Specialist: Actuarial Underwriting

Mutual & Federal is a leading short-term insurance company in Southern Africa. When you think short-term insurance, think Mutual & Federal. We are known for our well trained, dedicated staff and excellent in-house training. Mutual & Federal wants only the best employees to help deliver innovative short-term insurance products and outstanding service

Brief Description

To apply a winning and fit-for-purpose pricing/monitoring and analysis functionality that supports the growth and profitability of the Mutual & Federal across all product sets.

Detailed Description

· Development; maintenance and control of pricing structures ensuring key underwriting/financial metrics within the business plan are achieved.

· Apply the control cycle for all pricing actuarial work:

· Collect & analyse, build models, implement, monitor, refine.

· Deploy and test pricing models

· Collect data for all actuarial work

· Apply actuarial / statistical techniques for pricing.

· Build and maintain rate and test models

· Provide input into the rate engine /Black box design specifications.

· Build models to profit test new products as well as changes to existing products

· Monitor trends and advise business accordingly.

· Design and implementation of corrective actions into the business.

· Compile the Monitoring pack for EXCO ensuring that insights are provided.

· Provide Ad hoc analytical support and in-depth investigations for actuarial purposes e.g. (Claims; CPI, Procurement), SIU / Fraud.

· Compile Portfolio Management reports for entire division

· Contribute to the setting of parameters for the budgeting and business planning cycle

· Contribute to specialised analytical assignments and projects where required

· Assist with data collection and analysis for Group Schemes and UMA’s

· Provide support to Operations as required.

· Maintain service, quality and desired outputs within a specific functional process through ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures and standards.

· Resolve escalated technical referrals and provide feedback to customers on matters resolved.

· Develop work routines in line with operational plans / schedules in order to manage achievement of service delivery goals

· Measure and monitor service delivery compliance of team.

· Share knowledge on, and participate in the creation of new standards, control systems and procedures to maintain service delivery.

· Align own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.

· Share and transfer product, process and systems knowledge to colleagues.

· Collaborate and work with the team members to ensure required service levels are delivered.

· Actively participate in the team to ensure functional balanced scorecard objectives are achieved.

· Ensure achievement of own performance objectives.

· Actively share information with other team members regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas.

· Actively participate in own professional development and career path.

· Develop and encourage strong team work

· Identify potential inter-departmental problems and escalate them to higher levels

· Engage regularly in team or group problem-solving

· Ensure adherence to financial and corporate policies and procedures, and reduce wastage related to area of accountability.

· Take accountability for the management of business related risks within own area.

· Operate within agreed mandates as documented in the business rules.

· Ensure adherence to organisational policies, practices and procedures.

· Identify and recommend areas / ways to improve processes.

Job Requirements

· Relevant Actuarial degree

· Desirable

· Excellent knowledge of data manipulation and statistical techniques (especially GLMs)

· Knowledge of programs such as Pretium/Emblem/SAS will be an advantage

· Essential:

· Experience in an actuarial, specifically short-term, environment will be an advantage

Additional Details

· Expert level knowledge and application of quant models to determine potential risk exposure

Amount of Travel

No Travel
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