wassim serapian

Heading Life, Accident and health underwriting in Allianz, from all distribution channels. Product manager for the Employee Benefit and responsible for P&L of the product, as well as the value proposition, strategy and relations with sales and brokers.

From 2011, I took over product development in addition to Underwriting and Operations, and managed to add four Accident & Health products to the portfolio of products, in addition to managing the existing products. T’azur was yet small company in 2011, with number of staff being 30 employees, I was part of the company that developed, and grew to be a player in the Gulf market, and expanded operations to Kuwait and Qatar, where I was part of implementing Operations in these regions.

Contributing to the definition, testing and implementation of processes, system configuration, and Developing forms, documents and Underwriting Guidelines. Coordinating with other areas of the business to develop the processes and documenting guidelines and procedures. Working closely with Product Development to develop new products (five products developed within 16 months during company launch) Underwriting Authority of USD 700,000/-

Underwriter for Life and Accident & Health, following the company's underwriting philosophy and guidelines. Attended regularly case study, presentation and trainings for enhancing medical underwriting skills Successfully managed many projects including forming Customer service and Complaints units for the operations and underwriting team, applications and documents review, and new products brochures. Underwriting Authority of USD 500,000 for Life and A&H Products.

Joined Metlife as new Business Administrator, and was a member of a small unit for customer service and complaint management, and then followed six months underwriting training, and obtained Underwing Authority by June 2007.