Account Handler – Insurance

Honeycomb; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established recruitment firm is looking for an experienced Account Handler to join their Commercial team in Belfast. This hybrid position requires at least three years of commercial lines experience, with responsibilities including managing client relationships and ensuring compliance with regulations. The role offers a negotiable salary along with benefits such as occupational sick pay, pension contributions, and private medical care. The company is committed to equality and supports professional growth within the insurance industry.

Benefits

Occupational Sick Pay

Pension contribution

Private medical care

Discounted fertility treatments

Employee discounts

25 days annual leave plus stats

Qualifications

• Must have at least three years commercial lines experience.
• Eagerness to learn and desire to build a career in the insurance industry.
• High attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage valued client and insurer relationships.
• Negotiate, place, and report to clients on renewals and new business.
• Ensure adequacy and appropriateness of cover.

Skills

Good numeracy skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Job description

Honeycomb is delighted to partner with an established organisation to recruit for an Account Handler. This role would suit someone who'd like to join an expanding business, and who wants to get rewarded for a job well done, along with receiving a fantastic benefits package. Must have at least three years commercial lines experience. This would be a hybrid role, with four days in the office, and one day at home.

The Client

Our client is an award winning, independent and family owned business, with their head office based in Belfast City Centre. They have been operating for over 45 years, and through organic growth and acquisitions over the past four years, are keen to recruit new talent into the business. They put their customers and employees at the heart of everything they do and have an excellent reputation on the market as a leader in their field.

The Role

The role as an Account Handler will sit within the Commercial team. Typical duties will include:

• Proactively manage valued client and insurer relationships.
• Negotiating, placing, and reporting to clients at renewal mid-term and new business stages.
• Ensuring adequacy and appropriateness of cover.
• Managing personal workloads and meeting deadlines.
• Keeping accurate client records and files at all times, including timely inputting of all client data into our bespoke system.
• Providing clients with high-quality policy documentation in accordance with FCA regulations.
• Building good working relationships with internal departments and colleagues
• Responding to client queries, including changes in cover and risk, in a professional and timely manner
• Ensuring that Company procedures, excellent client service standards, and compliance regulations are adhered to and maintained.
• Contributing to the achievement of team and business objectives by generating sales, identifying gaps, up‑selling and cross‑selling.

Desirable Criteria

• At least three years commercial experience
• An eagerness to learn, with the desire to build on a career in the insurance industry, and work towards professional qualifications, if not already held
• Good numeracy, literacy & IT skills
• High attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Package

• Salary negotiable, depending on skills & experience
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Pension contribution
• Private medical care
• Discounted Hertility treatments
• Employee discounts
• 25 days annual leave, plus stats
• Opportunity to take examinations, and a pathway to Account Executive level

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up‑to‑date CV via the link provided or contact Gabriella Tomb, Specialist Recruitment Consultant at Honeycomb on 028 96207050.

If you have a disability which means you require assistance at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us directly to discuss.

Honeycomb is committed to providing equality of opportunity to all.