Customer Service Advisor

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group; Taunton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in Taunton is seeking a Customer Service Advisor to join their team. This is a permanent role with a starting salary of £25,000. The ideal candidate will be ambitious and enjoy building relationships with clients, providing exceptional service, and contributing to business goals. The role offers career development opportunities within a purpose-led organization that values inclusivity. Additional perks include 28 days of annual leave, health benefits, and paid time off for volunteering.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Health and wellbeing benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Support for study towards professional qualifications

Paid volunteering time

Qualifications

• Ambitious individual looking to develop a career in insurance.
• Confident in building rapport over the phone.
• Organised and resourceful in managing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive renewal service to retain clients.
• Deliver professional support and advice throughout policy life cycle.
• Ensure timely and professional policy administration.

Skills

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

Chartered Insurance Institute Certificate in Insurance

Job description

Salary: Starting from £25,000.00 (depending on experience) + bonus potential

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

About the role

Lloyd & Whyte, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Customer Service Advisor to join the Affinity GI team in their Taunton office.

The ideal candidate will be ambitious and looking to develop their career in insurance. They will provide exceptional service and advice to clients in order to maximise client satisfaction, maintain high retention levels and achieve income targets in support of the business strategy.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

Provide a proactive and responsive renewal service using best endeavours to retain clients at renewal through promotion of key selling features and effective liaison with insurers

Provide professional support and advice to clients throughout the life cycle of the policy ensuring high levels of service and client satisfaction

Ensure all policy administration is dealt with in a professional and timely manner

Underwrite scheme policies within underwriting authority level & referral guidelines

Be proactive and maximise all business opportunities making clients aware of alternative products (generating leads), advising clients of potential gaps in cover and promoting insurance reviews with clients wherever possible

What you'll need to have

Demonstrate our values of Fun, Supportive, Professional, working in Partnership and Ambitious

Confident and capable of building rapport over the telephone to provide an excellent client experience

Ability to work in a regulated, compliant and client focussed environment

Organised, resourceful, deadline driven and supportive of the wider team

Quality orientated with great attention to detail

What makes you stand out

Hold or willing to work towards Chartered Insurance Institute Certificate in Insurance

What we offer

28days annual leave plus bank holidays

Your birthday off

An array of health and wellbeing benefits, company cash plan, income protection and life assurance

Enhanced sick pay and parental leave

Support and funding toward study and professional qualifications

Paid time off for volunteering

Hear from the hiring manager

"We're looking for a confident, motivated individual who enjoys speaking with people and would like to grow a career in insurance. If you are target-driven, have excellent communication skills and want to be part of a growing friendly team, we'd love to hear from you."

Lloyd & Whyte offer a range of specialist insurance services to a variety of clients. Our specialisms range from niche scheme insurance for Healthcare professionals to expert insurance for commercial motor vehicles and professional broker-to-broker insurance services. We also have a wide range of personal insurance services that cover homeowners from standard houses through to thatch & listed character properties and high value homes. The Lloyd & Whyte Group is split into five different client divisions which include multiple companies and brands.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26

Customer Service Advisor • Taunton, United Kingdom