and enhanced due diligence, and maintaining data quality. Additionally, the role involves identifying and monitoring potential AML, Sanctions, or Compliance breaches and unusual activities, and escalating these concerns to the Risk and Compliance Office for further action.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Sound Technical Underwriting skills
- Intensive and extensive corporate health products knowledge.
- Good assessment and analytical skills
- Decision - making skills
- Detail oriented with strong problem- solving skills
- Accountability and self-organization skills
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to work with cross functional teams.
- Ability to meet strict deadlines.
Qualifications:
- A business-related degree from recognized university
- Relevant professional insurance qualification – DipCII/ACII/LOMA
- Strong skills with Microsoft Office Package: Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Technical Knowledge
- 3 years in medical insurance underwriting, product and research functions.
Evaluate and assess medical risks for new and renewal business, ensuring sound underwriting decision that aligns with the company’s underwriting philosophy. Build and maintain a quality corporate business book through reinforcement and implementation of experience-based underwriting discipline. Ensure all underwriting practices comply with internal policies, processes and procedures, regulatory standards, and audit requirements, while contributing to the improvement of underwriting controls and processes. Work closely with sales team and retention team to provide technical underwriting support, resolve queries, and ensure alignment with underwriting guidelines. Prepare accurate and insightful underwriting reports to facilitate data driven decision making. Support with continuous review of policy documents to ensure exposures are identified and closed timeously. Participate in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing ones to ensure continued relevance in response to evolving client needs and market dynamics. Continuously monitor and review the performance of corporate accounts, identifying trends, providing insights and recommendations to improve profitability, sustainability, and customer value. Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the department to support organizational goals. Support in training of staff and contribute to knowledge sharing on health products and underwriting processes Ensure compliance to insurance related Statutory and regulatory requirements including Treating Customers Fairly and data Protection Act. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring adherence to, implementation of, and adoption of Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Sanctions-related policies, procedures, and process requirements within Old Mutual and it subsidiaries. This includes execution of customer due diligence processes, ensuring compliance with Know-Your-Customer (KYC) standards, conducting ongoing and enhanced due diligence, and maintaining data quality. Additionally, the role involves identifying and monitoring potential AML, Sanctions, or Compliance breaches and unusual activities, and escalating these concerns to the Risk and Compliance Office for further action.
Sound Technical Underwriting skills Intensive and extensive corporate health products knowledge. Good assessment and analytical skills Decision - making skills Detail oriented with strong problem- solving skills Accountability and self-organization skills Customer service skills. Ability to work with cross functional teams. Ability to meet strict deadlines.
A business-related degree from recognized university Relevant professional insurance qualification – DipCII/ACII/LOMA Strong skills with Microsoft Office Package: Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Technical Knowledge 3 years in medical insurance underwriting, product and research functions.
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Vacancy title:
Corporate Underwriter - Health
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Financial Services, Category: Finance, Insurance & Real Estate]
Jobs at:
Old Mutual Kenya
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, August 10 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluate and assess medical risks for new and renewal business, ensuring sound underwriting decision that aligns with the company’s underwriting philosophy.
- Build and maintain a quality corporate business book through reinforcement and implementation of experience-based underwriting discipline.
- Ensure all underwriting practices comply with internal policies, processes and procedures, regulatory standards, and audit requirements, while contributing to the improvement of underwriting controls and processes.
- Work closely with sales team and retention team to provide technical underwriting support, resolve queries, and ensure alignment with underwriting guidelines.
- Prepare accurate and insightful underwriting reports to facilitate data driven decision making.
- Support with continuous review of policy documents to ensure exposures are identified and closed timeously.
- Participate in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing ones to ensure continued relevance in response to evolving client needs and market dynamics.
- Continuously monitor and review the performance of corporate accounts, identifying trends, providing insights and recommendations to improve profitability, sustainability, and customer value.
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the department to support organizational goals.
- Support in training of staff and contribute to knowledge sharing on health products and underwriting processes
- Ensure compliance to insurance related Statutory and regulatory requirements including Treating Customers Fairly and data Protection Act.
- The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring adherence to, implementation of, and adoption of Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Sanctions-related policies, procedures, and process requirements within Old Mutual and it subsidiaries. This includes execution of customer due diligence processes, ensuring compliance with Know-Your-Customer (KYC) standards, conducting ongoing and enhanced due diligence, and maintaining data quality. Additionally, the role involves identifying and monitoring potential AML, Sanctions, or Compliance breaches and unusual activities, and escalating these concerns to the Risk and Compliance Office for further action.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Sound Technical Underwriting skills
- Intensive and extensive corporate health products knowledge.
- Good assessment and analytical skills
- Decision - making skills
- Detail oriented with strong problem- solving skills
- Accountability and self-organization skills
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to work with cross functional teams.
- Ability to meet strict deadlines.
Qualifications:
- A business-related degree from recognized university
- Relevant professional insurance qualification – DipCII/ACII/LOMA
- Strong skills with Microsoft Office Package: Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Technical Knowledge
- 3 years in medical insurance underwriting, product and research functions.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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