Assistant Manager - Underwriting Job Vacancy: UAP Insurance

UAP Insurance is a composite company and one of the leading insurance companies in Uganda and in the East African region and is the first foreign underwriter in Southern Sudan.

The company ranks highly in business volume, market share, profits, net assets and other significant attributes.

We are looking for enthusiastic, self driven and results oriented professionals who wish to be associated with our success to fill the following positions in our Uganda office.

Assistant Manager - Underwriting
(Two posts)

The position holder will be a strategic thinker who is educated to university level, is a qualified ACII or equivalent or working towards achieving this qualification and have sound business and people management skills.

IT skills are essential as well as the ability to build and maintain high level relationships and negotiate profitable situations for the Company.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing underwriting systems, procedures and standards and monitoring to ensure that these are complied with at all times;
• Implementing agreed business strategies in relation to business growth;
• Ensuring that clients are attended to promptly and in a qualitative manner, and that complaints raised are addressed promptly;
• Achieving personal and departmental targets regarding client servicing, business development and profitability;
• Continually reviewing the performance of accounts/products and initiating changes and product development as needed.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter with a detailed CV including present position, current remuneration, and phone contacts of 3 professional referees and copies of professional/educational certificates and send it to:

Group Human Resources Manager,
UAP Insurance Company Limited,
P O Box 43013-00100
Nairobi

or Email to: recruitment @ uapkenya.com or recruitment @ uapinsurance.co.ug

Closing date of applications: 15 July 2009