Medical Underwriter

Job description / Role

Looking for Experienced Medical Underwriters.

This role will be responsible for providing all appropriate support to ensure that the Underwriters can effectively and efficiently continue to provide their professional service, and reports to the Underwriting Manager

Main duties/Responsibilities:
- Responsible for supporting the underwriting process through a variety of technical tasks involving calculations and preparation of client documents
- Prepare renewal packages by gathering and verifying premium and claims data, ordering census listings, calculating manual rates, reviewing rate history and large claims information searches
- Responsible for the performance of all manual rating computations for all products; these fundamentally important manual rates form the starting point for subsequent pricing work done by the underwriters
- Responsible for Underwriting profitable risks through the pricing of New Business and Renewals
- To learn and ultimately earn underwriting authority to autonomously price selected products
- Maintain a series of reports, produced regularly that are critical to the underwriting and financial management of the business
- Review all standard reports for reasonability of information as well as accuracy
- Respond to requests for ad-hoc reports by managing workflow, negotiating with internal customers to assure that critical reports are produced and deadlines are met
- Ensuring the awareness and understanding of regional regulatory requirements
- To meet and exceed the businesses organisational goals through the application of sound Underwriting principles and guidelines

Requirements

- Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience of working within an Underwriting Department for a Health insurer
- PC Literacy
- Detail oriented, organised and thorough, with strong personal focus on accuracy
- Demonstrated technical proficiency involving calculations, basic mathematical principles and grasping of financial analysis concepts
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong computer literacy including strong M/S excel and word skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments and effectively juggle priorities
- Ability to prioritise activities and meet/exceed deadlines
- Strong Analytical problem solving abilities

About the Company

At Horizon International we pride ourselves on delivering quality results whilst working to the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are a market leader within recruitment with extensive market knowledge and global recruitment experience. We deliver through a network that regularly takes us to the four corners of the world, negating the need to rely on the local market.

Our personalised approach ensures that our candidates are fully supported throughout the recruitment process. Whilst providing our client’s with innovative human capital solutions, enabling them to meet their strategic staffing needs.