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Underwriter

Johannesburg💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-19 → 2026-07-31

Core

Assess complex life insurance applications involving medical, occupational, financial, and travel data to ensure adherence to underwriting guidelines and mitigate risk.

Role type

Senior Life Insurance Underwriter

Builds

Disability, Critical Illness, Income Protection, Business Cover, and Group Risk policies

Domain

Life Insurance / Health & Risk

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Medical risk assessment, Financial underwriting, Occupational risk analysis, Reinsurance treaty compliance, Case study development, Coaching and mentorship, Regulatory adherence, Documentation accuracy, Risk escalation, Product knowledge

Preferred skills

Tele-underwriting, Interpretation of medical reports, Process improvement, Problem solving

Technologies

Underwriting systems and tools

Responsibilities

Conduct tele-interviews and tele-underwriting for complex cases; Manage medical, occupation, and financial underwriting for various risk categories; Ensure case placement according to reinsurance treaties; Liaise with planners on special terms and presales; Resolve high-priority underwriting enquiries; Participate in Chief Medical Officer sessions and training; Approve and countersign cases above acceptance limits; Provide coaching to junior staff; Identify and escalate risk exposures; Assess applications rejected by online engines.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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