Account Handler

Job title: Account Handler

Location: New Malden

Contract type: Permanent

Remuneration: Subject to skills and experience + Excellent company benefits

Bluefin is an award-winning independent insurance broker supporting businesses and individuals with insurance solutions. The combined business has 80 offices servicing 251,000 clients UK wide.

As part of the MMC family Bluefin joined Jelf, to become one of the UK's leading financial consultancies.

Together Bluefin and Jelf's purpose is simple: to build long lasting relationships with our clients based on personal service and technical excellence

The role:

We have a fantastic permanent opportunity for an Account Handler to join our established team in New Malden.

We are looking for the candidate to have previous experience working as an Account Handler within Insurance and knowledge of dealing within commercial business.

The purpose of the role is to be part of the wider client services team, the focus of the Account Handler is to provide a professional service whilst supporting clients and colleagues

Duties:

• To work closely with the Account Executives to ensure that all client instructions and requirements are handled promptly and accurately
• Assist the Account Executive and play an active role in new business reviews
• To review and provide technical advice and opinion on Clients' and Prospects' insurance programmes
• To put together Client Prospect risk presentations to forward to Insurers and to negotiate insurance premiums and cover with Insurers in line with Client requirement
• To assist Account Executives in production of reports and summaries of insurance for clients
• Client business retention by efficient and prompt handling of all matters, day to day enquiries, renewals
• Review insurer placements to ensure that best advice is offered at all times
• Offer appropriate premium payment options
• Maintain and increase profit from existing client bank as evidenced by retention rates and commission
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers as evidenced by account size and profitability

Skills and experience:

• Must have experience working within Insurance/Broking
• Minimum 1 years' experience as an Account Handler
• Must have knowledge or experience dealing within Commercial business
• Acturis experience
• Self-Motivated individual
• Excellent communication skills
• Good organisational skills to ensure that company processes and procedures are put in place
• Achieving results
• Communicating effectively, influencing and relationship building
• To be able to forward plan effectively
• Team Working
• Customer Service experience
• Problem solving

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