rani bose, Property and Commercial Underwriting Assistant

rani bose

Property and Commercial Underwriting Assistant

gulf insurance group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering with First class
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Property and Commercial Underwriting Assistant at gulf insurance group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2017

Adhered to all services standard by completing transactional underwriting
duties in a timely and accurate manner.
Supported review, acceptance or denial of new or renewal business after
carefully reviewing all information.
Assist in calculating premiums for insurance policies to maximize both
customer satisfaction and company profit
Prepare large renewal polices for underwriters review and pricing
Routinely issue policies /endorsements / RI transactions within the SLA
Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative relationship with
brokers and Reinsures, coordinating work transactions by telephone, e-mal
and in person.
Respond promptly to all internal and external request with accurate and
detailed information
Manage high - priority phone requests from business partners in a fast
paced environment.
Verified data integrity and accuracy.
Utilized knowledge of insurance principles, policies and procedures to
make decisions on risk assessment.

Engineering Underwriting Assistant at Allianz Insurance
  • India - Kerala
  • June 2016 to January 2017

Responsible for the following :
-Evaluates, classifies, and rates each risk to determine acceptability, coverage and pricing for inspection and insurance polices. 
-Develops and summits underwriting referrals where required to company management and brokers. 
-Consults with higher level underwriters or supervisor for unusual or complex cases.
-Conduct group discussions regarding new learnings in the team, applying the best practices in processing, taking initiatives in going through policy booklets etc.
-Maintaining regular follow ups regarding the referrals/query cases sent to the UK.
-Handling additional work other than the regular allocated, part of Allianz Trivandrum / Team committees/ focus groups, imitative to complete adhoc responsibilities.

Quality Analyst at Yarab Technologies
  • India - Kerala
  • November 2014 to June 2016

Responsible for monitoring the quality of leads supplied/ insurance sales closed by the Agents/Customer Service calls /sales /lead gen teams in UK by Yarab Ltd and Business Partners.

Achievements:
Deliver feedback to improve the call quality of Agents.
Monitor random calls done by agents, identify reasons and trends on low conversion/sales.
Deliver feedbacks to the team leaders .
Quality report generation and update the score analysis of the agents and communicate the same to relevant parties.
Arrange timely interactions with the key contacts and stakeholders to discuss all the relevant aspects of the team

Inbound Sale Executive at SWINTON INSURANCE
  • United Kingdom - Manchester
  • May 2012 to February 2013

As a motor insurance sales executive have Interviewed prospective clients to learn about their financial needs and to discuss any existing coverage.

Achievements:
Processed applications, payments, corrections, endorsements and cancellations.
Compiled coverage and rating information in an accessible format.
Followed up with potential clients regarding online information requests.
Presented and clearly explained insurance policy options to clients based on their needs and goals.
Researched coverage and premium options and supplied clients with the best coverage available.   

Claims Handler at ALLIANZ INSURANCE
  • India - Kerala
  • January 2010 to January 2012

Responsible for managing non fault motor claims from beginning through to settlement. Also investigating potentially fraudulent claims and undertaking a range of loss adjusting activities, communicating with policyholders, third party insurance claims handlers also liaise with external experts such as loss adjusters and lawyers.

Achievements:
Managed a high-volume of workload within a deadline-driven environment. Resolved an average of 400 claims in any given week and consistently met performance benchmarks in all areas (speed, accuracy, volume).
Became the lead “go-to” person for new reps and particularly challenging calls as one of the company’s primary mentors/trainers of both new and established employees.
Helped company attain the highest customer service ratings earned 100% marks in all categories including communication skills, listening skills, problem resolution and politeness.
Officially commended for initiative, enthusiasm, tenacity, persuasiveness, intense customer focus and dependability in performance evaluations.
Recognized as "Excellent Quarterly Performer "showcased during months of September and December 2011.

Sr Customer Support Officer at ALLSEC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2005 to December 2010

Handled both incoming and outgoing calls from customers, responding to inquiries, resolving problems and closing a sale. Used consultative selling techniques to provide leads for telesales personnel.  Have handled many pilot projects.

Achievements
Recognized as “Best Sales Executive” (out of 20 reps in division) from 2006 -2010 consecutively. Ranking was based on accuracy, customer service, duration of calls, availability, quality and target achieving.
Contributed up to 30% sales increase in from 2006 - 2010 by improving lead-generation and sales-tracking techniques.
Recognized as "Best Sales Executive" of the year 2009, for outstanding achievements and contribution to the success of the process handled.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering with First class
  • at SATHYABHAMA UNIVERSITY, Madras, India
  • September 2008

Main courses:          Programming languages: C, C++ Environmental Engineering Engineering Graphics Material Technology Organic Technology Modern Separation Techniques Industrial Safety and Hazard Analysis Petroleum Technology Projects:  1) ELECTROLYTIC AND NON-ELECTROLYTIC COBALT,NICKEL& PHOSPHOROUS PLATING for Breaks India Ltd, Chennai.                                                                                              My primary responsibilities in the team were lab work, data collection and technical report writing of the project. This involved calculation, problem solving, learning the physical and chemical properties of chemicals, understands of global, national and regional quality issues, ability to priorities work load and production results on time and being a good team player. 2) STUDY ON BARREL ZINC PLATING PROCESS & ELIMINATION OF WHITE PATCHES, for Breaks India Ltd, Chennai.                                                                                             This was an effective 6 months internship programme which helped me to learn and understand the plating process and different stages of plating. During this study got an opportunity to do this project on "Elimination of white patches on Zinc plated and yellow passivized components. This research also assisted me acquiring the desired technical and marketing competence in plating process.

High school or equivalent, Maths, Physics, Chemistry & Biology with 74.4%
  • at MES Indain School
  • April 2004

Specialties & Skills

Interpersonal Skills
E communications
self motivation
Critical Thinking
Customer Service
Customer Service
Client relations expert
Cold calling
In-depth knowledge of  insurance markets and relationships
Well verse on TCF, ICOBS and GPI rules of insurance
Judgment and decision making on polices and claims

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
Malayalam
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Memberships

SPE
  • Graduate
  • January 2012

Training and Certifications

General Insurance (Training)
Training Institute:
Allianz Insurance
Date Attended:
September 2012
CAU (Training)
Training Institute:
Allianz Insurance
Date Attended:
August 2016
EIC -Level 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
Allianz Insurance
Date Attended:
June 2012
EIC (Training)
Training Institute:
Allianz Insurance
Date Attended:
March 2012