Scheme Account Executive

Our Horsham Office are seeking an Account Executive to join their established team based in West Sussex. Working for a global strength in the insurance market, you will be responsible for servicing accounts in an efficient, flexible manner, support your peers to meet client demands, achieve both renewal retention and growth rates.

This role sits within our Broking Division, who provide carefully tailored scheme insurance, risk management and risk transfer solutions for prestigious well known public sector federations and sports & welfare associations.

You will be joining a team of experienced Insurance Professionals and together provide outstanding service to our customers.

**Your** Role**:

- Control the renewal process for your clients. Gather information from Clients and Prospects using superb communication skills.
- Maintain and grow your book of business by chasing and securing new business leads.
- Openly discuss renewal terms with customers and seek alternatives to discuss with them. Talk to brokers and gain access to the most competitive terms that meet your clients objectives
- Visit with clients as appropriate, it's here that your interpersonal skills will shine.
- Assess account queries and credit control matters, resolve efficiently and raise any concerns with the right team.
- Identify and act upon new-business opportunities, use sound judgement to recommend them if appropriate.

**Your Skills, Experience and Qualifications**:

- Previous experience as an Account Executive/Key Account Manager/Relationship Manager gained working in an Insurance or financial services background would be an advantage
- Knowledge of Commercial/Personal Lines/Personal Protection insurances such as Medical, Travel, Gadget, Home, Motor and Personal Accident would be essential.
- Holding/working towards one of the Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications: Cert CII/Dip CII/ACII.
- Technical working knowledge of general commercial lines insurance products and services.
- Due diligence in administration, policy documents and processes
- Excellent client service focus; the customer is always your top priority
- Generate and driving new business using exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Actively deal with ambiguity and have outstanding accuracy and attention to detail
- Continually building your industry knowledge and seeking development
- Eligible to work in the UK

**What we offer you**:
We want Gallagher to be
**the** organisation that
**all** our people are proud to be a part of and where everyone can call themselves one of
**our** team. Where our culture is embracing of difference, where you can be the best you can be and, perhaps most importantly, you can be you.

We are all different in some way. If we were all the same, and all thought the same, we would be vulnerable as a group. By welcoming and encouraging diverse opinions and backgrounds within
**our **organisation, we will have a healthier, more innovative and ultimately more profitable business.

**About Us**:
Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services. We help businesses grow, communities thrive and people prosper. We live a culture motivated by The Gallagher Way, our set of shared values and guiding tenets. A culture driven by our people, over 30,000 strong, serving our clients with customized solutions that will protect them and fuel their futures.

As a member of our global brokerage team, you’ll help our clients address risk, protect assets and recover from losses.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. Gallagher is committed to diversity of 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, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.