Job Description:
Medical Underwriter
Location: Hong Kong
Permanent
Full time
Onsite working
We make health happen
Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.
Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.
How you’ll help us make health happen
- Underwrite new individual business and group business within authority levels, adhering to the company’s underwriting rules and guidelines.
- Evaluate application and supplementary medical reports in English or Chinese (Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese), determine medical insurance risks according to business rules, tools and guidelines to provide underwriting outcome include personal medica loadings and/or personal medical exclusions.
- Ensure consistency and accuracy in the underwriting process and decision making.
- Manage and prioritize daily activities with minimal supervision, seeking assistance or input when needed, while meeting departmental objectives and deadlines.
- Escalate cases to Underwriting Manager / Underwriting Governance Team based on the set of criteria.
- Handle underwriting queries raised by internal teams, liaise between departments to provide technical support relating to underwriting.
- Review requests for renewal business include upgrade, re-evaluation, change of products, strike balance between retention and P/L.
- Navigate multiple systems concurrently to retrieve medical info. to make judgment.
- Attend coaching session, upskills / refresh training to gain and expand knowledge as well as stay informed on the most updated processes.
Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role:
- Substantial experience of working in a customer service role in the financial services sector
- Bachelor degree holder or above in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline such as medicine, nursing, biomedical science, pharmacology.
- Stronge advantage - Relevant experience in medical underwriting. Ideal – Obtain license from Hong Kong Insurance Authority (HKIA) by taking IIQE Paper I and II. Your academic qualification must meet the requirement from HKIA, and complete required CPD hours recognised by HKIA to maintain/renew a valid individual insurance agent license with HKIA.
- Strong understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and common clinical conditions.
- For candidates with less or no underwriting experience, a strong willingness to learn, absorb knowledge about medical terminology and underwriting skills will be considered.
- Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, detail-oriented, customer-focused and deadline-driven office environment.
- Capable of managing real-time underwriting, questioning and evaluating information when received, entering data into the system and evaluating risk promptly.
- Good time management, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Understanding of diverse cultures as you are dealing with applications from international customers.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Call Centre
Locations:
The Quayside