Medical Malpractice Insurance Growth Leader

Equate Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Equate Recruitment is seeking an entrepreneurial insurance professional to lead and grow a specialist medical malpractice portfolio within a Pan-African group. You will leverage relationships with private hospital groups to engage specialists, GPs, and clinics, while identifying opportunities to expand coverage and revenue.

The role demands strong technical underwriting, portfolio management, and FAIS compliance, with proven business development and stakeholder skills to build a scalable

Qualifications

• At least 5 years' relevant experience in medical malpractice or healthcare liability insurance.
• Strong technical understanding of policy wordings, exclusions and claims exposures.
• Proven experience in business development and growing portfolios.
• Established healthcare sector relationships (specialists, GPs, clinics).
• Experience in insurance broking or specialist liability underwriting.
• Knowledge of placements, renewals and insurer negotiations.
• Relevant insurance qualification.
• FAIS fit and proper requirements compliance.
• Strong commercial, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of developing and growing a medical malpractice insurance portfolio by leveraging relationships with major private hospital groups.
• Identify and secure new medical malpractice insurance clients and opportunities across medical specialists, GPs, private practices and healthcare institutions.
• Assess exposures and structure insurance solutions; manage placements, renewals and negotiations with insurers and reinsurers, including international markets where required.
• Contribute to the strategic development of the group’s medical malpractice offering and identify opportunities to expand into new healthcare market segments.
• Progress into leadership where the practice grows and deliver strong commercial performance.

Skills

Medical malpractice

Business development

Client acquisition

Relationship management

Negotiation

Insurance broking

Underwriting

FAIS compliance

Job description

Equate Recruitment is seeking an entrepreneurial insurance professional to lead and grow a specialist medical malpractice portfolio within a Pan-African group. You will leverage relationships with private hospital groups to engage specialists, GPs, and clinics, while identifying opportunities to expand coverage and revenue.

The role demands strong technical underwriting, portfolio management, and FAIS compliance, with proven business development and stakeholder skills to build a scalable