Account Executive- New business- Commercial Insurance

About us

Christie Insurance specialise in seven sectors: Retail, Care, Childcare & Education, Hotels, Pubs & Restaurants, Leisure, Healthcare (Dental, Pharmacies, GP practices). We are part of the Christie Group plc - a leading business services group with 37 offices across the UK and Europe. We are committed to what we do as an advice led service. We are and will remain an independent broker (we are not an aggregator).

Why us?

Do you want to become part of a supportive, nimble team, who welcomes fresh ideas. We are looking for an experienced Life Insurance Account Executive who is quality driven with a consultative approach, ambition, work well in a team, and loves a challenge.

The person we are looking for is a very capable and experienced commercial insurance broker. You will have had great success in generating and converting leads, this will be through your capability of developing relationships with contacts and customers, creating confidence and mutual trust with tailored advice to suit the customer’s needs, to become their go to insurance advisor. These types of roles in this type of business do not come around very often.

We understand the importance of balance. This role is a hybrid role, with offices in central Milton Keynes, London and Salisbury, you can regroup with your team, support each other and create a feeling of belonging, support and development. We are planning to have exponential growth plans over the coming years. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wishes to be part of a supportive and unique Company.

Purpose of the role

To secure new clients and cross sell to existing clients

Develop your reputation internally and externally as a professional, knowledgeable broker

Develop and maintain relationships with insurers

Skills and experience

• You will typically have 5-10 years experience as an advisor in commercial insurance
• To have a well-founded understanding of the fundamentals of Insurance and its legal context and operation of the Insurance marketplace
• Demonstrable success providing telephone-based advice and sales
• Mirror the same telephone skills in face-to-face meetings
• Able to manage high volumes of enquiries
• To maintain consistent conversion rates in quoting and selling to new and existing clients
• A well-founded understanding of life insurance and other products to protect assets, debt and income
• Knowledge and experience of corporate protection products
• Project a professional and competent image, with an engaging and friendly manner, over the telephone and face to face
• Strong relationship building, influencing and team building skills
• Experience maintaining a client-led approach
• CII qualifications in (or progress to obtaining) CF1, R05,GR1, LP2

What we can offer

Negotiable Salary

Uncapped Bonus Structure

Car allowance

25 days holiday

Flexible Working

Income Protection if you fall unwell

Pension

Life Assurance

A real ability to influence direction of the business

We want our team to be high achieving, fun, entrepreneurial, sharing the highs, knowledge, training, chat and of course doing an amazing job for some amazing clients, if this sounds like you and something you want to be a part of, apply now.