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About the Role
This role is responsible for driving business growth through effective underwriting, strategic collaboration and operation management. The General Insurance Production Underwriter will work closely with internal departments-including actuarial, underwriting, claims, and product development-to develop and implement underwriting strategies that support profitable portfolio expansion.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Underwriting and Risk Assessment Support
- Evaluate major insurance applications submitted by different distribution channels.
- Analyse risk factors such as loss history, coverage, and pre-risk survey result.
- Determine eligibility for coverage and propose appropriate premium rates.
- Develop and apply underwriting guidelines to ensure profitability and compliance.
- Negotiate with underwriters to prepare major insurance quotations.
2. Business Development
- Build and maintain relationships with key intermediaries, producers or customers.
- Promote the company's general insurance products and services.
- Collaborate with distribution teams to identify growth opportunities.
3. Operation and Process Management
- Draft and negotiate policy terms and conditions.
- Maintain accurate records of underwritten decisions.
- Ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
4. Training and Support
- Provide training and guidance to distribution channels, intermediaries or customers.
- Support agents with product knowledge and underwriting procedures.
5. Strategic Collaboration
- Work closely with internal departments such as actuarial, underwriting, claims, and product development.
- Contribute to the refinement of underwriting strategies and pricing models.
Job Requirements:
- University degree in Business Administration or related disciplines, or Diploma in insurance or related disciplines
- Fulfilment of the fit and proper criteria of the Insurance Authority for licensing as an individual insurance agent of the Company, and the minimum education and qualifications requirements, including but not limited to passes in IIQE Paper 1, 2, 3 & 5 [subject to the regulated activities to be conducted]
- Qualified IIQAS, LOMA, ANZIIF (Senior Associate) qualifications or other related professional insurance qualifications an advantage
- Minimum 10 years relevant experience in insurance industry.
- Sound knowledge in general Insurance underwriting, distribution and operation management.
- Strong leadership, analytical and decision making skills
- Positive-thinking, self-motivated, willing to take on additional responsibility and work in fast paced environment
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Excellent planning and attentive to details
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint.
