Business Development Executives (Insurance start up) : London, up to £35,000 basic salary plus uncapped bonus (High OTE) including 25 days annual leave, contributory pension scheme, life assurance and discounted insurance rates.

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A once in a lifetime opportunity has arisen for experienced Insurance Professionals to join one of our clients? brand new businesses in their London office; as a Business Development Executive. With a solid first year business plan targeting a selective market, our client has aggressive plans to generate huge profit for the company. Backed by an established Lloyd Underwriter, this really does have the ingredients only dreamed of by serious Business Managers looking to take control of their very own insurance career.
In this role, aided by the newly recruited CEO, you will build and maintain relationships with a number of clients, generating new business sales and profitable repeat business. If you are a natural at building lasting rapport with people, managing budgets, have solid personal lines insurance experience, have industry contacts and are extremely hands on then we want to hear from you. In return, you can expect a competitive basic salary plus significant sales incentives that greatly reward your individual success and the chance to help direct the future of this brand new start up.

The Company:
As a culmination of an established trust and Lloyd?s underwriter our client is new start up arm and requires the leadership and experience of a driven individual with superb business acumen. The trust helps the socially excluded to find work and has now turned its hand to providing the socially excluded an opportunity to buy insurance products traditionally inaccessible in the past by developing a range of personal lines products specifically tailored for this section of the community. They have ambitious plans to grow the business profitably within 18 months and as a Business Development Executive you will be directly involved in the day to day sales and be in direct collaboration with the CEO.

Role and Key Responsibilities:
? Generating New Business opportunities from your industry contacts and prospects
? Communicate and promote the company proposition, networking the client base to ensure that buyers are fully aware of what the company can offer.
? Identify and lead marketing opportunities and business development initiatives
? Lead and contribute to the negotiation of business terms and arrangements
? Monitor account performance and pipeline activities against targeted plans.

Skills, Qualifications and Previous Experience Required:
? A solid background in General Insurance, preferably with intricate technical knowledge of the personal lines market.
? A track record of success in a relationship based insurance sales role
? The ability to establish and maintain external business relationships at all levels, and to identify and manage key influencers within organisations.
? Selling skills and techniques needed in order to retain and generate new business
? The confidence to deliver effective presentations and sales pitches to external audiences in both the High Net Worth sector and the sub prime sector.

Looking for in you:
You will be ambitious, driven, hard working and lively with the ability to get the job done. You will have the confidence to present at various levels and the past experience of developing high volumes of business in a niche sector. You will be a unique individual who wants to be part of a huge project and is willing to put in the effort necessary to reach that goal. Applicants looking for an easy ride need not apply, applications will only be considered from serious sales minded insurance professionals as the potential earnings reflect this.

The Package:
Business Development Executives (Insurance start up) : London, up to £35,000 basic salary plus uncapped bonus (High OTE) including 25 days annual leave, contributory pension scheme, life assurance and discounted insurance rates.

If this sounds like you or you would like to speak to us directly about the vacancy then please forward your CV for an immediate assessment to David@priderecruitment.co.uk or drop me a line on 0844 56 77433.

As with many job types applications intake can be very high and as such it is important that applicants display their skills, abilities and suitability in a clear CV format (preferably Word). Due to the high numbers of applications received please note that if you do not hear from us within 5 working days then you have not been successful for this role. However, we may contact you in the future if you are