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About Great Eastern Malaysia

Great Eastern Malaysia is one of the leading assurance in Malaysia. Great Eastern Life began its operations in 1908 as a branch office of The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited. The Company was certified by The Malaysia Book of Records in 1998 as “The Oldest and Largest Life Insurer” in Malaysia.

Your role

In this role, you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Performs prudent underwriting of new business, existing policies and reinstatement of lapsed policies within expected response time set. 
• Manages all aspects of underwriting process, selects and classifies risk according to company philosophy and standards. 
• Analyses and interprets medical, non-medical and financial information. 
• Makes decisions within approval limits and determines appropriate requirements. 
• Liaises with Specialists inclusive of Reinsurers to gather information and opinions. 
• Continues professional development.
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices

Training & development

At Great Eastern, learning never stops. They provide numerous training and development opportunities, as well as education reimbursements and study leaves for those pursuing professional qualifications. Great Eastern sponsors the talents for the LOMA (Life Office Management Association) training and examination and ensures high achievers are recognized, promoted, and nurtured to be the future leaders of tomorrow. The company also provides various educational supports such as study leaves, examination subsidies, professional memberships, course fee assistance, and special salary increments upon successful completion of relevant courses or recognized papers through the Educational Assistance Programme.

Benefits

Refer to its official career website. Great Eastern Malaysia will provide the following benefits:

• Decent allocation of annual leaves
• Medical benefits for personal and family members
• Insurance coverage
• Retirement plans
• Allowance
• Optical and dental
• Subsidised gym memberships
• Maternity assistance

Career progression

Great Eastern Career Framework ensures you are equipped with the necessary knowledge, competency, and information to steer your career to greater heights, whether you are in the Management, Professional, or Business Support track. This is a contract role. Commonly, it is renewable on a 6-month basis and up to 2 years. Your performance and skill will be strongly considered in every renewable contract.

Work-life balance

Flexibility is the key practice at Great Eastern. It is committed to providing an inclusive and progressive workplace that allows you to integrate your work and personal life in a meaningful manner. The flexible working hours and dress code provide a malleable working environment that fosters collaboration, creativity, and productivity.

Culture & vibes

According to most reviews on other platforms, Great Eastern is the best place to build your career because the company has a positive culture. It is also a great company to work for because the manager is ready to help whenever needed. Moreover, there is no unprofessional public shaming by higher-ups if mistakes are made, and performance and advice for improvement are communicated in a respectful and professional manner. 

About you

To apply for this role, you have to meet the following qualifications:

• Degree holder.
• In-depth knowledge of underwriting function.
• Knowledge of medical issues and impact on mortality.
• Knowledge of financial and other non-medical underwriting factors.
• Organizational and communications skills.
• Ability to prioritize and work effectively under published time service standards.
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve the current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

How to apply

To apply for this job, click the button "Apply on employer site" below. We will direct you to Great Eastern Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. Use "Contract Associate, New Business" in the keywords column or 230000EI in the job number. Read all the requirements carefully before applying.

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive fair and equal consideration for employment.

Sources

The following sites were used in researching this page:

• greateasternlife.com/my/careers/employee/join-an-award-winning-team
• greateasternlife.com/my/en/careers/employee/employee-benefits
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Great-Eastern-Malaysia-Reviews