Saturday, October 27, 2012

Britam General Insurance Branch Manager Job in Kenya


Britam is a leading financial services organization with global presence.  Our vision is “To be Your most trusted financial services partner”. We seek to offer superior insurance and asset management services to individuals, business corporations and non-governmental organizations.

As part of our growth strategy and to strengthen the team to achieve our ambitious performance objectives, we are seeking to fill the following positions with individuals who are proactive, self driven and who can apply their knowledge, diligence, and experience to contribute to the achievement of our mission which is to delight our customers with outstanding financial services.

Branch Manager, General Insurance
6 Posts
Ref: BAG/GI/5

Reporting to the Sales Manager, General Insurance; the jobholder will be responsible for developing General Insurance and other corporate business within the branch catchment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Meet the various revenue targets as agreed on from time to time
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the branch staff and ensure that company policies and procedures are observed
  • Ensure accurate and competitive quotations are prepared and delivered promptly to prospective clients, brokers and agents
  • Develop and maintain excellent relations with brokers and other channels and ensure excellent customer service to existing customers and prospective clients
  • Identify and develop new distribution outlets
  • Gather marketing intelligence statistics to facilitate development of strategies to give the company a competitive advantage
  • Undertake initial underwriting of business to ensure sound acceptance of risk
  • Train the Financial Advisors on the general insurance products
  • The general management and administration of the branch office.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
  • A business related degree
  • Minimum 5 years experience in General Insurance with bias in Underwriting and Sales
  • Relevant professional qualifications (ACII or AIIK, CIM)
  • Good Business development skills
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills
  • Excellent computer skills.
If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please submit your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging position giving full names, contacts and e-mail address of 3 referees to  hr@britam.co.ke.

Hard copies will not be accepted

Applications should be received not later than 9th November 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.