Life Insurance Underwriting Officer

About the role

We are looking for a proactive Officer Underwriting (Life) to join our team in the United Arab Emirates. The role involves evaluating life insurance and family Takaful proposals, ensuring compliance with underwriting standards and Shariah guidelines.

Key responsibilities

• Review and underwrite new business proposals, renewals and reinstatements according to underwriting guidelines and retakaful arrangements.
• Issue Takaful certificates, endorsements, alterations, postponements and cancellations within agreed timelines.
• Coordinate medical underwriting requirements and maintain related documentation.
• Prepare and issue quotations and keep quotation trackers up to date.
• Support facultative retakaful placements and maintain retakaful records.
• Provide underwriting support to Sales and Client Servicing teams.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements and Shariah guidelines.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Insurance, Business Administration, Actuarial Science or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in Life Insurance or Family Takaful underwriting.
• Experience in medical underwriting and familiarity with retakaful/reinsurance processes is an advantage.

Required skills

• Retakaful
• Underwriting
• Medical Underwriting
• Shariah guidelines
• Takaful