Global Trade Credit Broker

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG); London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading reinsurance advisory firm as a Global Trade Credit & Political Risk Broker in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in Trade Credit and Political Risk insurance while working with a dynamic team. You'll be responsible for marketing complex insurance transactions, building strong client relationships, and developing innovative risk solutions. With a commitment to inclusion and diversity, this firm values your unique contributions and empowers you to shape your career. If you're passionate about making an impact in the insurance industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance up to 10x salary

Income protection options

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Three paid volunteering days per year

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Season ticket loan

Access to discounted voucher portal

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Trade Credit and Political Risk insurance products.
• Excellent sales capabilities and client-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Marketing complex (re)insurance transactions for clients.
• Developing and maintaining a network of carrier relationships.
• Identifying client exposures to recommend risk solutions.

Skills

Trade Credit Insurance

Political Risk Insurance

Client Relationship Management

Sales Capabilities

Cross-regional Teamwork

Fluency in French/Spanish

Education

10+ years of experience in insurance

Experience in ECA and FI insurance

Job description

Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Gallagher Re – Global Trade Credit & Political Risk (Re)Insurance Broker – London (City)

The company: Gallagher Re

• Gallagher Re is one of the world’s leading reinsurance advisory and broking firms.
• We bring together sophisticated analytics capabilities, risk transfer and transactional expertise to provide advice and counsel to our clients.
• We help our clients interpret the data to guide their decisions surrounding the management of their risk portfolio.

The role: Global Trade Credit & Political Risk (Re)Insurance Broker

• We are looking for a dynamic and proactive individual to join our Global Trade Credit, Surety and Political Risk Reinsurance team.
• As an experienced Trade Credit & Political Risk Insurance individual, you will need to be able to maintain strong client and insurer relationships, to ensure the appropriate level of service to all existing clients.
• You will also in time develop Reinsurance knowledge with the help from the senior leadership team and your fellow senior brokers.
• The role is based in our London office (City) in Walbrook.

How you'll make an impact

The responsibilities:

• Marketing complex (re)insurance transactions, on behalf of new or existing portfolio and Reinsurance clients – single policy/facultative and treaty.
• Developing and maintaining a network of carrier relationships.
• Identifies and analyses client exposures to recommend and/or design risk solutions.
• Identifies appropriate carriers, sends requests, negotiates favorable quotes and prepares recommendations for the client.
• Revenue generating responsibility.

About You

The requirements:

• Strong knowledge of Trade Credit and Political Risk insurance products, policies and market trends.
• ECA and FI insurance client-facing experience ideally, either from an insurance broker or carrier background but we will consider candidates from a wider credit background.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within cross-regional teams, fostering collaboration and open communication to achieve shared goals.
• We are looking for experienced candidates with at least 10 years of experience as well as more experienced professionals as we are business agile and can accommodate.
• Excellent sales capabilities.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Appetite for learning our market and selling risk solutions.
• Ideally fluent in French and/or Spanish but not required.

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back-up family care.
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.