Head of Regional Broker Development

The Opportunity:

Markel is a leading specialist insurer supporting the commercial needs of UK SMEs. We partner with an extensive network of local regional and strategic brokers affinity relationships and direct channels providing sectorspecific insurance solutions across:

• Professional & Management Risks

• Care

• Technology

• Biomedical & Life Science

• Specialist & General Contractors

• and new sectors we continue to innovate every year

Our challenger attitude sets us apart. We combine expert underwriting exceptional service and a unique valueadding services package that no other SME provider in the UK can match.

As Head of Regional Broker Development youll shape how the broker community understands engages with and champions our proposition. Youll be a key figure in driving Markels UK growth ambition and elevating our brand in the market.

Youll report directly to the Broker Development Director and play a pivotal role in our UKwide team.

What Youll Lead & Deliver:

• Drive Markels UK growth plan by identifying developing and nurturing brokers aligned to our specialist sectors

• Lead your business development team to deliver strong new business performance and strategic results

• Build a healthy wellmanaged pipeline across products and services and ensure robust discipline in followup and conversion

• Own and grow key broker relationships ensuring they deliver sustainable value and increased engagement

• Champion our propositions through deep market knowledge storytelling and insight sharing

• Model highquality sales professionalism accurate CRM data and effective activity reporting

• Run structured purposeful broker meetings that support the wider UK sales strategy

What Youll Bring:

• Proven experience in business development within insurance or financial services

• A motivated commercially driven outlook with a passion for challenging the status quo

• Strong leadership capability with experience managing a BD team

• Ability to shape and implement strategic sales plans

• A track record of delivering growth driving engagement and achieving results

If youre energised by growth influence and creating something truly marketleading we want to speak with you.

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.

Were all about people We win together We strive for better We enjoy the everyday We think further

Whats in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus generous bonus scheme & strong benefits package

• 25 days paid holiday (pro rata) 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!

What we hope youll do next:

Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you.

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 colour national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at or call us at 0 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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