Technical Placement Broker

Technical Placement Broker - Cheltenham

We are working with a large and award winning Insurance Broking Group whoare looking for a Technical Placement Broker with proven relationship management experience with a strong insurer network of contacts and ability to operate effectively at all levels of the organisation and with external suppliers and partners.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a transforming business and you will be rewarded by a highly social team culture and competitive salary.

Please note this is a full-time, permanent opportunity. You will be based from their modern offices in Cheltenham and ideally be onsite for 2 days per week on average.

Overview:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with insurer partners, identifying opportunities to maximise income, enhance customer proposition and deliver new products
• Placement of large and complex commercial risks across the extensive insurer panel, ensuring the best terms for customers.
• Work with colleagues to devise specific placement strategies for new and existing business - identifying appropriate markets and designing suitable insurance programmes.
• Day to day support for trading teams, acting as a referral point, recommending markets for individual cases and enhancing colleagues broking capabilities.
• Enforcement of placement strategy across insurer partners.

Knowledge:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience in the insurance market.
• Strong commercial lines insurance knowledge gained in a broking or insurance company environment.
• Proven experience of commercial lines insurance broking or underwriting.
• In-depth understanding of commercial insurance products and principles.
• Experience in placement of complex risks

Skills:

• Excellent insurer trading and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to manage relationships and negotiate placements with the insurance market
• Highly commercially aware, ability to develop, understand and evaluate financial business cases/plans and modelling (both internally and externally).

 The Reward

• Competitive salary (flexible on experience)
• Company Pension
• Bonus Structure
• Extensive additional benefits package