Senior Broker - Johannesburg at AON

As the Senior Broker in Property, your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the primary point of contact within the broking team for specific clients in order to provide specialist advice to the clients and colleagues (country-wide).

Providing advice to clients and colleagues on

• placement design,
• available coverage and capacity,
• pricing,
• potential coverage enhancements and
• market progress within scope of responsibility
• Negotiating terms and conditions of placement.
• Working in partnership with clients (where applicable) and colleagues to ensure clients’ needs and expectations are met.
• Working in partnership with client facing colleagues in understanding the coverage needs of clients and how property insurance dovetail with other product lines.
• Advising on collection of relevant risk information and analyzing risk information for risk transfer solutions.
• Responsible for identifying appropriate channels for risk placement based on security guidelines and other requirements.
• Responsible for issuing broking notes, policies and endorsements for existing renewals and new placements.
• Negotiating terms and conditions on placement with carriers.
• Providing technical advice to colleagues and clients (when required) on placement design, available coverage and capacity, pricing, potential coverage enhancements, market changes and make recommendations within scope of responsibility.
• Possessing an awareness of larger Aon / department / team strategies.
• Building strong relationships within the market and with relevant Aon network and other internal stakeholders (Aon Re, Risk Consulting, New Business etc).
• Responsible for maintaining awareness of all available Aon SPS products and utilizing them appropriately.
• Maintaining necessary management information and completing required administrative tasks.
• Applying company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
• Promoting the Aon brand.

Qualifications.

• A minimum of Grade 12 or equivalent
• A Bachelor’s degree is preferable
• Must be registered as a representative (RE5) with the FSCA in terms of the FAIS Act
• Must be registered as a licentiate with the IISA

Knowledge.

• Excellent knowledge of property, breakdown, interruption, political violence and Sasria type policy wordings
• Comprehensive knowledge of the South African and international short-term insurance markets.
• Strategic knowledge of industry and business strategies and company goals.
• Computer literacy with advanced knowledge in MS Word and Excel.