Insurance / Employee Benefits Placement Specialist

Insurance / Employee Benefits Placement Specialist
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Placement team at Marsh. This role will be based in Porto or Lisbon. This is a hybrid role that requires working at least three days a week in the office.

Reporting to the Placement Leader, this role aims to develop and execute various initiatives to implement the Placement strategy defined for Marsh and Mercer. The chosen person will be responsible for negotiating with national and international insurance markets for insurance programs for clients and prospects, ensuring the best solutions that meet the specific needs of each client, with a special focus on solutions related to the Employee Benefits area. The Placement Specialist will work closely with the entire Marsh Mc
Lennan Group structure (particularly with the Client Management and Sales teams) to create the best value proposition for their clients.

We will count on you to:

Define and implement a market strategy for each placement.
Conduct detailed analysis of existing insurance programs, identifying improvement opportunities and recommendations for optimization.
Negotiate the best solutions in terms of pricing, coverage, and limits with insurance markets.
Develop close and trust based relationships with insurance markets.
Implement various initiatives that are part of the Placement strategic plan.
Support and liaise with other internal teams by finding the best solutions for client needs, provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
Stay updated on market trends and best practices, especially in the Employee Benefits area, and share knowledge, information, and insights with the other teams/departments.

What you need to have:

Proven experience of 3 to 5 years in the Insurance sector (Broker/Insurer), with a focus on the Employee Benefits area.
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
Strong knowledge of the insurance market, particularly in social benefits policies, including Health, Life, and Personal Accident Insurance.
Fluent English level (minimum C1); knowledge of Spanish is considered a plus.
Critical thinking and
- solving attitude.
Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
Analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and communicate it in a clear way.
Team-player, being able to collaborate with colleagues from different areas and hierarchical levels.

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your
- being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh Mc
Lennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh Mc
Lennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90, 000 colleagues, Marsh Mc
Lennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on Linked
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Marsh Mc
Lennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh Mc
Lennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh Mc
Lennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

Insurance and Business Consulting and Services

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