Claims Specialist - Johannesburg, South Africa - Munich Re

Munich Re
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Johannesburg, South Africa

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Claims Specialist

Career Level 4


Company
Munich Re

Location
Johannesburg, South Africa


Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Limited (MRoA) has been operating in South Africa for over 50 years, although the Munich Re (Group) was active on the Continent via Munich Re in Munich for some years prior to commencing the Southern African operation in Johannesburg in 1968. The Head Office of MRoA is in Johannesburg, with a client service Life office situated in Cape Town.
As the Claims Specialist, you will report into the Head of Life Claims.


Your Job:


  • Providing claims risk management expertise to the MRoA Life team and MRoA clients.
  • Market claims risk management services to MRoA clients (Life Insurance companies).
  • Provide technical skills and support with regards to Life Insurance and Reinsurance.
  • Promote and ensure claims risk management practices relating to the MRoA Life portfolio.
  • Build relationships with Claims Managers and other decision makers.
  • Ensure profitability of portfolios through prudent claims risk management practices.
  • Provide advice to clients with regards to international and local best practice with regards to Life Insurance and claims risk management practices, specifically on behalf of MRoA.
  • Responsibility to ensure validity of claims.
  • Ability to analyse data that inform business practices and approaches.

Your Profile:


Qualification:

  • BSc
  • Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology or Equivalent.

Experience & Skills:

  • Minimum 5 years experience at a Reinsurer in Life Claims management.
  • Minimum 10 years claims assessment and case management experience in the insurance industry (dealing with Life Claims).
  • Communication skills.
  • Negotiations skills.
  • Report writing skills.
  • Financial Knowledge.
  • Computer literacy.

Our Benefits:


  • Life and Health Benefits.
  • Retirement Benefits.
  • Hybrid working environment.
  • Bonus Scheme.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Wellness Programs.
  • Global Mobility.
LI-Hybrid

This is a permanent position and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The closing date for this opening is
26 July 2023.


You will work in an environment where we aspire to think big: Change and culture are challenged. We communicate a compelling and shared purpose and direction. We pave the way towards success and see failure as learning.


You are going to experience that we care & dare: We are empathetic. We know when to lead and know when to let others lead. We attract, grow and coach future leaders.


We aim to communicate in a clear & authentic way. We solicit feedback, ask and listen, learn and unlearn.


We lead the We:
We have a passion for winning and growing as a team. We inspire people to deliver a joint performance. We create an inclusive environment where different thoughts, generations, cultures and experiences are valued and encouraged.


About Munich Re:


Founded in 1880, Munich Re Group is on the world's leading providers of primary insurance, reinsurance and insurance related risk solution.

As pioneers in risk assessment, we promote the digital transformation of the global insurance landscape, expanding products and services as new forms of risk emerge.

From space rocket launches to cyber-attacks, from high net worth individual life cover to pandemic, we take care of risk, so our clients can take care of their business.


Disclaimer:

At Munich Re, we embrace, and value, the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experience, perspectives and thought.

This interaction is the foundation of our open culture, spirit of partnership, of how our teams are built and cultivated, and of how we are supported and developed.

And at the centre of this interaction is each of us.
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