Underwriting Consultant ensuring profitable growth through underwriting principles at Santam. Involves managing portfolios, handling referrals, and providing advice to brokers.
About the role
- Change Delivery Specialist for Home Pricing & Underwriting at Direct Line Group. Responsible for implementing changes to the rating algorithm while collaborating with various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Join us in this crucial role as a Change Delivery Specialist within Home Pricing & Underwriting.
- Contribute to the delivery of the Home Insurance strategy through accurately and efficiently implementing changes to the rating algorithm.
- Take ownership for building, maintaining, and monitoring the rating engine so that it is compliant, accurate and efficient
- Ensure comprehensive model testing is run/validated to prove out all change
- Support in the enhancement of processes, including testing to create efficiency whilst maintaining accuracy
- Excellent spoken and written skills so to support engagement with various stakeholders and the wider Pricing & Underwriting community, to ensure alignment with approaches
- Contributing to overall Department/DLG wide objectives, strategies and priorities.
- Be aware of Pricing and Underwriting Controls and Governance and abide by the controls in place
- Identify and manage risks associated with the role, adhering to the company risk framework.
- Communicate any price, model, or data issues promptly.
- Developing your own skills and knowledge such that you have the expertise required to achieve current and future business requirements.
- Reinforce the culture and core values of Direct Line Group through appropriate behaviours and Actions
- Support the Home Change Team’s Defect Management process. Aiding with diagnosis, deriving, testing and implementing any required fixes.
Requirements
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in Mathematics/Computer Science or a related degree or similar numerical subject
- Knowledge of the WTW Radar software and how to build, develop and test algorithms desirable but not essential
- Knowledge and experience of programming languages and software such as SQL, Python, Excel VBA.
- Experience in the insurance industry (preferred)
- Strong problem-solving skills & a keen eye for attention to detail
- Excellent communication and a team player
- Good knowledge of IT principles and processes
Benefits
- Annual performance-based bonus
- 9% Private Pension
- 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free Green Flag breakdown cover
- Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
- EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
- Generous holiday allowance
- Buy as you earn share scheme
- Employee discounts and cashback
- Plus, many more
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