Experience

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  Paradigm risk consultants (current)

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  Commercial underwriter
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  Itas international telecommunications and services group

  Dec 1999 - Feb 2000

  Receptionist

  Sending of faxes, typing of correspondence and general admin Duties. Answering a switchboard of 20 lines

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  Multinet brokers

  Jul 2000 - Dec 2000

  Call center representative

  Marketing of short term insurance over telephoneFiling ReceptionTyping of quotations to clients.

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  Victory graphics

  Jan 2001 - Feb 2001

  Direct sales

  Door to door sales of stationary, Business cards, promotional gifts

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  Fincede brokers

  Feb 2001 - May 2002

  Broker assistant

  Doing quotations over the telephone at the following institutions: Auto & General, Santam, Mutual and Federal and Compass Insurance Brokers/Underwriters.Compass also had a quotation system that I used to retrieve quotations. Typing of quotations to clients, marketing of short term insurance over telephone and face to face with clients. Typing out professional letters to clients, registering claims over the telephone with the following institutions: Santam and Auto & General. Filing, administrative jobs and assisted with life insurance policies with Sanlam and Old Mutual. Responsible for typing and sending profiles to clients confirming their financial status. Show less

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  Santam insurance

  May 2002 - May 2005

  Provide fair discounts to brokers and clients on the policies.Amendments to annual policies within renewal, Issuing of SASRIA coupons, Arranging brokers appointments, Underwriting, note of interest of the bank on vehicles and buildings, Policy screening actions(about fifty at a time) and worked on unconverted policies on the Persitel system.Responsible for typing of professional letters regarding the policy renewals to brokers and clients.Handling policy queries from brokers and clients;Requested quotations, captured banking detail amendments, address changes, and other amendments on the visual basic system.Sorting and distributing of faxes printed from the Fax Utility System and performed necessary follow ups.Filing Show less

  • Administrator

    May 2003 - May 2005

  • Callcenter Agent

    May 2002 - May 2003
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  Travel & personal underwriters uk

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2006

  Administration assistant

  Position held: Administration AssistantDuties: Reporting to the General Claims Supervisor.Assisting with the collecting and sorting of daily incoming post.Responsible for taking phone calls from customers requiring claimforms. Inputting claim form requests.Making up claims folder to await return of claim form.Responsible for inputting and logging the claim form when receivedand sending acknowledgement letter to customer.Responsible for logging post received.Accountable for the daily location of files for which post has been received.Responsible for on a daily basis returning post to the appropriateparty.Assist with ad-hoc tasks. Show less

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  Cib – short term insurance

  Jan 2007 - May 2009

  Commercial lines underwriter

  Position held: Commercial UnderwriterDuties: Reporting to the Commercial Underwriting Manager.Issuing of new business on System A.Processing of Renewals.General admin duties.Decision making about what rate should be applied on policies.Processing Endorsements.Typing of risk requirement letters, cancellation letters etc.Handling policy queries from brokers and clients;Requested quotations, captured banking detail amendments, address changes, and other amendments.Scanning of finished work. Show less

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  Paradigmrisk solutions

  May 2009 - Jan 2022

  Commercial underwriter

  Issuing of new business on the IBNR systemHandling the Portfolios of 35 brokersPlacing Facultative Reinsurance at various Insurers.Issuing and handling of Engineering (Plant)Policies. Processing of Renewals.General admin duties.Decision making about what rate should be applied on policies.Typing of risk requirement letters, cancellation letters etc.Handling policy queries from brokers and clients;Requested quotations, captured banking detail amendments, address changes, and other amendments.Account allocations in respect of Bordereaux and Credit Control.From October 2013 – Claims handler for Motor and Non- Motor ClaimsAccounts Show less

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  Company

  Dec 2020 - now

  Commercial underwriter
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  Sela insurance brokers

  Dec 2020 - Jun 2023

  Commercial broker