Insurance Sales Advisor

**About Markel**:
Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

Markel offers specialist insurance to contractors, consultants, freelancers, self-employed professionals and to the oil & rail sectors via its Markel Direct & Caunce O’Hara brands. We offer a wide range of insurance cover, including professional indemnity, public liability, employers liability, D&O, property, occupational personal accident, legal representation and employment cover, and cyber. We transact business directly with customers through our websites, where customers can get a quote and purchase cover online, as well as through our team of insurance experts assisting customers over the telephone. We have high reaching growth plans to increase our presence in our target sectors.

**The Role**: Insurance Sales Advisor**

**Manchester City Centre**

**Monday - Friday 37.5 hours / shifts between 8.30am-5.30pm**

**(No late evenings or weekends)**

**Salary starting from £21k-£25k + great monthly Commission OTE & Bonus / Incentive Rewards & Benefits**

**Would you like to develop a career within Insurance?**

**Help us provide an outstanding renewals and new business service to our customers across the UK while working for a recognised leading global insurance company here at Markel.**

We are looking for a dedicated and driven **Insurance Sales Advisors** who would like to develop their sales career with us. We offer great working hours - no late evenings or weekend working and a fantastic office location in Manchester city centre. You’ll be joining an encouraging and lively team environment where we offer lots of rewards and benefits for your hard work and achievements.

You’ll be taking care of inbound as well as making some outbound telephone calls to insurance customers including those that have received an insurance quote but not yet purchased specialist insurance products, handling online quote referrals as well as re-engaging with lapsed customers from previous years and renewal chasers with a view to converting these into business.

**There is no cold calling involved in the role, all leads are warm and pre-generated or current customer renewals**

Markel are a global insurance business where we can offer you plenty of career progression opportunities across other area’s such as claims, underwriting and business development.

**If you’re looking to develop your career within insurance then this may be the role for you
**What you'll be doing**:

- You’ll be making outbound telephone calls to customers - handling quotes, renewals, referrals and contacting lapsed customers with a view to converting these into business. (no cold calling involved)
- Handling inbound calls from new and existing customers
- Cross selling complementary insurance products
- Quoting, binding, renewing and taking payment for policies
- Following-up outstanding renewals
- Processing online quote referrals as within underwriting authority (new business and renewal)
- Handling mid-term adjustments and issuing renewal invitations
- Handling administrative tasks to align with customer requirements

**What we're looking for**:

- You’ll have some previous experience working within a sales, telesales or telemarketing environment - either face to face or via telephone
- Experience of working to sales or retention targets would be ideal
- Strong sales, objection handling and negotiating skills as well as the ability to identify and cross sell other suitable products to warm customers
- You’ll be a confident communicator and have a great customer focused approach.
- Good numeracy and literacy skills and attention to detail
- A drive and enthusiasm for achieving your targets - you will be able to earn monthly commission on achieving team and individual targets along with regular great cash and prize incentives

**What's in it for you**:

- A very competitive salary plus additional bonus, incentives & benefits.
- 25 days’ paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave.
- Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), parental, adoption and shared parental leave pay..and plenty more.
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
- Flexible working or other options are available.
- You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere within Markel.
- You’ll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
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