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Work History
Education
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Akhilesh Joshi

Pune

Summary

Assistant manager with over 14 years of US P&C insurance experience specializing in knowledge transitions, overseeing multiple support services and driving business growth. Strong commitment to excellence, continuous learning, achieving success in challenging and dynamic environments. Adept at underwriting, quality assurance and process optimization by implementing cross-functional training initiatives, fostering collaborations among teams, and conducting thorough business metric reporting and reviews with teams, clients & stakeholders.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2023 - Current
  • Overseeing the comprehensive service delivery process, aligning with service level agreements (SLAs). Collaborating with cross-functional teams (Underwriting, OFAC, Licensing) to ensure alignment with client expectations & contractual commitments.
  • Managing 12 FTE's - handling 3 different tasks. a) NB/Renewal submissions. b) Reinsurance Claim - Creating new/closing reports. c) Treaty contracts - Creating summary of risk for signatories approval (DocuSign).
  • New Business/Renewal Submissions - Clearance requests for 23 profit centers which includes:- Ocean Marine, Financial/Professional Lines, Construction/Excess Construction (Practice/Project), Energy, Environmental, Crisis & Risk Mgmt. & Casualty (Commercial/Excess) etc.
  • Innovating and executing process enhancements, amplifying operational efficiency and elevating service quality. Standardizing workflows to consistently apply best practices.
  • Ensuring compliance with internal audits by conducting Risk & Control self assessments, Spot checks and other audit activities.
  • Conducting continuous feedback and performance appraisals for team.
  • Identifying and evaluating potential risks in service delivery processes, instituting robust mitigation strategies and contingency plans to address unforseen challenges.

Specialist

Allstate Solutions Pvt. Ltd
01.2016 - 12.2022
  • System investigation support - Handled incidents raised in Service Now for possible system defects identified by processing, underwriting, agents, Testing or Home office etc.
  • Incident management - Proficiently managed system broken investigation for possible code fixes and validated the fix by running through historical data. Effectively liaised with developers/DevOps team to help them in replicating the issue and open problem record.
  • Manual Backdated endorsements - Handled as per State/Line/Company rules & rates. Executed manual changes for historical period using excel raters.
  • Corrective Action projects - Manual calculation of premium for historical timeframe due to overcharge, incorrect discount levels, accidents/violations etc. and applying credits.
  • Drivewise/Milewise - Manual calculation of premium for backdated timeframe using applicable rules/rate factors and driving history.
  • New Business & Cancel-Rewrites:- Worked on complex manual transaction types like Spin-off, Split-off, State/Line/Company transfer and Ceded to Non-ceded business.
  • Risk Management:-Demonstrated expertise in underwriting different types of requests, ensuring flawless execution by meticulously analyzing source documents and implementing underwriting instructions, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies.
  • Underwriting experience:- Worked on Undisclosed driver addition, Driver deletion, Discount addition/deletion, Vehicle usage/Mileage updates, Accident/Violation deletion, Insurance Score updates & Backdated terminations.

Senior Associate

WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd
08.2014 - 01.2016
  • Handled New Business, Renewals & Endorsements for multiple risks (Inland Marine, Boiler & Machinery and Commercial General Liability) – Travelers
  • Maintained SOP and conducting monthly assessments for team and managing daily/monthly production reports.
  • Played a role of Subject Matter Expert and handled query resolution/escalations.
  • Successfully handled two new product transition.

Senior Process Associate

EXL Service Pvt. Ltd
03.2011 - 08.2014
  • Handled New Business, Renewals & backdated endorsements for multiple processes (Umbrella, CGL, Commercial Auto & Inland Marine) – Travelers.
  • Handled daily work allocation and quality evaluation for the team.

Customer Care Executive

AXA Business Services
09.2009 - 03.2011
  • Handled Inbound/Outbound calls for customer query resolution - (Domestic Insurance)
  • Moved to Customer Resolution Unit within 7 months to handle difficult customers due to strong process knowledge & consistent accuracy scores.

Education

B.Com - Accounting & Finance

Mumbai University
01.2008

Skills

  • Training and development
  • Operations management
  • Policy administration
  • Underwriting
  • Risk assessment
  • Reporting and documenting
  • Team management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Incident management

Accomplishments

  • Certification in AINS 101 and 103.
  • Certification in the Train the Trainer program.
  • Successfully completed 4 knowledge transitions.
  • Revamped the training plan and reduced the training duration from 36 to 28 weeks.
  • Handled 6 training batches with 95% plus validation scores.
  • Earned multiple monthly and quarterly awards for delivery excellence.

Projects and Automations

  • Nationwide Submission/Quotes Automation:- Participated in automation project for digitization of property/package submissions/quotes using Cap.AI & Gen.AI approach. Created sample ACORD forms, PPT's, emails etc. to mimic the feeds received from broker to initiate the journey. Advised automation team on coverages, quoting information & risk parameters to be considered for rating. This helped the automation team to test multiple samples and speed up the overall process.
  • Pro-rata premium tool enhancement:- Worked with excel rater team to create a provision for various calculations under single tool. Our team used traditional calculator or excel sheets to determine driver's age for rate classification, ageing of accidents/violations for applying correct level of discounts and vehicle ageing based off model year which led to errors/premium impact. Inclusion of all calculations at one place helped team to avoid errors and time saving.
  • Mail-merge macro for letters:- Worked on creating a macro with automation team for sending out 45 days endorsement letters to insureds in a pre-defined format. Insured's details were directly captured from the excel sheet with narratives and sent out using mail-merge function.
  • Reinstatement premium Undercharge:- Worked on developing a manual reinstatement premium calculation guide post collaboration with onshore & excel raters team. For reinstatement with lapse requests, dates were provided as per system payment feed and team used to input same into the pro-rata calculator where 1 day less was considered, hence undercharge. Found this gap by calculating per day premium for car insurance and created a guide to use 1 day extra while doing pro-rata calculation for reinstatement requests.

Timeline

Assistant Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2023 - Current

Specialist

Allstate Solutions Pvt. Ltd
01.2016 - 12.2022

Senior Associate

WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd
08.2014 - 01.2016

Senior Process Associate

EXL Service Pvt. Ltd
03.2011 - 08.2014

Customer Care Executive

AXA Business Services
09.2009 - 03.2011

B.Com - Accounting & Finance

Mumbai University
Akhilesh Joshi