Who are we?
Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mind-set, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 15,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.
Our people are our biggest asset as well as our largest shareholder group and are everything that makes us unique; our inclusive culture, the quality service we offer our clients, and our continued growth, all come from our people-first approach. There's no such thing as individual success. We all need to play our part, contributing our skills and experience to make a true difference. That's Howden.
Why work at Howden?
We have always been employee-owned and driven by entrepreneurial spirit. Right from the beginning, we've focused on employing talented individuals and empowering them to make a real difference to the company, whilst building successful and fulfilling careers at the same time. Simply put, we hire talented specialists and give them what they need to make a difference for clients. Always have, always will.
People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down disappointed head-hunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.
Endsleigh are on the hunt for a Technical Placement Broker to support their team. We are looking for a Technical Placement Broker with proven relationship management experience with a strong insurer network of contacts and ability to operate effectively at all levels of the organisation and with external suppliers and partners.
This is a great opportunity to be part of a transforming business and you will be rewarded by a highly social team culture and competitive salary.
Please note this is a full-time, permanent opportunity. You will be based in our Cheltenham office and ideally be onsite for 2 days per week on average.
Overview:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with our insurer partners, identifying opportunities to maximise income, enhance our customer proposition and deliver new products.
- Placement of large and complex commercial risks across our insurer panel, ensuring the best terms for our customers and commercial terms for Endsleigh.
- Work with colleagues to devise specific placement strategies for new and existing business - identifying appropriate markets and designing suitable insurance programmes.
- Provide day to day support for trading teams, acting as a referral point, recommending markets for individual cases, and enhancing colleagues' broking capabilities.
- Enforcement of placement strategy across insurer partners.
- Ensure effective reporting and analysis of partner performance and delivery of recommendations to improve.
- Onboard new partners - ensure Due Diligence is completed and review and negotiate TOBA.
- Overseeing insurer audits and management of action plans.
Knowledge:
- Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience in the insurance market.
- Strong commercial lines insurance knowledge gained in a broking or insurance company environment.
- Proven experience of commercial lines insurance broking or underwriting.
- In-depth understanding of commercial insurance products and principles.
- Experience in placement of complex risks.
- Sound knowledge of FCA regulations.
Skills:
- Excellent insurer trading and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to manage relationships and negotiate placements with the insurance market.
- Highly commercially aware, ability to develop, understand and evaluate financial business cases/plans and modelling (both internally and externally).
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
Qualifications:
- GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
- Cert CII (desirable for this role).
Who we're looking for
At Howden we value diversity - there is no one Howden 'personality type'. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
- Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
- We support each other, in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
- We are determined to make a positive difference, at work and beyond
What do we offer in return?
A career that you define.
Our business succeeds by allowing our people to make a mark in the areas they care about most: personal development, volunteering, and fundraising for charity, or creating new insurance products that address society's greatest challenges.
And we know that separate home and work lives don't really exist. If you're happy and healthy at home, you're more likely to be happy and fulfilled at work - and vice versa. That's why we do our best to support our people in every aspect of their lives.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Howden, we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect - regardless of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or family circumstances.
Our sustainability promise
We're on a life-long journey to become an ever-more sustainable group. It's a commitment to taking care of our people and the world we live in, to doing good business, and to making a positive impact wherever we can. Our governance processes, company policies, and review systems are all geared towards our goal of making a positive impact in the world. You can read more about our sustainability work here.