Construction Account Executive

R_294839 - Construction Account Executive

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Construction team at Marsh. This role will be based in London. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

A market leading specialty business servicing all aspects of the construction and infrastructure sector both in the UK and overseas. Our client base includes major construction and engineering companies as well as large industrial groups and property investors.

We are seeking an experienced senior insurance professional to join our Global Contractor’s team to provide a wide range of insurance advice to service the annual programme requirements of a large portfolio of existing contractor clients along with associated projects.

The successful candidate will be joining a team that operates at the highest level of professionalism and insurance knowledge within their sectors, which will provide a solid platform for career development and learning within the specialty environment.

We will count on you to:

Day to day service:

• Contract reviews – review of indemnity and insurance provisions of wide variety of construction contracts
• Site visits – meetings with operating companies
• Client presentations – primarily focused on CAR/PL/PI
• Provide technical insurance advice on a wide variety of challenges that face our clients daily

Place business:

• Collect and analyse risk information and claims data, produce underwriting submissions, review and update wordings
• Planning broking strategy and broke in the UK and International markets (in conjunction with our market leading broking team) to assess the responses from insurers and prepare renewal reports and presentations to clients
• Issue documentation including agreed wordings, placing slips, endorsements, certificates, insurance manuals and minutes of meetings

Claims Service:

• Monitor claims progress
• Support our claims colleagues with on major / complex claims and provide advice on claims strategy and appropriate actions
• Prepare and attend claims review meetings

New Business:

• Identify new business opportunities
• Secure new business in conjunction with our business development team

What you need to have: 

• Significant insurance handling/broking experience within Construction Clients or large corporate clients
• Attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
• Excellent communication skills and confidence to develop strong relationships with senior level client contact points
• Knowledge of Annual insurance programmes
• Technical competence in CAR/EL/PL/PI classes of insurance
• CII fully qualified (or equivalent) preferred

What makes you stand out?

• Knowledge / experience of construction related insurance
• Knowledge / experience of construction industry and construction contracts
• Professional indemnity insurance experience
• A good team working ethos
• Enthusiasm and ambition

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world’s top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.