Our client is a leading global insurance business with a focus on Employee Benefits, Insurance Broking, HR Consultancy and Wealth Management. Working with Axiom Consultants, they are now seeking an executive that has ambition to make a measurable impact in their career. Their culture is to recognise persons with talent and to provide an excellent environment for them to flourish. This is the ideal time to join the firm as they expand and to work with the support of the existing Team as they seek to develop their business lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide a market leading broking service, focused on providing superior customer service and positive outcomes for clients.
• Develop a strong working relationship with individual brokers, insurers, and other service providers.
• Trade with insurers to obtain best possible terms for each customer.
• Understand each broker and customer’s needs and the challenges they face.
• Take a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Add value to customers at every interaction.

Skills and Competencies:

• High level of inter-personal skills – Ability to build successful, mutually beneficial business relationships.
• Communication skills – able to communicate to people with various levels of knowledge, face to face, over the telephone and in writing.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Planning, organisational and time management skills.
• Problem solving.
• Computer literate and thorough understanding of Company. software.
• Good IT skills in particular Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook
• Financial Lines experience desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

Compliance Responsibilities:

• Comply with the Central Bank of Ireland rules and regulations at all times
• Comply with the relevant compliance, Consumer Protection Codes, Training & Competence and, financial crime (anti-money laundering, data security, anti-bribery, fraud, and corruption) procedures of the firm always
• Keep up to date with all relevant product, legislative and technical changes, as required
• Follow appropriate ethical standards within the firm at all times.

Requirements:

• Must have 2-3 years experience in the general insurance industry and ambition to develop their career to a position of greater responsibility
• Knowledge of OpenGI is an advantage but not essential.

Education and/or Experience: 

• CIP qualification and/or grandfathered status is a minimum requirement.
• Confirmation that all Minimum CPD requirements have been complied with.