Rob Smith Email & Phone Number

Experienced Reinsurance Team Leader & Underwriter with a proven history of operating successfully in the life and health insurance industry, managing & motivating teams to produce quality work within tight timeframes. Top notch communication, marketing & client emphasis making my employer invaluable to the clients. Critical & analytical thinker, high EQ, solution finder with skill in detailed underwriting analysis, Personal and Group Insurance, Dread Insurance, Disability Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, Reinsurance & Direct office & multinational experience. High sign-off limits. Trauma Paramedic background. Drawing clients and keeping clients with trust, action and solution finding skills. Constantly driven, always looking to make positive impacts on the people around me and wanting to be the exception in the market. Great team player.

Listed skills include Insurance, Financial Planning, Critical Illness, Financial Risk, and 20 others.

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  Life Underwriting Team Leader

  Reinsurance Group Of America

  Oct 2010 - Present - Johannesburg, South Africa

  * Underwriting and authorizing of substandard Life Cover, Disability, Dread Disease, Income Protection, Accident Benefits & Financial/Occupational/Territorial/Avocational risks on a facultative basis (Personal and Group covers) for various local and international insurers for high net worth business as well as smaller sums assured.* Good knowledge and understanding of all clients' products as well as local and foreign business rules and standards* Retrospective claims underwriting to assist RGA Claims Team* Up to date knowledge of current medical underwriting developments/ trends/issues - local and international* Understand customer needs and communicate effectively with internal and external customers* Dealing with direct office life underwriters as a technical resource/subject matter expert and negotiating terms on specific case discussions and decisions * Implementation of alternative solutions to underwriting decisions within a very competitive industry* Helping venture companies with integration into the industry* Attending client meetings as well as exclusive assistance to clients for month end close-off's* Referring to, discussing with doctors and clients on a daily basis with medical, large financial, avocational, occupational and foreign risk technical cases* Offering top service levels and quality service to all clients* Client relations: Offering easy access to clients for queries/help relating to all parts of underwriting* Managing, motivating, mentoring and coaching a team of junior and senior underwriters as well as heading up the Administration Department - high level of interpersonal skills.* Project Management