Underwriting Leadership Opportunity

1 week ago

Singapore Now Health International Full time

Now Health International is seeking an experienced Underwriting Manager to join our team in Asia. As an Underwriting Manager, you will play a key role in the product design and pricing policy of the company, as well as development of the underwriting philosophy.

Key Responsibilities:
  • In conjunction with the Regional Head of Underwriting, actively participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of underwriting processes.
  • Maintain written guidelines and manuals up-to-date, circulating details of any changes or developments across the business so as to ensure adherence to underwriting standards.
  • Maintain Underwriting Team Database including information on underwriting decisions, portfolio rate actions and turnaround response times.
  • Provide training and support sessions for Business Development, Operational teams and Fronting Insurers to ensure awareness and understanding of underwriting standards.
  • Work closely with the Business Development teams to contribute to the strategic direction of our medical plans, ensuring that our pricing and underwriting conditions are commercially viable whilst also providing adequate risk management for the company.
  • Take all necessary corrective actions to maintain the long term viability of the portfolios.
  • Act as technical point of reference for all Operational and Business Development staff within your assigned region.
  • Perform underwriting performance analysis of all product lines.
  • Participate to the development of policy wordings and new products.
  • Provide underwriting input to large group schemes and complex claims.
  • Engage local insurers and maintain the company's relationships with them.
  • Represent the company in meetings with local insurers.
  • Participate in the monitoring the underwriting performance of all the company's portfolios and assist the Regional Head of Underwriting in the preparation of management information reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to be submitted to the board of the company and the insurers.
  • Prepare all quotations for the assigned region.
  • Monitor the FMU process for individual policies in your region.
  • Underwrite complicated individual applications.
  • Maintain and update the group quote engines and perform data analysis if required for updating the engines.
Requirements:
  • Qualified to degree level in a related subject e.g. Actuarial, Mathematics or Statistics, plus additional industry-related qualifications such as LOMA
  • Highly IT proficient; expert Excel skills essential, exposure to Visual Basic preferred.
  • Comprehensive technical underwriting experience gained within the medical insurance industry. Candidates from a domestic PMI background will be considered.
  • Actuarial experience would be advantageous
  • Experience of manipulating product and financial data to produce quotations
  • Business level written and spoken English is essential. Command of Chinese and Mandarin would be advantageous.
  • Numerical and analytical skills - able to extract, analyse and manipulate data in order to produce underwriting triangulations
About the Role:

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and growing organization, with a competitive total rewards package including a salary range of $100,000-$120,000 per annum, 25 days annual leave, 1 day birthday leave, life insurance, medical insurance (including spouse), discretionary bonus, hybrid work arrangement, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential for career growth.

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