Senior Account Handler
Howden Group Holdings
- Bristol Area
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Works with minimal guidance to organise own work activities to ensure that personal and Team objectives are achieved
- Meets agreed targets
- Participates in team meetings as required, reporting on business progress within their area of expertise
- Manages assigned projects and contributes to other project as required
- Provides relevant management information to senior managers
- Assists in monitoring renewal and new business activity to aid effective planning and resourcing
- May support research activity to assist the development of new products and wordings
- May review wordings and gather appropriate market intelligence to ensure the company’s product offering is up to date and relevant to current/respective market conditions/requirements
- Reviews client documentation to ensure that information presented is sufficiently comprehensive/accurate to support the quoting process
- Collates and communicates client requirements to ensure appropriate marketing of the risk
- Prepares or checks market presentations
- Liaises with clients and ensures client queries are resolved
- Responds to market and third party queries as appropriate
- Is aware of, and satisfies, territory, tax and legislation requirements
- Produces high quality and compliant market documentation ensuring appropriate authorisations are secured
- Plans the most appropriate solution for the client’s demands and needs
- Takes responsibility for data entry, credit control and chasing subjectivities where required
- Liaises with support technicians and IBA as required
- Ensures up to date records are maintained at all times on the Company system
- Knows when to seek guidance from senior members of the team
- Expected to work relatively autonomously although will refer to senior members of the team on contentious or particularly complex technical issues
- Negotiates with underwriters to place insurance that balances quality, coverage and price
- Works within agreed parameters and uses relevant systems to ensure documentation/communications adhere to company procedure/compliance requirements and provide an adequate audit trail
- Processes data promptly and accurately on relevant systems in order to support and improve high levels of client service/internal process execution and to facilitate informed analysis
- Maintains appropriate client files, and oversees the prompt and accurate production of documentation to best meet client, company and regulatory requirements
- Ensures appropriate due diligence/sanctions checks are conducted in line with company procedures
- Adheres to company policies and procedures and obtains necessary authorisations at appropriate points in the process
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external contacts to ensure service delivery meets expectations and is compliant
- Provides support and assistance to senior colleagues and/or their clients on request
- Deals with, or refers, client enquiries, renewals and mid-term adjustments
- Develops strong relationships with immediate Team and the wider Business Unit
- Solicits advice and guidance, when appropriate, from their line manager
- Behaves with all clients fairly and ethically
- Shares information that could be beneficial to the Operating Entity/Group
- Develops and maintain awareness and understanding of market dynamics and related cycles, to ensure work activities are effective
- Actively undertakes personal development to ensure up to date knowledge and understanding of best practice
- Remains aware of external, industry, legal and regulatory developments etc. to ensure practice and outputs are of a sufficiently high standard
- Keeps informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Operating Entity/Group
- Ensures correct authorisation is obtained and processes followed when required by the Operating Entity and/or Group
- Ensures performance, HR and T&C records are up to date and meet the Operating Entity and/or Group’s requirements
- Maintains accurate records and deals with correspondence appropriately
- Operates in an honest, professional and ethical manner
- Strictly adheres to the Group Employee Code of Conduct
- Completes all relevant regulatory training
- Complies with all applicable legal, fiscal and regulatory obligations in the form of policies and procedures
- Understands general and legal principles of insurance
- Understands the relevant regulatory and legal frameworks
- Knowledge of the market including an awareness of competitors, specific territory knowledge, cultural awareness
- Relevant product(s) knowledge is required
- Relevant experience in an account handling or technical role is desirable
- Good understanding of Team objectives and how own role contributes to these.
- Specific systems’ knowledge relevant to role.
- Customer focused approach
- Numerate and literate
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently and use initiative
- Able to work flexibly to achieve tight deadlines/targets with good organizational skills
- Computer literate
- Analytical and able to solve problems
- An attention to detail and willingness to learn
- Calm and resilient under pressure
- Able to positively react to change
- Is a team player, networks and able to build sustainable relationships
- Able to build sustainable working relationships
- Able to train junior members of the team on specific system/process tasks
- GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
- A levels (desirable)
- Attainment of the LLMIT (the Lloyd's and London Market Introductory Test), where relevant to the role
- Working towards or has attained ACII (although this is not critical)
- An employee-ownership model
- Aligned external investors
- The trust and integrity born of friendship
- Expertise
- Independence