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JUILEE GAWDE

Mumbai

Summary

Operations professional with 10+ years of progressive experience in insurance, financial services, and client servicing. Adapted at managing cross-functional teams, streamlining operational workflows, improving persistency and issuance KPIs, and driving customer satisfaction. Proven track record of executing partner operations, managing escalations, and enhancing service delivery across multiple channels and teams. Seeking to leverage expertise to contribute strategic value and operational excellence in a dynamic organization.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager

Axis Max Life Insurance
Mumbai
01.2023 - Current

Team Management and Partner Coordination

  • Manage a team of two internal staff members and support a sales team of over 60 members across more than 20 partner companies, such as Turtle Mint, Blue-chip, PB Partner, and Bajaj Capital.
  • Ensure smooth day-to-day operations and strong coordination with partners to meet business goals.
  • Collect team feedback regularly, and work on improving performance and processes.
  • Conduct regular training to help the team and partners understand new processes better.

Renewals and Persistency.

  • Achieved 95% 13th-month policy renewals across India by regularly following up with partners, and tracking due payments.
  • Arrange renewal calls to help ensure premium payments happen on time.
  • Work closely with partners to manage high-value (HNI) policy renewals.
  • Prepare simple reports to track sales team performance and policy renewal progress.

New Business – Policy Issuance and First-Time Right (FTR)

  • Train partners on correct documentation and underwriting rules to reduce errors, and improve issuance success.
  • Handle escalations from partners and the sales team to ensure quick and smooth resolution.
  • Track and improve key business metrics, like FTR, M0 Issuance, and P2A.
  • Join review calls with leadership to speed up case processing.
  • Help issue high-value policies within a 1-day turnaround.

Policy Servicing and Customer Support

  • Manage all policy servicing requests, such as address/DOB changes, mode changes, ECS setup/removal, surrender, and reinstatement.
  • Provide post-sales service through email and phone, including soft or hard copy delivery, and policy updates.
  • Handle complaints and support cases related to free-look cancellations, surrender requests, and ECS deactivations.
  • Respond to service requests from NRI customers, and resolve queries in a timely manner.

Manager

Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
12.2016 - 01.2023

Team Management

  • Supervised a team of four members to ensure the smooth execution of key processes and operations.
  • Engaged with HNI clients and advisors to address queries and understand service requirements.
  • Coordinated with sales staff to resolve operational issues, and introduced digital platforms to improve customer experience.
  • Conducted training sessions for sales teams on new business processes and documentation to facilitate smoother proposal conversions.

New Business Processing and Medical Coordination.

  • Performed initial checks on proposal forms, and set up proposals in Life Asia; ensured the issuance of PDRs.
  • Ensured compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) documentation guidelines.
  • Monitored proposal movement through various stages to conversion.
  • Managed medical case follow-ups, coordinated with clients, and diagnostic centers from authorization generation to test completion.

Policy Servicing

  • Handled walk-in customer queries, complaints, and provided detailed information on policy features and procedures.
  • Processed a wide range of service requests, including surrender, fund switches, free-look cancellations, policy revival, auto cover mode, and ECS activations/deactivations.
  • Ensured accurate updates for policy alterations (name, address, DOB, etc.).
  • Generated new business leads through a service-to-sales model, contributing approximately ₹30 lakhs monthly.
  • Processed claim settlements within 24 hours, and maintained a high NPS (Net Promoter Score) through excellent service delivery.
  • Utilized CRM systems to manage client interactions and provide real-time service.

Branch Persistency Management.

  • Managed monthly renewal collections for 300 to 500 policies.
  • Conducted weekly meetings with Sales Managers and Branch Managers on pending renewals.
  • Held regular calls with HNI advisors to follow up on high-value policy renewals.
  • Prepared and maintained monthly MIS reports for persistency tracking.

Audit and Compliance.

  • Ensured readiness for internal audits (TPP, BI, DD, FATCA) and handled audit documentation.
  • Reconciled monthly check bounce cases and banking transactions (cash, check, DD).
  • Maintained critical documentation, including ETE files, productivity reports, survival benefits, maturity data, and rework files.

Junior Associate – Operations

ICICI Securities Ltd
06.2015 - 12.2016
  • Managed high volumes of client service requests, handling an average of 16,000 requests monthly and approximately 200,000 annually, ensuring prompt and accurate resolution.
  • Executed reconciliation and control activities for post-account opening processes in compliance with regulatory standards (SEBI, NSE, BSE).
  • Focused on enhancing customer satisfaction and operational efficiency by ensuring minimal turnaround times and delivering quality service across all touchpoints.
  • Processed Mutual Fund Internal Transfer and Transmission requests, averaging 90 transactions daily, with a strong emphasis on accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Education

PGDM AIMA - Finance

SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS)
Mumbai, India
01.2019

Bachelor of Science -

Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce
India
01.2015

Software Engineer -

NIIT
01.2015

Skills

  • Operations and process management
  • Team leadership and training
  • Partner management
  • Policy servicing and customer retention
  • Policy issuance and persistency
  • Mis reporting and data analysis
  • Audit and regulatory compliance
  • Client relationship management
  • Escalation and issue resolution
  • Process improvement
  • NRI policy handling
  • CRM and core systems: Life Asia, CRM tools, MS Excel

Accomplishments

  • Awarded for achieving the target for branch persistency
  • Received an appreciation letter for customer service
  • Received a value cheque from the sales head for branch performance
  • Received appreciation from the head of sales for proactive work in conversion
  • Awarded as best employee of the year for the broker channel
  • Received an appreciation from PB partner for service

Certification

  • 1st level underwriting assessment completed
  • Yellow belt course (Six Sigma)

Timeline

Manager

Axis Max Life Insurance
01.2023 - Current

Manager

Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
12.2016 - 01.2023

Junior Associate – Operations

ICICI Securities Ltd
06.2015 - 12.2016

PGDM AIMA - Finance

SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS)

Bachelor of Science -

Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce

Software Engineer -

NIIT
JUILEE GAWDE