Associate Broker

Company: Gallagher Bassett NZ Ltd
Location: Lexington
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Risk Placement Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest specialty wholesale insurance brokerage firms. We work with top-rated carriers to design robust coverage for our clients. Our employees are fueled by a culture built around teamwork, creativity and responsiveness.

Position Summary:

The Broker Placement Specialist markets customer business, typically of moderate to high complexity, to a variety of insurance carriers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Independently and under limited supervision, evaluates companies to ensure that they are qualified in the marketplace
* Refers unusual questions to more experienced specialists or management
* Receives and processes requests for quotations from account personnel
* Identifies and analyzes client exposures to recommend and/or design risk transfer/financing products
* Identifies appropriate carriers, sends requests, negotiates favorable quotes and prepares recommendations

Required:

* Bachelors Degree
* 4 or more years related work experience
* Insurance Licensing for the states in which you will do business

Desired:

* Professional designation preferred, such as CPCU, CIC or ARM

U.S. Eligibility Requirements:

* Submit an application and resume/CV online to be considered.
* Are you 18 years of age or older or can you demonstrate legal capacity to enter a contract?
* Willing to submit to a background investigation; any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation.
* Unrestricted work authorization to work in the U.S. For U.S. employment opportunities, Risk Placement Services, Inc. hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H, or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. RPS will require proof of work authorization.
* Willing to execute RPS' Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement which requires, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disclosure.

RPS offers competitive salaries and benefits, including: medical/dental/vision plans, life and accident insurance, 401(K), employee stock purchase plan, educational expense reimbursement, employee assistance program, flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function) training programs, matching gift program, and more.

Risk Placement Services believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against nor favor any applicant because of race, sex, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, age, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, gender, gender identity / expression, actual or perceived sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Risk Placement Services will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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