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Senior Life Underwriting Officer

Nigeria, Lagos Employment contract · Job Posted May 25, 2026
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Job Description

The Senior Life Underwriting Officer would be responsible for managing a portfolio of accounts (treaties and facultative) for cedants in Anglophone West Africa.

Job Responsibility

  • Soliciting and negotiating for new and renewal of Reinsurance contracts
  • Portfolio management and business relations
  • Monitoring premium and claims payments
  • Insurance Risk selection and assessment
  • Assessment and Rating of Life Insurance risks
  • Managing cedant relationships
  • Compile Performance Progress report
  • Monitoring the profitability of markets serviced and progress towards the achievement of corporate objectives in the assigned markets
  • Assist the Life Underwriting Unit in coordinating activities of the Unit
  • Perform underwriting support activities associated with information gathering of all businesses, renewals, and mid-term changes
  • Manage Policy cessions in the system
  • Manage Life Reinsurance Contract details in the system
  • Renewal of contracts in the system
  • Recording, verifying, and processing statements received from cedants, including premium closings, monthly or quarterly accounts, CAT excess of loss premiums, etc.
  • Preparing renewal notices for facultative businesses and forwarding the same to cedants upon approval
  • Maintain Proper records of all business offers and transactions received and concluded
  • Ensure that all the treaties/facultative contracts are processed and the cover notes/slips/wordings signed and sent out to cedants as and when due
  • Attending to client inquiries, social and business functions, and other related activities for overall marketing effectiveness
  • Assisting the finance team in the reconciliation exercise of cedants’ accounts and following up on outstanding amounts due from cedants, while also ensuring timely remittance of amounts due to Africa Re
  • Any other duties that may be required or assigned by the Management

Requirements

  • Good command of both written and spoken English
  • Good knowledge of Life Assurance, Underwriting, Claims, Reinsurance and Retrocession
  • Good knowledge of Health Insurance Laws and Regulations
  • Adequate knowledge of some actuarial concepts such as the present values of a series of payments, compound interest and amortization schedule
  • Excellent IT skills in MS Office products (Word, Excel, Office 365, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
  • Strong interpersonal skills, detailed oriented and customer service focused
  • Self-motivated
  • Good supervision and reporting skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Willingness and passion to learn and work
  • Ability to work under pressure, without close supervision and within established timeframes
  • Ability to multitask and manage change
  • Excellent problem-solving skills (i.e., conceptual, and analytical thinking)
  • High level of Integrity and proven sense of responsibility
  • Good team player (i.e. working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals)
  • Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in Insurance/Actuarial Science or /relevant field
  • Minimum of 8 – 10 years of relevant work experience in Life Underwriting or Claims or Reinsurance in the Insurance and/or Reinsurance industry
  • Professional qualifications in insurance
  • Relevant Working Exposure in a Multicultural Environment will also be an added advantage
  • Nationals of one of the 42 member States of Africa Re
  • A good working knowledge of the second language (French) shall be an added advantage

Nice to have

  • Relevant Working Exposure in a Multicultural Environment will also be an added advantage
  • A good working knowledge of the second language (French) shall be an added advantage

What we offer

  • Competitive Basic Salary
  • Variable Pay (Annual Performance Bonus)
  • Joint contribution to the Provident Fund (7% of the basic salary paid by staff and 14% by the Employer)
  • Children's Education Subsidy for each child up to 26 years (maximum 4 children)
  • Medical Cover for staff and family
  • Housing Allowance
  • Dependency Allowance
  • Transport Allowance
  • Inflation Adjustment (Cost of Living Allowance)
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