Trainee / Junior Insurance Broker - Inbound Lancaster, England
Job description
Do you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills?
Are you a people-person looking to start your career in insurance?
Do you want to join a business that offers training and progression opportunities?
You may be working in an office environment looking for your next challenge, or perhaps you are working in a retail or hospitality environment and looking for a change with no weekend working. If you enjoy speaking with people and want a career and not just a job, we want to hear from you!
- Job level: Entry level
- Location: Lancaster, UK with remote working 2 days per week.
- Job type: Full Time – Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:30
- Employment type: Permanent
- Salary Range: £21,000- £27,000 plus annual bonus
The Role:
As a new business insurance account handler, you will be responsible for providing customers with insurance solutions to meet their individual needs. It's all about providing the best options and service to your client accounts.
In this role, no two days are the same, it offers a fantastic opportunity to work with SME customers across multiple trade sectors including construction, leisure and hospitality, professional services, care and retail. You’ll be building proactive relationships with customers to deliver on your individual sales targets.
We are looking for individuals to enable Premierline to achieve its goal of becoming one of the leading providers of advised services in the market. If you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, this is the perfect role for you.
We nurture and invest in talent to ensure that great people build great careers with us. We provide comprehensive training to all of our employees, providing you with the tools you need to perform and develop.
Whilst our office is based in Lancaster, just off junction 34 of the M6 this position can be a hybrid role split between the office and home.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide SME customers with insurance solutions to meet their individual needs.
- Build proactive relationships and deliver on individual sales targets based on inbound calls and out-bounding customers managed via your own diary.
- Drive organic income growth, develop a pipeline of leads through identifying cross-sell and upsell opportunities & manage through to a successful conclusion
- Part of your role is to work collaboratively with internal colleagues and provide the support they need to move the business forwards.
- Handle insurer and customer queries with ease, speaking to the finance team when needed.
Skills and Experience:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proactive attitude, with the ability to use initiative
- Ability to work under pressure and assimilate information quickly and accurately
- Willingness to work towards industry-standard Qualifications.
- Previous sales experience with a proven track record of exceeding sales and growth targets
- Able to spot potential problems before they arise, clear in your objectives and confidently seek advice when required.
What we can offer you:
Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from - including retail discounts and insurance cover - so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options and global career development opportunities across the wider Allianz Group. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:
- Salary of £21-27K depending on experience plus annual bonus scheme
- Hybrid working options to promote a healthy work-life balance.
- Free on-site parking
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy/sell holidays
- Generous pension contributions
- Flexible Benefits with employee share purchase plan, cycle to work scheme, discounted health care and more.
- A discount of up to 50% on a range of insurance products for you and your family including car, home and pet insurance.
- Comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships with CII
About Us:
Premierline Business Insurance Broker is a trading name of Allianz Business Services Limited (ABSL). ABSL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Holdings plc, which is part of the Allianz (UK) group of companies.
Premierline is an SME Insurance Broker offering services to UK businesses ranging from micros SMEs to those larger corporate businesses with more complex insurance needs.
Keywords: Insurance, Business Insurance, Insurance Broker, Insurance Broking, Financial Services, Account Handler, Account Manager, New Business, Sales, Sales Advisor, Sales Executive, Internal Sales, Inbound, Outbound, Customer Service, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Account Management, Call Centre, Business Development, Telesales.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £21,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Gym membership
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Lancaster: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lancaster
Reference ID: 29583
