Team Member – Service Assurance

Birla Carbon

Thane

On-site

INR 600,000 - 1,000,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading health insurance provider in India is seeking a Deputy Manager for Service Assurance. This role focuses on customer interactions to deliver product benefits and handle queries while ensuring high quality of service. Candidates should have strong communication skills and a background in health insurance. The position is critical in maintaining customer satisfaction and supporting the growth of health insurance offerings in a competitive market.

Qualifications

Excellent communication skills are essential for the role.
Ability to identify and assess customer experiences for satisfaction.
Experience in handling customer queries effectively.

Responsibilities

Interact with customers to inform them of product benefits.
Update customer information and handle queries.
Maintain high quality during interactions.

Skills

Knowledge of Health Insurance

Strong phone & Communication skills

Contact handling skills

Active listening

Ability to multi-task

Customer orientation

Job description

At the Aditya Birla Group, our Corporate Vision is aligned and intricately woven with our People Vision.

Team Member – Service Assurance

Designation : Deputy Manager

Job Description:

Business

Health Insurance

Unit

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Ltd

Location

Reports to: Poornata Position Title of the job

Team Leaders – Offrole

Function

Contact Center

Department

Designation of the Employee

Service Assurance Team

Designation of the Manager

DCM – Deputy Chief Manager

Date of writing/Updation of JD

13-01-2023

1) Job Purpose

The primary role of the customer service executive is to interact with customers on a recorded line to inform the product benefits in details and update customer information and to handle customer query & concerns, answer their questions and assist them with their needs and maintain high level Quality during the interaction.

2) Dimensions

Important Parameters for the job:

Knowledge of Health Insurance.
Strong phone & Communication skills & contact handling skills and active listening.
Familiarity with technical applications &CRM practice.
Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively.
Customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters.

3) Job Context & Major Challenges

About the Health Insurance Industry –

While the current market sees more than 15 non-life players in the private space and 5 exclusive private players in the health insurance space trying to capture a sizable market share, the nationalized service provider (6) remains a strong competitor. In addition to this the business dynamics are such that the overall market on an annual basis which is to the tune of roughly 10,000 Crs sees close to 85 % of the business renewing with the existing service provider itself. This narrows down the opportunity of the fresh business actually being seriously fought in the market to approximately 1500 odd Crs. With the SME and the start-ups being the driving force of Indian economy, the opportunity to cater to these segments is immense and is increasing manifold year on year. The challenge here therefore remains as to how we capture a larger share of the opportunity by developing specific solutions to cater each segment of the business. Also by creating an inexpensive and standardized solution to increase the reach into the pockets of channel partners across the country to harness on their captive business and explore new opportunities with them.

Market Opportunities – With the advent of medical advancements, lifestyle changes, change in Indian socio-economic scenario and Indian healthcare space, and the insurers are facing challenges to cater to the needs of this diverse clientele. Increasingly Indian customers have started considering health insurance partners as extensions of health advisers. In this scenario it becomes extremely important to understand their psyche and then provide tailored solutions with wellness benefits which would help them meet their end objectives and bring in profitable revenue source for the company

Health insurance in India is a growing segment of India's economy .The Indian healthcare system is one of the largest in the world, with the number of people it concerns: nearly 1.3 billion potential beneficiaries. The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the life & businesses of all the individuals globally. The pandemic has increased the need for purchasing health insurance among customers to perceive better medical facilities & healthcare treatments amidst the growing spread of coronavirus. Furthermore, there is rapid growth in hospitalization due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, health insurance claims have increased tremendously. In addition, the spread of this health crisis across the globe is one of the major reasons behind the increase in health insurance premium as the situation has laid an enormous pressure on the insurance companies in the market.

The health insurance industry has changed in terms of offering new products and is growing day by day in terms of generating revenue. Working from home and client interaction on video conferencing has become the new normal for an industry that relies on face-to-face interaction before the COVID-19 pandemic .

Pandemic disrupted the entire world and affected many industries. Request Now! The global health insurance market size was valued at $1.98 trillion in 2020, and is projected to reach $4.15 trillion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 9.7% from 2021 to 2028.

About the Aditya Birla Health Insurance –

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) was incorporated in 2015 as a 51:49 joint venture between Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) and MMI Strategic Investments (Pty) Ltd. ABHICL commenced its operations in October 2016.

ABHICL has entered the competitive health insurance market with an aim to expand the category to wider customer segments, beyond the ones that health insurance companies traditionally have marketed to.As the 6 th entrant in a category with well-established players, ABHICL is creating differentiation and equity for itself though the unique business proposition of “Health Insurance for All”, a one of a kind proposition in India at the moment. This is a philosophy that is being built through every single consumer touch point and into every single backend process of the company to ensure a customer’s experience of our proposition is continuous and seamless.

ABHI’s unique offering to market includes propositionincludes -

A Comprehensive Incentivized Wellness Program that will attract the young and health conscious and will motivate, guide and reward them to stay healthy
A Chronic Care Management Program to cater to the unmet needs of a growing Indian population of those suffering from chronic lifestyle conditions like Diabetes, Asthma, High Cholesterol and Hypertension from Day 1
ABHICL serves as an enabler and influencer of health and healthcare choices that customers make, in addition to being a payer of healthcare expenses. Thus, ABHICL would act like a much needed catalyst to grow the prevalent health insurance landscape in India through product innovations and a wider choice of consumer relevant products.
ABHICL’s vision has always been digital. The company has been successful in adopting paper-less approach right from identifying to on-boarding to delivering seamless experience of its customers & employees.
Changing Customer’s perception of value proposition - Our CVP such as Incentivized wellness and chronic care management program requires continuous communication and engagement with our customers and distributors.
Distribution scale-up: Distribution Readiness: Considering the comprehensiveness of our offerings, Distribution engagement and sales training across channels is required to be more rigorous.
Distribution Costs: Third party distribution costs have also been higher than estimated originally which may impact economics due to intense competition in bancassurance segment.
Traditional ecosystem – The current Health Insurance Industry ecosystem incl. hospitals and diagnostic centers are taking time for being fully oriented to our model. We are addressing this with continued engagement. Extensive partnerships with the new age tech based providers for digitized delivery model are being explored
Driving profitability–various segments / lines of business
Health Insurance sector offers tremendous potential due to inadequate penetration as only 3% of the retail population is covered. As awareness levels increase, it would simulate demand for insurance products. This would provide significant opportunity to create multi-distributions channels and diversifying product mix. Balancing growth and profitability will be key going forward as the industry continues to grow at a higher rate/

Role holders Knowhow & expertise

Excellent communication skills are one of the important key for the role.
Provide accurate, valid and complete information by using the right methods/tools.
Build sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication.
Identify and assess customers’ experience to achieve satisfaction .

Key Challenges for the role –

A good customer service interaction will anticipate that need and might even go the extra mile to manually perform the reset and provide product details, all while educating the customer on how they can do it for themselves in the future.
Patience is crucial for customer service professionals. After all, customers we reach out to support are often confused and frustrated.
Good writing means getting as close to reality as words will allow. Without an ounce of exaggeration, being a good writer is the most overlooked, yet most necessary, skill to look for when it comes to hiring for customer support
The ability to truly listen to customers is crucial to providing great service for a number of reasons. Not only is it important to pay attention to individual customers’ experiences, but it’s also important to be mindful and attentive to the feedback that you receive at large.

4) Key Result Areas

Key Result Areas

Supporting Actions

Communication

To Provide accurate, valid and complete information of Health Insurance product to customer for better clarity & understanding .
Updating accurate customer information in system for better trackable of customer health and future contactability.

Problem solving Skills & Technical skills

Should have active listening capability to Handle customer query & concerns for good customer experience.
Better understanding of technical skills to resolve customer query and concern through various applications on real time.
Risk reduction by guiding the customer to be Healthy.

Multitasking

Effective multitasking ability to ensure that customer service representative can successfully handle all the their duties and quickly shift their attention from one task to another.

5) Job Purpose of Direct Reports

Nil

6) Relationships

Relationship Type

Frequency

Nature

Internal

Nil

External

Nil

7) Organizational Relationships

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