Commercial Underwriting Specialist providing advanced underwriting expertise and mentoring at Santam. Involves assessing complex risks and enhancing team performance through effective coaching and collaboration.
About the role
- Develop and implement strategies for embedding advanced data analytics and AI into underwriting processes
- Identify and evaluate data sources to enhance long-term mortality and morbidity predictions
- Collaborate with data scientists and actuarial teams to develop predictive models and algorithms
- Analyze complex data sets to uncover patterns and insights to provide meaningful narratives and strategic recommendations that can simplify and improve the underwriting process
- Deliver an approach to using various data streams (e.g., health data, bank and credit card behavior, transactional and demographic data) in the underwriting decision framework
- Research and assess platform providers capable of capturing and integrating health and behavior data to direct the underwriting process
- Lead the integration of selected platforms and technologies, ensuring they meet business requirements and regulatory standards
- Collaborate with operations, pricing, risk, proposition marketing, and distribution teams to drive project success
- Work with IT and engineering teams to ensure seamless implementation and data flow
- Ensure compliance with all data privacy and regulatory requirements in technology integration
- Innovate based on product and customer needs, synthesizing requests and feedback across key stakeholders to develop advancements in underwriting
- Engage with external parties to stay abreast of market trends, customer needs, and competitor offerings. Identify and form partnerships with new technology providers and data sources related to mortality and morbidity.
Requirements
- Proven expertise in life and health insurance, with strong operational and analytical capabilities
- Demonstrated success in leading change management and transformation initiatives
- Strategic thinker with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational alignment
- Skilled in anticipating business needs and translating strategy into actionable plans and capabilities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; fluent in English
- Strong negotiation and influencing abilities, with a track record of building effective internal and external partnerships
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including reinsurance and insurance underwriting & operations
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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