Associate Manager, Insurance Operations

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Company Details
Name:Pula
Industry: Banking
Description: At Pula, we are radically restructuring agricultural insurance, using technology to insure the previously unbanked, uninsured, untapped market of 1.5 billion smallholders worldwide. We work in eight countries across Africa and Asia, and in 2017 alone, we facilitated crop and livestock insurance cover to 611,000 farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Malawi. Our Founders work in agriculture insurance has been recognized by several international awards including the Financial Times/IFC Award for Sustainable Finance. We work with Fortune 500 Companies, Global NGO’s, Microfinance Instructions, Research Institutions, and Governments to help provide smallholders the protection they need in an increasingly unpredictable climate.
Job Description

What you will be doing

 

Designing, pricing and implementing bespoke Climate and Agriculture insurance solutions or any other product lines as required from time to time.

 

Conduct, document and implement research on new or existing product opportunities as well as projects undertaken by the business.

 

Collecting, managing and ensuring high quality data is collected across our countries of operations especially for new or modified products.

 

Creative thinking around analysis of customer data and visualizing this data

 

Provide technical and analytical support in engagements with insurers and reinsurers to seek their buy-in into the new or modified products.

 

Understand, analyze, and design solutions based on engagements with potential clients to understand their risk exposure needs.

 

Providing inputs and liaising with automation and innovation teams on automation of insurance operation processes for new and modified products/innovations.

 

Liaising with the commercial function with respect to evaluation, design and launch of new products and opportunities.

 

Developing technical notes, legal wordings, and briefs for insurers and reinsurers across various geographies.

 

Supporting the business in the negotiation of product design and rates between the client, insurers and reinsurers.

 

Payouts: Provide timely payout reports, present the payout reports to internal as well as external stakeholders which include Commercial teams, Clients, Insurers etc.

 

Work closely with reinsurers and insurers to get the payout approvals.

 

Insurance & Reinsurance: Provide technical support to reinsurers and insurers and engage in negotiations for risk placement. 

 

Data management: Ensuring data protocol, systems and quality control measures are developed, identifying, and maintaining digital security systems to safeguard sensitive data, initiate data improvement and data automation strategies.

 

Claims experience Analysis: Monitoring claims experience of company’s insurance products to feedback product re-structuring and pricing decisions.

 

Support the overall growth of business of the firm, meeting with external business partners as part of expansion initiatives.

 

Who you are

 

Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field. (First Class preferred)

 

At least 3 years experience in an actuarial role

 

Preferably 5 or more Professional Actuarial Exams completed (e.g. IFOA/SOA)

 

In-depth knowledge of insurance products, underwriting, and actuarial principles.

 

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical information.

 

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

 

Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

 

Proficiency in programming tools and software.

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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