General Insurance Underwriter
Role Overview
Assess insurance risks across multiple lines and provide underwriting decisions for compliant and profitable policy placements.
Collaborate with clients, brokers, insurers, claims teams, and internal stakeholders.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
Assess insurance risks across multiple lines and provide underwriting decisions for compliant and profitable policy placements.
Collaborate with clients, brokers, insurers, claims teams, and internal stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with an attested certificate is required.
- At least three years of general underwriting experience is required.
- Experience in insurance brokerage or an insurer underwriting department is preferred.
- An attested experience certificate is preferred.
Technical Skills
- Knowledge of underwriting principles across property, casualty, marine, and motor insurance.
- Familiarity with risk assessment, policy wording, and pricing methodologies.
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical, decision-making, communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities.
Underwriting and Risk Assessment
- Assess and underwrite applications across property, casualty, motor, and liability lines.
- Analyze risk exposures and supporting documentation to determine underwriting decisions and premium rates.
- Negotiate terms and conditions with insurers on behalf of clients.
- Ensure underwriting complies with internal guidelines, regulations, and industry best practices.
- Identify and communicate emerging risks and trends to relevant stakeholders.
Relationships and Compliance
- Maintain relationships with insurers, clients, brokers, and internal teams.
- Maintain current knowledge of insurance products, market trends, and competitor offerings.
- Support claims teams by reviewing complex or disputed claims where underwriting decisions may affect outcomes.
- Monitor underwriting, regulatory, internal policy, and AML compliance.
- Conduct KYC due diligence to verify client identities and detect potential financial crime risks.
About the Company
The company is a Dubai-based insurance broker and consultant established in 1997.
The business advises clients on insurance schemes including medical, professional indemnity, property, marine, workers’ compensation, contractors’ all risk, motor, and travel insurance.
Workplace and Employment
- The role is full-time and permanent.
- Work is performed in person in Dubai.
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