Underwriter Administrator - JHB

Sanlam; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Santam in Johannesburg offers a development-focused opportunity for an aspiring insurance professional to gain practical experience in underwriting and sales within the Construction and Engineering insurance sector. The role provides structured exposure, training, and on-the-job learning to develop essential skills and competencies for a successful career in this specialised field.

Key activities include assisting with quotations, broker relationship growth, renewing reviews, and supporting

Qualifications

• Matric, Engineering/BUSINESS degree, and valid driver’s license are required.
• At least 1 year of working experience is preferred.
• Structured development opportunity in underwriting and sales within construction/engineering insurance.

Responsibilities

• Issuing quotations within the agreed mandate
• Assist the Current Broker to increase business growth
• Educate current brokers on engineering insurance products
• Maintain current broker relationships
• Solve queries on instructions between departments and brokers
• Provide renewal review and terms assistance to the Administration department team
• Portfolio premium growth and loss ratio management
• Search and recruit new broker relationships in the market
• PowerPoint presentation preparation
• Material preparation for training functions
• Research for Marketing Presentations
• Team coordination within the marketing department

Skills

Strong communication skills

Computer literacy

Education

Matric

Engineering degree or business-related degree

Valid driver's license

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

The main purpose of this position is to assist and support the Marketers (Sales and Underwriting) at the Johannesburg branch.

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to provide a workplace development opportunity for an aspiring insurance professional to gain practical experience in underwriting and sales within the Construction and Engineering insurance sector. The incumbent will receive structured exposure, training, and on-the-job learning across key functions to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies required for a successful career in this specialised field.

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE?

Underwriting assistance as the candidate progresses through the development plan to then assist with:

• Issuing quotations within the agreed mandate
• Assist the Current Broker to increase business growth
• Educate current brokers on engineering insurance products
• Maintain Current Broker relationship
• Solving queries on instructions between various departments and from brokers
• Provide renewal review and terms assistance to the Administration department team.
• Portfolio premium growth and loss ratio management
• Search and recruit new Broker relationships in the market
• PowerPoint presentation preparation
• Material Preparation for training functions
• Research for Marketing Presentations
• Team coordination within the marketing department

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Matric
• Engineering Degree or Business-related degree
• Valid driver's license
• Must have at least 1 year of working experience.

COMPETENCIES

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Computer Literacy
• Strong Communication Skills (Internal & external)
• Competent user of Excel, Word, Outlook, and other Microsoft platforms.

WHO WE ARE

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.