Reinsurance Officer (19 views)

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation of the reinsurance framework for new and existing products
  • Apply organizational policies and procedures for processing a new application, renewal, cancellation and/or an alteration to an existing risk for the class of business being underwritten
  • Participate in negotiation with reinsurance partners to derive competitive reinsurance arrangement
  • Evaluate company’s portfolios to ensure adequacy of reinsurance against regulatory requirements
  • Provide support on reinsurance system improvements through user acceptance testing
  • Conduct analysis, improvement, and timely generation of assigned reporting for reinsurance department billing, collection, and reinsurance notification activities
  • Validate that reinsurance arrangements are carried out in accordance with company’s reinsurance policies and regulatory requirements
  • Manage reinsurer or broker relationships
  • Review monthly account and collateral materials for a portfolio of reinsurance arrangements, ensuring a robust control framework and audit trail process is adhered to.

Education and Experience

  • First Degree in Insurance or related discipline.
  • Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience in the Insurance Industry and experience in a reinsurance function
  • Professional membership such as Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria is a key requirement

Skills and Competencies

  • Able to identify indicators of compliance of reinsurance activities against reinsurance policies
  • Able to negotiate with reinsurance partners to derive competitive reinsurance arrangement
  • Able to monitor reinsurance activities effectively
  • Able to provide accurate details on reinsurance status of the company from time to time.
  • Able to identify and analyze factors affecting reinsurance arrangement
  • Able to develop reinsurance objectives from company’s risk exposure policies
  • Able to establish reinsurance policies for individual business lines
  • Knowledge of standard policy wordings, extensions, and limitations
  • Knowledge of IFRS 17
  • Skilled in using Microsoft Excel and core insurance software
  • Communication and Influencing skills
  • Data analysis and Interpretation