Discovery Limited Business Development Manager JHB - Talent Pool Jobs in South Africa

Discovery Limited Business Development Manager JHB - Talent Pool Jobs in South Africa


Key Purpose

  • Grow and maintain a portfolio of intermediaries/franchises and ensure profitable new and existing business production through the establishment and management of strong intermediary relationships and service excellence across all lines business.

  • Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

  • Relationship management – develop and manage strong relationships with Intermediaries and internal staff

  • Facilitate the on-boarding new intermediaries and training requirements around product, system and processes

  • New business acquisition – grow and retain existing business based on agreed targets

  • Provide quotations to intermediaries based on the company’s risk philosophy and procedures

  • Industry participation – represent Discovery Insure on all Industry platforms and keep abreast with market trends and competitor information

  • Risk management – Evaluate quotations, endorsements and renewals to determine whether to accept, decline or cancel risks based on underwriting criteria

  • Manage risk acceptance within re-insurance and survey risk requirements and conduct regular policy screening actions.

  • Portfolio management – prepare and disseminate monthly portfolio reports, including portfolio drivers (conversion rates, loss ratios, lapses, policy growth, etc) to all stakeholders
    Management of support service staff

  • Assist with premium collection, policy reconciliation, bordereaux allocations and binder audits when required

  • Prepare and present presentations to demonstrate Discovery Insure’s value proposition
    to intermediaries/franchises

    Personal Attributes

  • Technical short term product knowledge across all insurance lines (Advanced)

  • Technical short term underwriting knowledge across all insurance lines (Advanced)
    Data and portfolio analysis (Intermediate)

  • Understanding of short term insurance industry and related legislation (Intermediate)


    Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Intermediate)
    Communication skills (verbal and written) (Advanced)

  • Presentation skills (Advanced)

  • Decision making / Independent thinking (Intermediate)

  • Analytical (Intermediate)

  • Sales and Marketing (Intermediate)


    Education (Essential)

  • Matric

  • FAIS accreditation

  • RE5 (Representative)

  • Successful candidates who have not completed an IISA designated qualification need to complete this within an agreed time frame

    Experience (Essential)

  • Underwriting –minimum 5 years

  • Management of an Intermediary portfolio – minimum 3 years

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; Discovery Limited Business Development Manager JHB - Talent Pool Jobs in South Africae





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