Senior Middle East Health Underwriter & Portfolio Lead

Middle East Lead Underwriter

• Evaluate, price and modify plan design for renewals and new business on large corporate quotations in compliance with underwriting authorities
• Build effective relationship with sales and client management partners to win and retain business
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing accuracy, and collaborate with rest of the team to implement solutions
• Manage portfolio of accounts by balancing profitability and revenue
• Conduct analytical reviews to identify and understand trends, patterns and insights that are used to successfully manage portfolio
• Provide concise, clear and decisive instructions on risk exposure
• Support rest of the underwriters on the team to balance the workload
• Be market aware; understand competitive and regulatory landscape

• 8+ years of insurance experience in health underwriting
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, mathematics, engineering, actuarial or similar
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel;
  Exposure to Tableau or Power BI
• Data analytics and process improvement

• Leadership and risk assessment skills
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Commercial mindset
• High level of numeracy & accuracy
• Ability to take ownership and effective time management
• Manage stakeholder expectations and deliver under pressure

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.