Executive Underwriter

PPS · South-Africa, gauteng, South-Africa

Location
South-Africa
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 13, 2026

Job Description

Overall Job Purpose

The Executive Underwriter – Operations is accountable for providing enterprise-level underwriting governance, technical assurance, and decision quality oversight across the underwriting value chain. The role exists to protect PPS’s risk position and mutuality model by ensuring underwriting decisions, rules, and processes are consistent, defensible, and aligned to policy, delegation of authority, and long-term sustainability.

The role acts as the technical conscience of underwriting operations—independent from production pressures—providing oversight of complex decisions, mandates, quality assurance, governance forums, and continuous improvement initiatives. It supports innovation, automation, and rule optimisation while safeguarding judgement-led underwriting excellence.

Key Accountabilities

Underwriting Governance & Decision Oversight

  • Own and uphold underwriting governance standards, ensuring decisions are p...

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