The Role
Senior Property Placement Broker
The Senior Property Placement Broker is a senior specialist within the Willis South Africa Property Placement Team and is responsible for the design, placement and negotiation of complex Property Insurance programmes for large corporate, mining and multinational clients.
The role acts as a technical and market-facing leader, providing strategic advice on risk transfer solutions, developing bespoke policy wordings, negotiating optimal placement structures and supporting business growth initiatives across the South African operation.
The successful candidate will maintain and leverage strong insurer and reinsurance market relationships, provide technical leadership to colleagues and represent Willis in high-level client engagements including renewal strategy, new business pursuits and due diligence projects.
The role Essential accountabilities include but are not limited to:
· Lead a co-ordinated placement strategy for complex and high-value Property risks with wholesale and facultative reinsurance brokers
· Develop and maintain senior relationships with local and international insurers. · Keep updated on market developments and solutions in order to identify and develop optimum solutions for clients · Support revenue growth through cross-selling and participation in new business opportunities.
· Act as lead technical resource on complex Property claims and coverage discussions where required.
· Collaborate with regional and global Willis colleagues on multinational programme design and placement.
· Drive placement excellence and continuous improvement within the Property Practice.
· Contribute to the development of proprietary Willis products, policy wordings and market solutions.
· Contribute to business development activities, including client pitches, RFP responses, prospect meetings and market presentations.
· Continuous development of technical skills
· Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentorship to brokers and account executives, ensuring the development of Property market expertise
· Adherence to Willis operating standards
· Acting as a subject matter expert and providing advisory services internally & externally