Commercial Director (Insurance)

Everywhen; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Career progression across Everywhen

CII/ACII qualifications

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Volunteering day

Spotlight Awards

Job summary

Everywhen is seeking an experienced Commercial Insurance Director in a hybrid role to lead a growing regional team of Account Executives and foster client relationships across the region. You will oversee growth initiatives, mentor colleagues and help shape our insurer engagement strategy.

This leadership role emphasizes development, retention, and delivering exceptional client outcomes within the Ardonagh Group, with flexible working patterns to suit your life and work balance.

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience within the Insurance Industry.
• Experience leading Account Executives or sales teams.
• Strong relationship-building and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Account Executives and drive performance.
• Mentor colleagues and support their professional development.
• Deliver growth initiatives and branch-wide ambitions.
• Lead retention efforts across the existing client portfolio.
• Contribute to placement strategy and insurer engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Account management

Mentoring

Entrepreneurial spirit

Proactive mindset

Team collaboration

Integrity

Job description

We are looking for an experienced leader to join our team as a Commercial Insurance Director. You will be working as part of an exciting and growing team across the region.

Role

This role will be made for you if you love fostering relationships and helping clients find the right Insurance products to fit their needs. As a commercial director you will:

• Lead a team of ambitious Account Executives
• Mentor colleagues and drive their personal development
• Deliver our growth ambitions and initiatives for the branch
• Lead on our retention efforts across our existing client portfolio
• Contribute to our placement strategy and insurer engagement

You will be focused on growth, working with us puts you in a unique position to offer clients solutions from a diverse range of brands and wide breadth of products with huge opportunity across the Ardonagh Group. We are open to hearing from people from all backgrounds to join us, so speak to us about our hybrid and flexible ways of working if the 9-5 life always in an office isn’t for you.

What do you need?

• Most important is your ability to bring your best self to work every day to give our clients the best possible experience
• Next, we need you to be proactive, use your initiative and show us your entrepreneurial spirit to identify opportunities to grow our business
• You must have previous experience within the Insurance Industry. This role requires fundamental knowledge of the commercial side of the insurance broking world.
• Work well with your team, support others and have a positive outlook, be engaging, collaborative and have the resilience to adapt to whatever changes come your way. There is never a dull moment with us.
• Always demonstrate integrity, not only is this essential within a financially regulated organisation, it’s also the right way to be

Benefits

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Everywhen family, with opportunities to earn your annual salary plus a role-based incentive plan and grow your career. You will also 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 Everywhen family
• Gain CII or ACII qualifications to boost your knowledge and career prospects
• 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

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.