Broking Manager - Commercial Insurance Brokers

CKB Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing insurance broker in the UK is seeking an experienced Office Manager to lead their commercial insurance teams. The candidate should have commercial insurance sales experience, ideally in SME products, and some management experience. This role involves driving team performance while maintaining a client-centric approach. The position offers hybrid working options and a competitive salary ranging from £45,000 to £60,000, along with benefits such as 25 days annual leave and an 8% non-contributory pension.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

8% non-contributory pension

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial insurance, particularly dealing with SME products.
• Previous management or team leader experience.
• Ability to drive team performance while being client-focused.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support high-performing insurance teams.
• Oversee telephony teams aligned to the Croydon office.
• Manage figures, quotes, leads, audits, and training.

Skills

Commercial insurance sales experience

Team leadership

Client-centric approach

Experience with SME products

Acturis experience

Education

Cert CII (not essential)

Job description

We have a great opportunity now available to join a growing Insurance Broker, in Croydon. This broker is growth focussed and expanding rapidly, and are now seeking an experienced broking professional to join them to take on an exciting opportunity for a hands-on Office Manager to lead and support their high-performing commercial insurance teams. The role is ideal for a current team leader or experienced commercial account handler looking to step up into a leadership and operations-focused role, driving team performance while remaining client-centric.

They handle SME business here, so it is faced paced, and high-volume business your teams will be dealing with.

They are looking to speak to you if you have commercial insurance sales experience (ideally dealing with SME products), with some management experience and if you hold the Cert CII that would be great (though not essential) and if you have Acturis experience then even better!

This role would suit you if you are currently a team leader looking to take the next step your career, or perhaps a Senior Account Handler who has managed a team or looking to step into a management role.

You will be responsible for looking after the telephony teams aligned to the Croydon office here The Sales team currently have 6 people (3 Croydon sales, 1 Croydon development manager and 2 based in Scotland too) and the Existing Business team have 7 people (1 Croydon Team Leader, 4 Croydon account handlers, 1 based in the Midlands and 1 based in Scotland).

As such you will probably need to be more hands on with Sales team as their is no Team Leader, and the existing business Team Leader will do a lot of initial admin for their team, but you will have overall responsibility for both.

The role will also include duties such as managing figures, quotes, leads, audits, training, insurer training, some HR assistance and 121s

They offer hybrid working with office days being Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Salary on offer is £45-60k, depending on experience.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave and an 8% non-contributory pension

If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Kieran at CKB Recruitment.