CIC Insurance Group Business Development Officer 2015

CIC Insurance Group Business Development Officer 2015
March 18, 2015 Job Description
CIC Insurance Group is the leading Co-operative insurer in Africa and one of the top three insurance companies in the country.CIC Insurance Group consists of three subsidiaries; CIC General Ltd, CIC Life Assurance Ltd and CIC Asset Management Ltd; currently CIC has businesses operating all over Kenya with 19 branches.
In order to execute its ambitious growth and expansion strategy, CIC wishes to recruit high caliber individuals to fill the following position:
Business Development Officer – Medical
Job Purpose: The Business Development Officer is responsible for market development and sales for the independent Agents distribution channel.
He/She will ensure that cordial relations are maintained with partner agencies based on sufficient customer service to translate into new business.
Duties & Responsibilities
Maintaining Agents relationship by identifying partner agents and nurturing excellent relations with them through constant contact and excellent customer service in order to facilitate a steady inflow of business.
Prospect for new business quotations from agents and direct clients. Close follow up to ensure at least 60% conversion of the quotations done into new business.
Co-ordinate business promotion activities e.g. branding and advertising for the various markets.
Maintain and circulate quality management reports.
Product Development by working closely with the underwriting team by giving feed-back on market dynamics and customer needs to facilitate continues review and enhancement of products.
Timely follow up of bid bonds for unsuccessful tenders within the quarter of participating month.
Ensure reliable technical support to agents through effective business presentations and business meetings.
Debtors management: work closely with the membership administration team to ensure that outstanding premiums are collected promptly.
Continuous training of agents on product knowledge.
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or any other Business related field.
KCSE Grade C+ and above.
Professional Qualifications
Diploma in Insurance from College of Insurance or Chartered Insurance Institute (UK)
Relevant Work Experience
3 Years experience in Medical, 2 years in Marketing, Business Development & Relationship Management gained from a reputable insurance Company/HMO or Insurance Brokerage.
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Excellent presentation and training skills
Team player with good people relations and excellent negotiation skills.
Integrity and ethical values are a core requirement
If you have the aforementioned professional and academic qualifications and you are ready to execute the above mandate, kindly send your resume to the address below indicating on the subject of your email the job title.For example: Ref: Application for BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER – MEDICAL
To:
The Group Human Resources Manager
CIC Insurance Group Ltd
Strictly through Email: recruitment@cic.co.ke.
The application should reach us by close of business on 26th March, 2015.
Please note only short listed candidate will be contacted.
If you do not hear from us by 31st March, 2015 consider your application unsuccessful.