Insurance Placement Executive

Job Description ​This role requires 2, maybe 3 days per week in the office in Harrogate.

Purpose of the Role

This exciting new opportunity has arisen to join a growing team and play a key part in identifying placement opportunities to increase partner Insurer penetration, increasing Bravo Network income through partner placement and growth of Gross Written Premium (GWP) with existing Partner Insurers.

What you will do

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your line manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following:

1. Work with the Business Development Managers (BDMs) and our members (independent insurance brokers) to identify new individual cases and markets to approach.
2. Support the placement of business with Strategic Partner Insurers and wider family markets, assisting members grow GWP with partner markets.
3. Review the success of identification and placement of new business on a monthly basis.
4. Consistently maintain the internal central database of pipeline activity.
5. Build and maintain strong relationships with BDMs, Placement Team, Insurer Relations Managers and provide regular feedback to line manager.
6. Produce monthly MI for BDM and Line Manager, identify areas of opportunity and act upon them.
7. Maintain a good working knowledge of Insurer appetites applying it to placement activity within the Bravo Network Membership, keeping up to date with industry news and developments as well as a good working knowledge of the Network Divisions proposition and how it compares with the Market. Have an overview of Bravo Network strategy and, where relevant, articulating this to Members.
8. Ensure all relevant business activities fully comply with FCA regulation and company Conduct Framework process and promote and embed a TCF culture in all business dealings.

Qualifications and Experience

This is an opportunity for a proactive influencer with strong relationship management skills who can communicate effectively whilst planning and organising their time effectively. You will need to be a self motivated and driven individual who works well in a team but can use their initiative and resourcefulness. You will need to have worked in the insurance industry previously and have current and extensive product knowledge in both the personal and commercial lines markets. CII qualifications would be a bonus but we offer plenty of opportunity and support to gain industry qualifications.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our wider Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.
If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.
Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No agencies please

Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out what life’s really like with the Ardonagh Group and Bravo Netwroks.

The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK’s largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients’ challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services and solutions to their clients. We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business. Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality!