Risk Surveyor at Old Mutual Kenya

Applicant Insurance Risk Assessment

• Oversee insurance risk assessment processes for a substantial number of applicants' accounts with high amounts of complexity and sensitivity.

Financial Risk Management

• Implement financial risk assessment and mitigation through across areas or projects of limited complexity, strategically aligning risk management with unit objectives.

Underwriting Insurance Cases

• Review and underwrite assigned new business and renewal cases within prescribed authority level, escalating unusual or complex cases to senior colleagues where appropriate.

Information and Business Advice

• Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and referring very complex or contentious issues to others.

Financial Management and Control

• Work within established systems to deliver prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control.

Financial Policies, Guidelines, and Protocols

• Develop and deliver financial guidelines and protocols to ensure the company complies with regulations and good financial practice.

Underwriting Automation

• Carry out allocated research and analysis to support the development, testing, and improvement of automated underwriting processes and systems; recommend new functionalities and/or improvements that reduce cost and/or enhance underwriting effectiveness.

Document Preparation

• Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.

Regulatory and Compliance Management

• Investigate all kinds of incidents and reports and provide expert advice to more senior colleagues. Minimize risk exposures and ensure adherence with regulatory standards by working with all internal functions to make sure compliance programs are properly implemented.

Operational Compliance

• Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.

Personal Capability Building

• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.