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Underwriter wanted immediately: APPLY NOW

Underwriter wanted immediately: APPLY NOW

Cape Town, Western Cape

Join TAL – Australia’s leading Life Insurer
Learning and Development opportunities
Location: Cape Town

TAL is Australia’s largest Life Insurer, currently protecting over 4 million Australians. Our aspiration is to be (Australia’s) leading financial services provider building on our heritage as a life insurance specialist. People are at the heart of what we do – we protect people, not things.

We are looking for an experienced Underwriter to join us.

As an Underwriter at TAL you will be working with and supported by our specialist team in Australia including Underwriting Managers, our Chief Medical Officer, and Forensic Accountant, who will work with you and the wider team to ensure maintenance of TAL’s risk philosophy and profitability through sound underwriting standards.

To be successful in your application we are looking for the following skills and experience:

2-5yrs Individual Life Underwriting Experience
Demonstrated track record of underwriting expertise and decision-making skills gained from working in a similar position. Has working knowledge of professional standards and codes with strong medical, financial and systems knowledge.
Displays high attention to detail and is able to work autonomously with effective use of initiative and sound judgement.

Has interest in expanding knowledge, exploring new ways of doing things & is willing to share knowledge
Proactively seeks to retain, review & appropriately use new information/learnings in order to achieve technical competency
Regularly evaluates capabilities & makes good use of a variety of learning/development resources
Takes ownership and understands how individual contribution impacts the overall business
Demonstrated determination & persistence in positively approaching business goals, changes or challenges
Proactively seeks solutions to improve individual as well as team efficiency & outcomes
Actively establishes and maintains relationships with both internal & external stakeholders
Has exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage overseas stakeholders/customers
Displays strong customer service attitude in everyday responsibilities
Proactively identifies customer issues and opportunities to resolve them
Actively contributes towards & supports a positive team culture

At TAL we encourage you to use your experience to get the best underwriting decisions possible for the customer. We offer a values-driven environment, excellent benefits, and ongoing learning and development opportunities.

To read more about TAL visit our website at https://www.tal.com.au/about-us

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