Group Insurance Advisor - Manufacturing Firm

Group Insurance Advisor at Nigeria (West Africa)

- Leading the Group Insurance department in the development and maintenance of an effective risk assessment framework for insurable risks

- Leading Group Insurance for the definition of the insurance needs of the business, whilst complying with the Group Insurance Management Policy

- Defining the insurance strategy for the company, with the aim of ensuring optimal risk allocation to the market, complying with regulatory and contractual arrangements whilst minimising overall - cost of risk-

- To assess the industrial risk / Human risk/ Environmental risk/ Public risk and then procuring best value insurance coverage for these risks at low premium rates for both Global and Local Insurances

- Effectively managing all the activities related to insurance programmes and contracts, and ensuring control over insurance documents issuances, and document evidence compliance

- Managing the relationship with the insurance market

- Managing insurance claims and managing relations and communications with the insurance companies, insurers- engineers, and loss adjusters

- Leading the Global Insurance department for the negotiations with the insurance brokers and insurance companies of specific claims management procedures to be fulfilled in case of a claim

- Ensuring the provision of information on claims containing a qualitative and quantitative view of all business pending unsettled claims, Loss Ratio trends on settled claims, and claim settlement projections for the year

- Ensuring the provision of all relevant insurance data, ensuring an effective integrated process for data gathering, analysis, quality control and reporting related to insurable risks

- Maintaining the information technology platform with a global view aimed at providing dashboards and dynamic reports to the Executive Management on insurance coverages, costs, underwriting, claims management and claims history

Skills

- Superior analytical and synthesis skills.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with sensitivity to different cultures.

- Ability to build trust and effective personal relations both within the organization and with all relevant external stakeholders.

- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.

- Ability to work in team

- Strong negotiation skills

- Stay abreast of the latest trends/tendencies on insurance management

Preference:

- At least 10+ years- experience in insurance for a large manufacturing company, with at least 3+ years- in a similar position or level of responsibility

- Demonstrable history of working with international insurance brokers, loss adjusters, insurers- engineers, and risk managers

- Excellent knowledge of the Insurance market space