Sales Jobs at Bryte Insurance Company Limited

Description

The Marine/ Engineering Claims Specialist’s role is to, with limited supervision, manage the non-standard complex claims (high severity/complexity) in the most effective, efficient way whilst delivering a customer centric claims service in a manner which supports Bryte Basics.

Requirements

Key Tasks & Accountabilities

• Promptly handle marine claims and take responsibility to resolve all enquiries from both customer and external contacts to ensure delivery of a focussed claims service.
• To develop a claims case strategy to ensure that appropriate reserves are assigned, investigations conducted, and appropriate suppliers engaged.
• Acquires and efficiently organises the relevant evidence and information to accurately assess the value of the claim and to recognise potential fraud and recovery indicators.
• Reviews, resolves, and proactively finalises claims within authority limits ensuring settlement at an optimum level.
• Prepares reports and engages with reinsures and global claims on cases that are likely to exceed retention.
• Adheres to local regulatory and governance requirements throughout the life of the claim to ensure that we make decisions using the right standards.
• Refers to customer specific claims handling protocol and/or customer proposition service charter to ensure that we understand and fulfil the needs and expectations of our customers.

Qualification & Experience

• Degree
• 5 years + specific claims experience
• Technical Knowledge of products and services
• Expert Technical claims handling knowledge across a broad range of lines of business/claim types
• Knowledge of legal systems and interpretation of legal liability
• Knowledge of industry standards and protocol
• Able to understand the claims market agreements that exist within the various territories and how to access the specific knowledge.
• Have had previous experience in managing and handling difficult coverage issues and be able to give examples.
• Awareness of the litigation process through all courts.
• Knowledge of how to identify and engage with lead experts.
• High level awareness of interdependencies with other Bryte Functions (Finance, Reinsurance, Marketing, Actuarial, Underwriting and Legal)
• High level awareness of market/industry issues
• Recognises relevance of customer proposition and how to interpret specific handling requirements.
• Recognise the benefit of providing excellent customer service.
• Be able to articulate how to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Desire to learn and be flexible to business change.

Relationships

Internal

• Manager
• Claims Functions
• Underwriting
• Internal customer stakeholders

External

• Customers and third parties
• Suppliers
• Brokers and Intermediaries
• Customer proposition service charter
• To participate and facilitate in discussion with customers in matters concerning proposition development, retention opportunity and attendance at customer meetings.
• To ensure that customers are kept informed on a case-by-case basis, transference of technical knowledge/guidance/education and on the wider aspect of attitude/cost of risk.

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Description

Serve as the primary liaison between Bryte, and their clients or potential clients. To develop customer specific value-added services (in conjunction with the Claims Operations and work as a customer champion ensuring that the role is conducted in the most effective, efficient way whilst delivering a customer centric claim. service in a manner which supports the Bryte Values.

Requirements

Key Tasks & Accountabilities

• Salvage management processes and relevant legislation.
• People Management processes and policies, including end-to-end performance management.
• Understanding of Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Labour Relations Act.
• Knowledge of claims operations.
• Understanding of processes and impact on the business.
• Ability to manage budget control costs.
• Ability to interact at different levels.
• Clear understanding of Bryte’s Claims handling strategy and implementation thereof.
• Advanced knowledge of Management Principles.
• Understanding of Change Management Principles.
• Understanding of key claims operational and financial metrics.
• Understanding and knowledge of regulatory bodies and principles relating to Short-Term Insurance

Qualifications & Experience

• Grade 12 Matric, NQF Level 6 (B-Degree)
• 3-5 years of working within claims operations or customer role (CRM)
• Associate of the Insurance Institute of South Africa (AIISA) FIISA
• Salvage management processes and relevant legislation.
• People Management processes and policies, including end-to-end performance management.
• Understanding of Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Labour Relations Act.
• Knowledge of claims operations.
• Understanding of processes and impact on the business.
• Ability to manage budget control costs.
• Ability to interact at different levels.
• Clear understanding of Bryte’s Claims handling strategy and implementation thereof.
• Advanced knowledge of Management Principles.
• Understanding of Change Management Principles.
• Understanding of key claims operational and financial metrics.
• Understanding and knowledge of regulatory bodies and principles relating to Short-Term Insurance.

Behavioral Competencies

• Improving the overall customer experience by understanding their needs.
• Managing their expectations.
• Sharing knowledge and information and delivering services both promptly and efficiently.
• Establishing, sustaining, and fostering professional teams.
• Alliances and networks that inspire trust, facilitate collaboration, and offer support.  
• Conveying and disseminating information in a verbal or written format that is clear, concise, convincing, and tailored to the needs of target audiences.
• Understanding the insurance industry, as well as the organisational strategy, structure, stakeholders, guiding principles, climate, market, and culture in relation to the achievement of goals and end-results.
• Attending to queries and complaints timeously, constructively, empathetically, and professionally by utilising all necessary resources available.

Technical Competencies

• Apply knowledge and understanding of the claim’s notification process, how claims are validated and investigated and the process.
• Value chain to ensure the effective resolution / closure of a claim. This includes claim settlement and quantum agreement.
• Manage the handling of individual and portfolios of claims cost-effectively, minimising claims leakage, and meeting organisational and customer claims service standards.
• Unite the organisation to meet customer needs and achieve all business goals, identify, and lead change across the organisation for the benefit of the customer.
• Define what the customer experience should be to meet corporate objectives and achieve customer advocacy.
• Delivery of activities that deliver the desired customer experience through effective customer journeys.
• Design, manage, execute, and monitor activities, outputs, and performance of employees against targets and objectives and develop strategies or interventions for performance improvement.

Leadership Competencies

• Leading and influencing a team towards the achievement of end-results and building commitment towards organisational goals whilst managing team dynamics and capitalising on individual strengths.
• Exploring opportunities for increasing revenue, decreasing costs, fast-tracking business expansion, and enhancing profitability by building strategic partnerships, and making strategic business decisions.
• Setting challenging performance goals, removing barriers, channeling resources and monitoring endeavors to deliver desired end-results in the face of complex work demands.
• Adapting to changing circumstances and demands by being receptive to new ideas, appreciating different perspectives, seeking support for new initiatives, adopting new trends and displaying resilience in the changing world of work while helping others to overcome transformational challenges.
• Developing others to prosper personally and professionally by delegating responsibilities, encouraging independence, providing clear directions and feedback, as well as mentoring and coaching to build their self-confidence, activate individual talents and facilitate their personal growth.

Relationships

Internal Relationships

• Claims Management
• Operations and Leadership Team
• Collaborate with Claim’s procurement.
• Marketing and Customer Relationship Teams
• Underwriting and Finance.
• Training Specialist

External

• Customers
• Brokers
• Intermediaries
• Partners
• Claims Vendors
• Service providers.
• External auditors