Alex Mwashilindi
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Experienced bancassurance and insurance professional with over 10 years in the industry, combining expertise in underwriting, reinsurance, business development, and bancassurance. Proven ability to drive revenue growth, manage projects, and build strong client relationships. Skilled in leading teams, developing staff, and ensuring compliance, while improving operational efficiency. Flexible, service-driven, and results-oriented, with a strong background in both insurance and banking environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Bancassurance Manager
Mkombozi Commercial Bank
Dar Es Salaam
07.2020 - Current
- Develop and implement bancassurance strategies to grow revenue, increase market penetration, and drive sustainable business performance.
- Oversee end-to-end insurance operations, including underwriting, claims handling, policy issuance, and premium administration.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with life, general, and health insurance providers to enhance product offerings and customer value.
- Ensure full compliance with insurance laws, internal controls, and regulatory standards.
- Lead and support branch teams in executing insurance sales, resolving complex client issues, and achieving performance targets.
- Conduct staff training on products, compliance, and sales techniques to strengthen front-line capability.
- Plan and execute sales campaigns across the branch network to boost engagement and productivity.
- Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitor activity to inform business decisions, and identify growth opportunities.
- Monitor sales performance and manage departmental budgets to ensure profitability and operational efficiency.
- Promote a culture of service excellence, accountability, and regulatory adherence throughout the bancassurance function.
Senior Underwriting Officer
The Heritage Insurance Company
Dar Es Salaam
07.2019 - 07.2020
- To Ensure that the company business is professionally written to an acceptable standard within the underwriting guidelines and arranged reinsurance program
- Ensure that all policy documentations are prepared and dispatched to the clients/respective brokers according to pre-agreed service benchmark
- To ensure that new risks/renewals are vetted to meet the quality standards as set in the underwriting guide
- Calculate, booking and posting all major accounts and fronting business
- Ensure that new and existing staff understands the underwriting Procedures
- Checking Production Report make sure that all received risk notes are booked in the system correctly
- Support for and to all other divisions within the Company so that team work and cooperation produce the harmony required in the business to achieve its strategic objective
- Organizing meetings and events calendar with insurance brokers & agencies and updating the management team where necessary.
- Took a lead in designing and conducting an internal survey to access effectiveness of daily production report and checking areas of improvement.
Principal Underwriting Officer
National Insurance Corporation
Dar Es Salaam
01.2016 - 06.2019
- Vet risks ensuring that only quality business is accepted into the company at acceptable rates.
- Undertake marketing and client visits to ensure organic growth targets are met.
- Assist in premium collection and participate in driving credit control.
- Provide competitive quotations to ensure business acquisition and retention with regulatory frameworks and prescribe rates.
- Drive customer service standards that enable efficient and effective client management, administration and maintenance.
- Identifying potential clients in the market and devise strategies to capture them.
- Prepare facultative slip for reinsurers.
- Informing customers due date of renewal and retaining business.
- Attending direct customers for insurance services/consultants
Education
MBA - in Corporate Management
Mzumbe University
Tanzania 11-2025
Proficiency in Short Term Reinsurance Practice
ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company)
Nairobi Kenya03.2018
Facultative Reinsurance, Treaty Reinsurance, Plann
AFRO - ASIAN
Dar Es Salaam07.2017
Bachelor of Insurance and Risk Management - Insurance
Institute Of Finance Management (IFM)
Dar Es Salaam07.2014
Skills
- Staff development and training
- Project management
- Marketing strategies
- Sales techniques
Referees
References available on request
Timeline
Bancassurance Manager
Mkombozi Commercial Bank
07.2020 - Current
Senior Underwriting Officer
The Heritage Insurance Company
07.2019 - 07.2020
Principal Underwriting Officer
National Insurance Corporation
01.2016 - 06.2019
Proficiency in Short Term Reinsurance Practice
ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company)
Facultative Reinsurance, Treaty Reinsurance, Plann
AFRO - ASIAN
Bachelor of Insurance and Risk Management - Insurance
Institute Of Finance Management (IFM)
MBA - in Corporate Management
Mzumbe University
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