Account Broker

About Us:
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

Overview:
Our Corporate team is seeking an Account Broker to join their established team based out of our Luton office, on a hybrid basis (2x/week in the office, the rest from home - with parking onsite).

As Account Broker, you will be required to provide a quality service to our clients, acquire optimal retention numbers and push for growth where appropriate.

This role sits within Gallagher's Retail Broking Division, who provide carefully tailored business insurance, risk management and risk transfer solutions for large enterprises and multinationals. Reporting directly into our Account Broker Team Leader, you will work with experienced Account Executives, and together provide outstanding service to our customers.

**Responsibilities**:

- Create documents for new customers about their insurance requirements
- Obtain renewal terms for customers and research suitable alternatives to produce presentations
- Coordinate all renewal quotes for existing customers along with any mid-term adjustments to be considered.
- Ensure all customer details are recorded accurately and entered onto system in a timely fashion
- Manage insurer queries in relation to customer policies. Confirm cover with relevant insurers, process policies and chase up outstanding documentation when required
- Secure delivery of policy documentation from insurers and check prior to approval and release by Account Executive
- Deal with account queries and credit control matters highlighting any concerns to account managers in a timely manner

Qualifications:

- Previous experience gained working with larger commercial or corporate clients.
- Technical knowledge of commercial/corporate insurance.
- Holding or working towards one of the Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications: Cert CII/Dip CII/ACII is desirable as is being educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
- Worked to targets within a regulated, measurable framework and achieved SLA’s Risk aware in handling customer information. Able to recognise potential risk and seek advice when required
- Evidence of rapport-building and experience in providing solid customer service focus with outstanding communication and social skills.
- Due diligence and process driven to deadlines, happy to forward plan, organise and analyse information. Highly accurate with a strong attention to detail, using initiative when assisting team members.
- Previous experience using the Acturis platform.
- Eligible to work in the UK.

**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’ 5 more 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

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Additional Information:
**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.

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 is 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, rel