AVP, Personal Accident Underwriting - GEGM

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As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

As a purpose-driven organisation committed to providing the best service and support to our policyholders, we are seeking a professional to join our General Insurance team as AVP, Personal Accident Underwriting.

The Role:

• To oversee, underwrite, manage and develop the Personal Accident portfolio
• To ensure delivery of the quotes are of high underwriting standards
• To provide appropriate professional services to business units regarding policy matters in a clear, accurate and timely manner
• To review renewals with claims experiences and to provide advise whether to accept or decline risk
• To visit branch and provide consultative advice on classes mentioned above
• To review exception reports and to analyse the performance of the respective portfolios on a monthly basis
• To continuously review processes, identify and resolve service gaps through constructive feedback and implement process improvements where appropriate
• 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

The Person:

• Possess a recognised degree in any field, or Insurance qualifications at intermediate level
• At least 10 years of relevant working experience in PA Underwriting in General Insurance is preferred
• Strong team leadership skills and demonstrate the ability to structure, build, align and focus a high performing team with the requisite experience and capabilities to grow the business.
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills to manage multiple projects/initiatives and ongoing demands
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in MS 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

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Location: HQ, Kuala Lumpur

Entity: Great Eastern General Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent