Senior Account Handler

Employment Specialists Ltd; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing major Insurance Broker is seeking a Senior Commercial Account Handler to manage a portfolio of large Corporate clients. The role emphasizes client relationships and technical excellence, offering a flexible hybrid working model. Ideal candidates should possess strong commercial insurance experience, negotiation skills, and the ability to collaborate within a team environment. This is a great opportunity for career progression with a supportive benefits package.

Benefits

Attractive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven commercial insurance experience across various classes of business.
• Strong desire to build and maintain client relationships.
• Demonstrated negotiation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level service to clients with technical advice.
• Understand clients' business and insurance needs.
• Attend client meetings and support Insurer surveys.
• Negotiate terms and support Broking function.
• Prepare marketing presentations and cover comparisons.
• Communicate ongoing with clients regarding changes and queries.

Skills

Commercial insurance experience

Client and Insurer relationship development

Negotiation skills

Team support skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

An experienced Senior Commercial Account Handler is required by a growing major Insurance Broker to deal with its large Corporate Clients.

You will work alongside the Client Executives on an established and varied portfolio of large Corporate clients across a large number of sectors within the UK, and you will have lots of exciting opportunities to grow existing client relationships.

The role enables you to have more time with clients and to be able to focus on technical excellence. Your clients will typically require bespoke Insurance programmes and associated risk management and risk transfer services.

Our Client is successfully operating a flexible Hybrid working model.

Qualifications

To be successful in this Senior Commercial Account Handler role you will demonstrate:

• Good all round Commercial insurance experience with technical knowledge across a range of classes of business
• A desire to develop strong client and Insurer relationships
• Well-developed negotiation skills
• The ability to support colleagues in a close team environment
• Excellent organisational skills

Benefits

Our Client offers an attractive benefits package and a proven interest in career development within a proactive team environment which all means that this really is an opportunity for you to utilise your experience and progress.

Responsibilities

• Handle the day-to-day service provided to clients, ensuring the highest level of service, whilst supporting them with technical advice on their cover.
• Liaise with the Client Management team to fully understand the client's business and insurance requirements.
• Attend client meetings and visits to clients, such as the client pre-renewal and renewal meeting, or supporting on Insurer surveys.
• Identify potential improvements in client risk and Insurance programme design and make recommendations.
• Negotiate renewal terms, mid-term adjustments and cover extensions - fully support the Broking function to achieve optimum solution for the client.
• Preparation of comprehensive marketing presentations, including preparing cover comparisons.
• Build and develop effective working relationships with Insurers.
• Provide on-going communication with the client following queries/alterations.