Manager/ Assistant Manager, Operations (Underwriting)

China Taiping Life Insurance (Hong Kong) Company Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 750,000 - 1,050,000; Full time

Job summary

China Taiping Life Insurance (Hong Kong) Company Limited is seeking a Manager/Assistant Manager, Operations (Underwriting) to lead underwriting initiatives and drive system development for core platforms. You will gather user requirements and coordinate with IT, users, and vendors to deliver robust solutions.

You will oversee timelines, perform UAT, train end users, and analyze underwriting data to identify trends and improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree Holder and at least 6 years of solid underwriting experience in life insurance.
• Minimum 2 years in a supervisory/managerial role with leadership experience.
• Underwriting authority of not less than extra mortality 50%; high net worth experience preferred.
• Strong integrity, quality orientation, and interpersonal/communication skills.
• Analytical, independent thinker with proactive problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of underwriting core system, rule engine, and POS platform.
• Collect and analyze underwriting information to prepare user requirements.
• Manage project timelines and ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Liaise with users, IT, and vendors to design and enhance business solutions.
• Perform UAT and end-user training; support ad-hoc production issues.
• Analyze underwriting data to identify trends and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Conduct underwriting risk assessments within delegated authority and ensure compliance.

Skills

Underwriting expertise

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Underwriting systems

Job description

Manager/ Assistant Manager, Operations (Underwriting)

Contribute to the development of the underwriting core system, the underwriting rule engine and the point-of-sales platform;

Collect and analyze information from an underwriting perspective to prepare user requirements.

Manage project timelines and progress, and ensure the quality and timely delivery of assigned projects;

Liaise with users, IT and vendors to design and enhance business solutions;

Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) and conduct end-user training. Support ad-hoc production issues;

Analyzing underwriting data to identify trends, reporting findings and making data-driven recommendations for improvements;

Perform underwriting risk assessments within the delegated authority limit to ensure accurate, fair, prompt and appropriate underwriting decisions. Ensure that assigned new business cases comply with the company's policy and procedures, underwriting guidelines and service pledge;

Work closely with stakeholders, e.g. legal, compliance, IT, product, business development and reinsurers, to support the development and review of new initiatives;

Others job assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree Holder; Minimum 6 years solid underwriting experience in life insurance with at least 2 years in a supervisory /managerial role;

Underwriting medical authority of not less than extra mortality 50%, with high net worth experience preferable;

Good integrity, quality-oriented, good interpersonal and communications skills;

A solutions thinker, strong analytical skills and independent;

Open minded, flexible, proactive and stress positive;

Good leadership and team building skills;

Proficiency in using MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) ;

Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, proficiency in Putonghua;

The candidate with professional qualifications (such as FLMI, ACS, ALU or equivalent qualifications) will be given priority consideration.

Taiping Life Hong Kong is one of the professional life insurance companies under China Taiping Insurance Group, having commenced operations in 2015. It has been deeply rooted in the insurance markets of Hong Kong and Macau, committed to building a boutique life insurance company with the most valuable growth.

In recent years, Taiping Life Hong Kong has accelerated its transformation and high-quality development, innovatively launching GBA elderly care services with increasing popularity, and its business development has risen to the forefront of the Hong Kong and Macau markets. By 2024, its total assets approached 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Taiping Life Hong Kong is one of the professional life insurance companies under China Taiping Insurance Group, having commenced operations in 2015. It has been deeply rooted in the insurance markets of Hong Kong and Macau, committed to building a boutique life insurance company with the most valuable growth.

In recent years, Taiping Life Hong Kong has accelerated its transformation and high-quality development, innovatively launching GBA elderly care services with increasing popularity, and its business development has risen to the forefront of the Hong Kong and Macau markets. By 2024, its total assets approached 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

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