Vacancy for the role of an insurance officer

Our client is a licensed and well established insurance brokerage and consulting company with headquarters in the South-South region, and business offices in key business centres in Nigeria, with diversified portfolio of high net-worth clients cutting across various sectors, such as Oil & Gas, Banking, Manufacturing, Logistics, Hospitality, Public Sector, and the like.

Job Location: Abuja (Candidates MUST be resident in Abuja)


Responsibilities (marketing):


· Develop base for long-term sources of clients by using referrals, occupational, and special-interest groups to compile lists of prospects.
· Determine clients' particular needs and financial situations by scheduling fact-finding appointments; determining extent of present coverage and investments; ascertaining long-term goals.
· Develop a coordinated protection plan by calculating and quoting rates for immediate coverage action and long-term strategy implementation.
· Complete coverage by delivering policy; planning future follow-up visits and evaluations of needs.
· Planning persuasive approaches and pitches that will convince potential clients to do

Technical responsibilities (underwriting)

• Preparation of renewal notices, quotations for prospective business and policy documents.
• Maintaining of current and accurate documentation of businesses underwritten
• Perform risk analysis on all prospective clients.
• Negotiate and create underwriting agreements.
• Approve/deny applications based on risk assessment.
• Decrease value of policy when risk is substandard.
• Evaluate possibilities of losses.

Job Expectations
· To improve the organization’s market position and achieve financial growth by getting new clients and retaining them.
· To define long-term organizational strategic goals, builds key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate and close business deals and maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
· To manage existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied and positive.


Requirements:
· Minimum of first degree in Insurance or other relevant fields
· Good knowledge of the insurance sector
· Strong client relationship management and development aptitude.
· Solid interpersonal/presentation skills.
· Proficient in English communication, Prospecting, Analysis skills
· Market research experience
· Proven ability to work independently

Salary
· Salary is between N80,000 and N100,000 monthly plus sales commission.

Application:
Qualified applicants should forward CVs to [email protected] using "IO plus name of past/present insurance employer and present location" as subject e.g IO_City ‘Insurance_Abuja’ before 22^nd March, 2016.
ONLY qualified candidates will be contacted.