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Commercial Account Executive

Location: Astute Insurance Solutions Limited
Department: Astute Insurance Solutions
Salary: Competitive Salary & Benefits
Hours: 35
Contract Type: Permanent

Astute Insurance Solutions has an established reputation for providing bespoke insurance solutions to a variety of commercial clients, ranging from SMEs to corporates. Established in 2009, we are proudly part of the wider JMG Group – a top 30 UK broker with a strong presence across the UK who are experiencing rapid growth and continued success in the market.

Due to further exciting growth, we have a brand-new opportunity for an experienced Account Executive to join our thriving and friendly Northampton based Commercial team.

The successful Account Executive will be responsible for managing a small book of commercial business for existing clients and will be tasked with growing and developing a strong pipeline of new business in relation to various lines of Commercial Insurance, whilst ensuring full FCA compliance.

The overall purpose of the role will be to ensure a high-quality service is provided to all clients in accordance with their needs and requirements whilst also growing revenue for the business.

Due to further exciting growth, we have a brand-new opportunity for an experienced Account Executive to join our thriving and friendly Northampton based Commercial team.

The successful Account Executive will be responsible for managing a small book of commercial business for existing clients and will be tasked with growing and developing a strong pipeline of new business in relation to various lines of Commercial Insurance, whilst ensuring full FCA compliance.

The overall purpose of the role will be to ensure a high-quality service is provided to all clients in accordance with their needs and requirements whilst also growing revenue for the business.

Key areas of responsibility include:

To retain existing clients through active client management
To build clients confidence in Astute through demonstrating knowledge and delivery of service
To identify and contact potential clients, converting to new business
To communicate the firms’ proposition to clients effectively
To generate referrals and make introductions for the client to other areas of the firms’ operations
To follow Astute processes and policies
To work within FCA rules and guidance as interpreted by the firms’ compliance policies and processes
To proactively create, manage and follow through prospects to create a pipeline of prospective new clients
To collect fees and premiums in accordance with the firms’ processes
To build good working relationships with your immediate team and all other stakeholders and effectively network with suppliers and clients
To achieve assigned sales targets
What we’re looking for

To be successful in this role, you must have the following skills:

Previous experience as a Senior Commercial Account Handler / New Business Executive, ideally with 5 years industry exposure
Strong understanding of commercial insurance products
Experience of working to high standards of FCA compliance
Consistent record of target achievement and business growth
I.T. skills including use of an insurance IT system, ideally Acturis or OpenGI
Strong organisation skills
The ability to work to a high level of accuracy
Exemplary customer service skills with the ability to build solid relationships with clients and insurers
Regulatory and compliance awareness
Willingness to work towards Cert CII or already hold qualifications
Full UK Driving licence and willingness to be attending client visits regularly.
What we offer

Competitive salary commensurate with level of experience
Hybrid working environment following successful settling in period
Company Pension scheme
Generous holiday entitlement
Life Assurance
Many more

Astute Insurance Solutions is a Commercial Insurance brokerage based in Northampton. Our team service and advise clients in a broad range of sectors including Professional/Property/Construction/Manufacturing/Logistics. We have a reputation for providing bespoke insurance solutions helping a wide variety of commercial clients from larger SME’s to Corporates. Astute Insurance are proud to be part of JMG Group and our longstanding success can be attributed to our client focused approach and quality of service.

JMG Group place over £380m of Gross Written Premium into the market and our teams are very well respected in the industry. Customer excellence and ‘doing the right thing’ is the backbone to our business ethos, which means that our talented people, high-tech systems, and robust processes are all central to our continued success.

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