Business Development Manager - Personal Lines

You are responsible to develop business plans and marketing programs to ensure planned sales targets are met. You are also required to build and maintain excellent relationships with intermediaries and business partners.

• Responsible for GWP & Underwriting Profit set for Agency Channel
• Plan and develop business and marketing plans
• Execute and manage campaigns & events
• Conduct competitive analysis / product comparison with regular updates
• Day to day management of Personal Lines product portfolio
• Visitation and network with Intermediaries and business partners to enhance business relationship
• Arrange and provide regular training to agents and business partners
• Provide quotations in accordance with assigned underwriting limits and within the company’s underwriting guidelines and treaty terms
• Participate in any ad-hoc projects assigned
• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 5 years of working experience in similar role, with some experience in product management preferred
• Preferably obtained Certificate in Personal General Insurance (BCP and PGI) and Certificate in Health Insurance
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Good team player who is task and results oriented
• Meticulous and excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong written, oral communication and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.