Junior Specialty Broker - London, United Kingdom - Lockton Companies

Description

At Lockton, we're passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We're active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.

Schedule

Full Time Permanent

Job type

Experienced Professional

Workplace

Hybrid

Your Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to start or accelerate your career in Lockton's Reinsurance division, within a dynamic, collaborative and entrepreneurial environment. You will benefit from professional development support, and opportunities to work in a team of diverse skill-sets and expertise.

About the team

You will join the Specialty team, who work on behalf of reinsurance companies to manage and mitigate their exposures to large global risks.

We are a growing team of specialist brokers drawn from varying backgrounds and we are now looking to hire a graduate to assist in our business and to develop the necessary skills to become the next generation of client facing intermediary.

About the role

The role will involve transactional and administrative support of the team and candidates should expect to very quickly attain an understanding of mechanics of our market place, the nature of the risks in focus and the function of reinsurance.

As part of rapidly growing business area, there will be countless opportunities to take on responsibility and be heavily involved in the team/firm's build out, both from a client/market engagement perspective. You will gain exposure to a wide range of reinsurance specialisms, including Terrorism & Political Violence, Political Risk & Credit Risk, Crisis Management, and Cyber.

Our business has a distinct global aspect and our customers are drawn from Europe, the United States, Bermuda and beyond. Within very few years there will be the opportunity to travel as we trade complex risks that require the support of broad networks.

Qualifications

For this position, we are seeking candidates with a combination of the following attributes:

• Strong academic background, with an analytical mindset – used to interpreting data and driven to understand and leverage insights.
• Commercially astute – able to quickly interpret commercial challenges and driven to find solutions for our clients
• Drive to learn – with a work ethic of continual improvement and excellent service
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint) – able to analyse information and both translate and articulate data with these tools effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – able to impactfully communicate with stakeholders in both formal and informal situations.
• Personable – able to build effective and positive relationships, and communicate both informally and in formal situations

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

About Lockton

Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 10,000+ Associates doing business in over 100 countries are empowered to do what's right every day.

At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.

How We Will Support You

At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.

We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.

Any Employment Agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting Employment Agency, person or entity. Employment Agencies, who have fee Agreements with Lockton Companies must submit applicants to the designated Lockton Companies Employment Coordinator to be eligible for placement fees.