The Role
We've got an exciting opportunity to join us as our Senior Account Executive, to help drive our business forward with new engagements and existing clients alike.
As part of your role, you will have the important task of connecting with retail clients and in particular a focus on working with various teams within the Specialty Division to present at RFPs and win new clients for the group, including ensuring all the needs for new business, renewals, and mid-term adjustments are completely understood and addressed. This will involve finding the right coverages, offering competitive pricing, and providing outstanding service to clients and colleagues alike.
What you’ll do
* Regularly work with various teams within Howden producing responses to RFPs to new clients from a D&O Insurance point of view and seeking out and engaging opportunities to expand the book of business, continuously growing and maintaining a pipeline of new business opportunities.
* Review client documentation to ensure that information presented is sufficiently comprehensive (and accurate!) to support the quoting / RFP presentation process.
* Diligently collate and communicates clients’ requirements to ensure appropriate marketing of the risk.
* Produce high quality, accurate market documentation ensuring appropriate authorisations are secured.
Who we’re looking for
* You’ll be someone with prior knowledge of the market, including an awareness of competitors, specific territory knowledge, cultural awareness.
* You have a customer-focussed approach, with strong networking and influencing skills. People are key to us!
* Able to work flexibly and prioritise on-the-fly
* Calm and resilient, yet accurate and efficient
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 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
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.
Reasonable adjustments
We’re committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
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