This is a key role within a growing organisation, offering the right candidate an excellent opportunity to provide insurance advisory support for a wide-ranging and transformative project across the country.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess and manage key insurance risks across the organisation, procure appropriate insurance policies, and implement effective risk mitigation strategies.
- Negotiate, price, and arrange suitable insurance cover in collaboration with insurance brokers.
- Provide expert advice on all insurance matters, including recommending appropriate levels of cover.
- Support management and operational teams in determining and securing necessary insurance arrangements for various business activities.
- Engage with key stakeholders, including developers, design teams, contractors, and third parties, to address insurance-related issues and create tailored solutions.
- Assess and report on insurance risks, including uninsurable risks, and recommend suitable protection measures.
- Develop and maintain systems to capture and analyse insurance-related data across the portfolio.
- Conduct cost-benefit assessments of different insurance structures, such as Owner-Controlled vs Contractor-Controlled Insurance Programmes and Project-Specific Professional Indemnity Insurance vs Consultant/Contractor/Subcontractor policies.
- Administer and manage insurance policies effectively.
- Oversee all matters related to insurance claims.
- Assess and advise on insurance and development bond requirements.
- Review and evaluate third-party indemnity and co-insurance requests.
- Maintain regular contact with key stakeholders, including developers, contractors, design teams, tenants, management companies, and suppliers, regarding insurance considerations.
- Review the organisation’s asset and project portfolio and provide expert guidance on all insurance-related matters.
- Evaluate health and safety regulations, building regulations, and other applicable legislation relevant to insurance considerations.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate insurance risks, working proactively with business units to implement and continuously improve risk mitigation measures.
- Provide insurance support and advice at all levels across the organisation.
Person Specification
- 10+ years’ experience in insurance advisory, specialising in construction and property insurance.
- CIP/CII qualified insurance professional.
- Experience in the placement and management of corporate and development insurances, as well as risk transfer programmes.
- Excellent relationship management skills and high-level technical proficiency to enable effective communication with relevant stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of current best practices and developments in construction and corporate insurance.
- Ability to provide practical, commercially aware insurance advice tailored to the organisation’s needs.
- Excellent communicator with a proactive and innovative approach.
- Highly organised, responsive, and detail-oriented.
- Must have own car and a full, clean driving licence.
