Senior Technical Underwriter
Six Sense Consulting
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Senior position
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South Africa
- Posted 19 Sep 2025 by Six Sense Consulting
- Expires in 6 days
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Job 2622700 - Ref JHB001289
About the position
A well-established short-term insurer is seeking to appoint a Senior Technical Underwriter.
The purpose of the Senior Technical Underwriter is to handle technical corporate and commercial underwriting and pricing by providing specialist expertise to various stakeholders that include agent insurance, underwriting managers and insurance brokers.
This role involves suggesting underwriting measures and assessing risk management efforts to mitigate losses due to protests, labour disputes and acts of terrorism.
Qualifications:
- NQF level 7 qualification (Business Degree/Advanced Diploma or similar in insurance).
- Actuarial qualifications will be beneficia
Experience
- 8 - 10 years of experience in Short Term Insurance, with minimum 5 years in a Corporate/and or Commercial Underwriting position or risk management of a Short term Insurance Company.
- Develop a rating guide - including pricing for new products, analysis of risk, scenario modelling, claims history to ensure profitability of the portfolio.
- Analyse claims and premiums which provide input into underwriting pricing and risk management.
- Collaborate with the actuarial department and re- insurers to optimise coverage and reinsurance cost.
- Management of Underwriting Profit.
- Oversee technical issues – queries, client visits, technical support to agent insurers, underwriting managers and brokers.
- Managing the deviations of underwriting
- Management of Operational Risks and update risk register.
- Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential losses.
Please note that if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application that your application was unsuccessful.
However, please keep a lookout on our website, [URL Removed] for available positions which may be inline with your career aspirations.
Desired Skills:
- Technical Underwriter.
- risk management
- Commercial Underwriting
Six Sense Consulting
About the agency
Six Sense Consulting is a Level 1 BBBEE, Recruitment & Consulting Company that was formed in 2012. We provide highly qualified and skilled resources that are placed in blue chip companies where specialised competencies and skills are required.
We are the preferred and trusted recruitment professionals with extensive industry expertise to assist both our clients and candidates.
As a highly skilled team, we are committed to the provision of excellent customer service, quality staffing and competitive pricing.
We strive to continuously build strategic partnerships with our clients to ensure we provide a value add to their business and help our clients grow their business to achieve their overall goals.
We pride ourselves in world class recruitment technology to source the most talented candidates that are a perfect match to the clients job requirements, their culture and team
Six Sense Consulting is an Engineering, IT and Management Consulting Recruitment Company that provides technical and project management resources, systems and solutions to the Engineering, IT and Telecommunications sectors.
The company was formed in 2012 and employs highly qualified and skilled resources that are placed in blue chip companies where competencies and specialized skills are required.
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