Placement Leader / W&I

IDEX Consulting Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Insurance Broker is seeking a Placement Leader to own and drive all placement activity for W&I and related transactional risk across the firm’s deal flow. You will shape how opportunities go to market, with whom, and on what terms, and lead the development of insurer relationships in London, Europe and beyond.

You will guide market approach, underwriting calls, and policy negotiation, while coordinating with origination and claims teams to ensure client outcomes drive placement decisions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in W&I, transactional risk, and multi-jurisdictional insurance.
• Proven leadership and team management in broking or underwriting environments.
• Strong network with insurers and MGAs across London, Europe and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Lead the placement of W&I and transactional risk across the firm’s deal flow.
• Set placement standards, oversee wording negotiations, and coach brokers.
• Own insurer relationships and market strategy for placements across deals.

Job description

We’ve been retained by a global insurance broker with an established transactional risk practice, advising private equity sponsors, corporates and their advisers on the structuring and placement of W&I, tax liability and contingent risk insurance across international M&A. As the practice continues to scale, they are looking to appoint a Placement Leader to lead and own all placement activity across the team.

This is a pivotal, market-facing leadership role at the centre of the practice. Origination brings the deals in; you decide how they go to market, with whom and on what terms. You will have the authority to shape the firm’s insurer relationships and placement strategy across every transaction the team handles.

You will lead the placement of W&I and related transactional risk across the firm’s deal flow, from market approach and non-binding indication strategy through underwriting calls, policy negotiation and binding. You will own the firm’s relationships with insurers and MGAs across London, Europe and beyond, holding the market intelligence on capacity, pricing and appetite that ensures clients secure the strongest available terms.

Alongside this, you will set placement standards and process, oversee the quality and consistency of wording negotiation, coach brokers across the team on market approach, and work closely with origination and claims colleagues so that placement decisions stay tied to client outcomes. You will also represent the practice in the market and act as the senior internal authority on coverage, exclusions and underwriter appetite.

We’re keen to speak with experienced W&I brokers, or underwriters with a genuine appetite to move to the broking side, who bring a deep and current network across the transactional risk insurer market and a track record of negotiating terms on complex, multi-jurisdictional deals. You’ll bring the market credibility to hold your ground with underwriters, sound technical judgement on coverage, and the presence to lead and develop a team.