Insurance Consultant

Overview

Prepares and checks documentation associated with insurance. May work in a call centre.

Skills

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below. AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

Tasks

  • obtaining information on the form of competitors by research, attending race trials and liaising with contacts
  • offering and varying odds on competitors after considering the type of event, handicaps, weather conditions and odds offered by other Bookmakers
  • processing insurance applications, adjustments to insurance cover, standard endorsements and insurance claims
  • monitoring balances of accounts and summarising reinsurance to determine outstanding risk
  • surveying potential risk exposure
  • despatching notices of premiums due and forms concerning conservation and transfer of insurance
  • reviewing, checking, verifying and issuing transaction documentation for securities
  • claiming accruing dividends and processing dividend payments
  • compiling statistics from financial records, survey returns and other data sources, and verifying the authenticity of the material
  • operating computers to input, manipulate and output information
  • compiling results of calculations into tables, graphs and charts to be used in analysis
  • may work in a call centre

Alternative Titles

  • Insurance Clerk

Specialisations

  • Health Insurance Assessor
  • Superannuation Clerk

Related Occupations

Source: 1220.0 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition.
Note: The tasks associated with the occupation are to be used as guidance only. The tasks listing may include tasks associated with the grouping/category to which the occupation belongs.