Deal Support

Deal Support - Schemes

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We arrange our business into five channels, with the NMUK Broker Channel the largest and fastest growing of all our UK business units. Our broker engagement and subsequently pipeline and new business volumes have increased exponentially.

As part of growth ambitions, we have set up a dedicated Schemes function which shall be responsible for the ownership of all Scheme business managed within the NMUK Broker Channel through a Broker partners in the UK. Schemes is defined as any business where we provide a delegated underwriting authority to our partners. The Schemes team operates cross-class across all Markel products (PI, Care, Tech, Life Science, Construction and BTE Legal Expenses) along with considering new product areas.

The Schemes team works closely alongside our Broker Development team, where we are structured to support our Major Trading Partners, Key Accounts, Development Brokers and Connect Brokers. The Schemes team are the centre of excellence to support our Broker Development team in managing existing Schemes along with quoting and onboarding new Scheme opportunities.

The Schemes Deal Support role reports into the Head of Schemes Development. The Schemes team is the centre of excellence for the management, oversight, review and onboarding of all Schemes business for the Broker channel. Working closely with internal stakeholders such as Broker Development and the Underwriters is essential to delivering the right outcomes to support growing our Schemes business.

The core focus of the role is to support the Schemes Deal Manager and our Business Development team on the collation of new opportunity detail to respond to tenders and other portfolio opportunities.

The Schemes Deal Support will support the pipelining of new opportunities, owning and maintaining an opportunity response framework for consistent response to new opportunities and providing support on retention with key renewals.

What we ask of you:

• Ownership of the delegated and portfolio opportunity pipeline, working closely with the Schemes Deal Manager and Business Development team.
• Provide support to onboarding new opportunities and work closely with the Schemes Operations Manager to get new facilities ready to go live.
• Work with the Markel UK Marketing team to build a clear and consistent suite of tender response documents and then maintain with regular updates.
• Work with the Business Development team on other portfolio opportunities with the Deal framework can support winning new deals
• Develop an understanding of the broader NMUK proposition including Legal and Tax services to support the delivery of value-added services to existing Scheme business.
• Demonstrate a high level of sales professionalism and discipline through timely and accurate activity reporting, maintenance of CRM and documentation of meetings.

What you will bring to the role:

• Have previous experience within the General Insurance industry and specifically working with delegated authority business in the UK Broker and MGA marker
• Demonstrable an ability to problem solve and find solutions to deliver successful outcomes
• Have a keen eye for detail and be able to articulate Markel products and services through multiple communication methods
• Understanding of project management techniques and stakeholder management of both internal and external stakeholders
• We are looking for challenging, self-starting, and success oriented individuals who bring expertise, initiative and a desire to build a market leading business
• To be a creditable and engaging representative of Markel, in order to cultivate long term relationships within the industry

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What's in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus generous monthly bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

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Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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