Business Claims Advisor

Date: 5 Feb 2025

Location:

Midrand, Gauteng, ZA

Company: Sanlam Group

Who are we?

MiWay is a direct financial services company. We are passionate about service excellence, convenience and offering our clients superior value products. Our Vision is to be a world-class direct financial services business that offers a complete array of services under one convenient umbrella – all managed online. We are positive that with the right people on board, we will continue to grow and give our clients the freedom to do things their way – free from worry and most importantly at peace with all the “what-ifs” of the world. Company values that every employee subscribes to are: Energy, Freedom, Accountability and Attitude. The ideal candidate is one who has the courage to be bold and subscribes to MiWay’s core values! Do you have a positive attitude, love a challenge, treat your colleagues with respect and look for solutions, not problems? If yes, then MiWay is the place for you!

Minimum Qualification Required

• Grade 12/Standard 10/NQF 4
• RE will be beneficial

Minimum Experience

•   Minimum 3 years claims experience.
•   Minimum 5 years in the STI environment
•   Motor and Non-Motor claims experience and/or previous business insurance/commercial insurance is essential

Responsibilities:

•   Register claims and appoint assessors.
•   Manage claims in terms of claims SLA
•   Make decision regarding merit – indemnify or not
•   Negotiate settlement.
•   Manage the salvage process (motor & non-motor salvage)
•   Detection of fraud and management of fraudulent indicators
•   Keep the operational system updated.
•   Provide thorough and timeous feedback to the relevant parties.
•   Complaint’s resolution

Competencies Required

•   Must be highly proficient in dealing with clients at all levels
•   Excellent time management skills as this will be a combined role with business claims and partially personal claims
•   Excellent administrative skills
•   Good communication skills
•   Organised
•   Professionalism
•   Analytical
•   Problem solving skills and solution oriented
•   Attention to detail
•   Customer focus
•   Active listening skills
•   Follow up (must be able to establish procedures to monitor that which has been promised and delivered)
•   Fluent in more than one language (English and Afrikaans a must, Vernacular an advantage)

Knowledge and Skills

Customer Service

Team Support

Administration

Quality, compliance and accreditation

Personal Attributes

Communicates effectively - Contributing dependently

Decision quality - Contributing dependently

Action orientated - Contributing dependently

Optimises work processes - Contributing dependently

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing dependently

Customer focus - Contributing dependently

Collaborates - Contributing dependently

Being resilient - Contributing dependently

Drives results - Contributing dependently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Deadline to apply: 12 February 2025.

Our commitment to transformation

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.