What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Broker position at Higginbotham?
Higginbotham, a privately held, independent insurance and financial services firm that ranks within the top 20 nationwide, has an immediate opening for an Senior Broker in our Lehi, UT office.
Each Broker is a critical member of our production team and is responsible for:
- Creating, managing and maintaining a profitable portfolio of business through top level sales, relationship, and technical expertise.
- Creating and nourishing profound and steadfast relationships with clients and insurance companies to create business placement opportunities.
- Creatively and aggressively structure and negotiate specialty insurance placements
- Successfully negotiating the account placement of new and renewal business.
- Consistently accomplishing targeted revenue goals.
- Leveraging resources to fulfil account placement objectives.
- Inspiring and teaching team members through leadership principles, technical proficiencies, and deep insurance and product knowledge.
- Realizing and developing superior account placement strategies through the account qualification process.
- Fully assuming all the responsibility for placement of account opportunities and completion of all associated account requirements.
- Continual enhancement of industry knowledge.
Ideal team member would possess:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent experience and knowledge considered.
- Substantial and relevant experience in a wholesale insurance brokerage or underwriting role.
- Demonstrated understanding of commercial insurance coverages and relevant forms.
- Good history of working relationships with retail agents and markets.
- Highest level of customer relationship skills, sales management and negotiating talent to drive results.
- Highest level of interpersonal skills to facilitate team building and resource management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- State Licensing – where required
- Ability to travel extensively.