SME Segment Leader - General Insurance
Role Overview
Leads SME general insurance account placement and management across property and casualty lines.
Serves as a day-to-day client contact and supports profitable regional growth and client retention.
Key Skills for This Role
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SME Segment Leader - General Insurance
Leads SME general insurance account placement and management across property and casualty lines.
Serves as a day-to-day client contact and supports profitable regional growth and client retention.
Responsibilities
- Place and manage SME accounts across property and casualty lines and serve as the day-to-day client contact.
- Manage a team supporting daily client requirements and assist business development in closing business.
- Strengthen and grow account relationships and understand clients' businesses and cultures.
- Support profitable regional growth and client-base expansion, coordinating service delivery, retention, and sustained growth.
- Develop relationships with new and existing insurers.
- Negotiate insurer commissions and achieve renewal-retention targets.
- Research client industries and opportunities and prepare peer benchmarking studies.
- Assess client risk profiles, prepare market submissions, negotiate terms, and conclude deals.
- Develop profitable insurance structures and marketing strategies for the client portfolio.
- Follow company policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and compliance expectations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Insurance, or a related field.
- At least 5–8 years of insurance experience handling SME accounts.
- Strong understanding of general insurance products, market dynamics, and UAE regulatory requirements.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to work under pressure.
Benefits and culture
- The employer describes technical and soft-skills training and a package that includes medical insurance and other benefits.
- The company describes a people-first culture, community volunteering, and sustainability goals.
About Howden
Global insurance intermediary and risk advisory group.
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