Aviation Reinsurance Broker

Posting Description:
**Aviation Reinsurance Broker**

**We’re hiring**

Aon are currently recruiting a Aviation Reinsurance Broker to join our team in London. The Aviation Reinsurance Broker will be primarily responsible for supporting and leading business within the Aviation Reinsurance team.

**About Aon**

Aon Plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

**Reinsurance Solutions**

Reinsurance Solutions, a division of Aon plc, is the world’s leading reinsurance intermediary and full-service capital advisor. We empower our clients to better understand, manage and transfer risk through innovative solutions and personalised access to all forms of global reinsurance capital across treaty, facultative and capital markets. As a trusted advocate, we deliver local reach to the world’s markets, an unparalleled investment in innovative analytics, including catastrophe management, actuarial and rating agency advisory. Through our professionals’ expertise and experience, we advise clients in making optimal capital choices that will empower results and improve operational effectiveness for their business. With more than 80 offices in 50 countries, our worldwide client base has access to the broadest portfolio of integrated capital solutions and services.

**About the Role**

**Your impact as a Aviation Reinsurance Broker**:

- Managing client and market engagement throughout the reinsurance placement process and during the life-cycle of engagement;
- Developing and delivering new reinsurance opportunities and increasing revenue with existing clients;
- Playing an active role in Client Team(s) and project groups to deliver strategic growth initiatives, and support with RFP processes;
- Assisting with cultivating relationships with reinsurance buyers and decision-makers in the client organisation as well as with day-to-day client contacts;
- Building and strengthening relationships with reinsurers and the reinsurance market including individual underwriters and in-depth knowledge of market dynamics;
- Facilitating relationships between clients, Aon and reinsurers;
- Coordinating with Account Executives and Client Teams to drive the development and delivery of reinsurance strategies, including driving / supporting the placement process and ensuring full understanding of client needs across different product solutions;
- Working on and providing supporting analysis and research required to develop and deliver market presentations and broking strategies (both individually and alongside AE’s);
- Proactively managing the renewal process including essential administration required to successfully transact a reinsurance placement, supporting marketing and timeline delivery, appropriate communication with clients and reinsurers;
- Working in Client Team(s) and project groups to deliver strategic growth initiatives, portfolio maintenance and responses to competitive tenders;
- Responsibility for working in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the Aon UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.

**About you**

**Your knowledge and expertise**:

- Education: 2:1 degree desirable;
- Professional: Advanced Diploma in Insurance (ACII) and / or insurance or reinsurance specific education desirable;
- Specific product knowledge, including technical expertise / contract wordings and how underwriting of insurance and reinsurance related risks occurs;
- Experience of appropriate reinsurance broking or technical and analytical underwriting experience including project and account management experience on mid to large accounts;
- Strong negotiation skills;
- Inspires commitment and action in others (both internally and externally) through strong communication skills and work ethic;
- Considers the underwriter’s perspective in order to adapt approach;
- Invests time and resource in Research & Development to find new products / solutions to meet clients’ needs;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

**Salary and Benefits**

This role offers a competitive salary and bonus, plus a comprehensive benefits package and 25 days holiday. Through our flexible benefits, you will also have the opportunity to choose additional benefits, including healthcare and additional holiday. We also offer tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organisation.

**Our Colleague Experience**

Every day, our colleagues make a difference, work with the best, own their potential, and value one another. Together, we share this one purpose: to empower economic and human