Senior Broker-

This is the role of a senior producing broker within the Marine Specialities division of Willis Re. This role requires extensive background in the Marine & Energy market. The ideal candidate should have intimate knowledge of the M&E arena and extensive contacts within Willis Re’s target client base, from class underwriter level through to the C-suite.
 
Role responsibilities:
 

• Using contacts to introduce and promote Willis Re to new clients from the M&E space

• Generating revenue opportunities for involvement in 1st Tier Reinsurance, Retrocessional Proportional and Non Proportional placements

• Working collaboratively with colleagues to pitch new products or structural ideas to clients
• Management of selected Willis Re client accounts including executing placement of these within the market
• Assistance with setting Willis Re’s consortia strategy by identifying target areas of growth for Willis Re prospective clients
• Interaction with Willis / WTW to identify opportunities for partnership and growth
• Additional involvement in retro placements and RFPs across Willis Re client base
• Liaising with reinsurer contacts to understand their appetite and enhance Willis Re relationships with markets
• Knowledge sharing, including regular briefings of Willis Re team as to market conditions and development
• Post-event liaison with clients and markets to provide intel on losses being observed and to help them to quantify their own exposure

Required Skills and Experience:

• Degree, ACII or equivalent qualification

• A proven track record in M&E Reinsurance Broking 

• Good communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent technical skills
• Good presentation abilities
• Ability to assimilate and apply large volumes of information rapidly
• Negotiation skills coupled with the ability to be flexible and innovative
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team
• Able to prioritise, manage deadlines and work under pressure
• Comfortable explaining complex concepts and making recommendations to clients/client servicing teams
• Must be able to forge links between broking and client servicing teams
• Ability to adapt personal style to work effectively with a wide range of clients, colleagues and underwriters
• Must be prepared to work with integrity and openness, always complying with FCA requirements.
• Good IT skills with excellent Excel usage capability

About Willis Re

We combine specialist broking with analytics, modeling and research to help insurers optimize risk transfer, strengthen balance sheets and achieve sustainable growth. Our approach is relationship-driven, transparent and outcome-focused.

At the heart of Willis Re is a focus on delivering the most cutting-edge analytical solutions to enable more informed, better decision-making for risk selection, portfolio optimization, and capital management.

The launch of Willis Re brings a strategic advantage of being unhindered by legacy, an ability to leverage data, statistical models and advanced technologies with the best knowledge and expertise to deliver more efficient and effective reinsurance outcomes. This places Willis Re in a unique position to build a truly analytically driven business, focused on creating solutions for the reinsurance industry that are future led and forward thinking.

Willis Re will also leverage recognized technical expertise from WTW’s Insurance Consulting & Technology business including their advanced modeling and analytical capabilities. Alongside this will be WTW’s Research Network, an award-winning business supporting and influencing science to improve the understanding and quantification of risk.

Willis Re is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at [email protected]