Senior Client Advocate - Construction

About the role

The Senior Client Advocate provides strategic relationship management and placement, taking advantage of our specialized Construction industry experience and unparalleled market know-how, to craft strategies for clients to quantify, mitigate, and transfer risk. This position will also create strategies and execute the placement of Builders Risk, Property and Casualty lines of business for both primary and excess policies.

Responsibilities

• Retain existing book of business; develop, and strengthen client relationships
• Identify, engage, and integrate delivery of all WTW internal resources to deliver on the client experience.
• Provide strategic planning and consulting advice to clients; monitor insurance and risk management needs in collaboration with WTW resource, practice, and industry groups.
• Recommend appropriate solutions throughout the policy life cycle (including acquisition due diligence).
• Create project risk profiles and prepare marketing materials for underwriting and placement of casualty coverages in the marketplace (Primary and excess for practice and projects)
• Facilitate binding of broadest available coverage in alignment with the risk profile.
• Build and develop market relationships in collaboration with broking and sales; Design individual prospect sales strategies and develop growth pipelines.
• Conduct contract reviews to ensure alignment of obligations.
• Provide strategic design and lead resources to manage large property and Master Builders Risk programs along with large complex project coverage.
• Drive the Request for Proposal (RFP) response process, including review, identification, and coordination of line of business groups, and document ownership.
• Drive the renewal process to establish and implement the client-specific renewal strategy. Collaborate with WTW resource, practice, and industry groups to develop and deliver renewal to clients.

Qualifications

• Targeted 10+ years of commercial Property & Casualty insurance experience in a client-facing role with industry knowledge in Construction and Real Estate.
• 8-10 years of Broking experience in Property, Casualty and Builders Risk
• Knowledge of commercial insurance renewal end-to-end process steps and owners.
• Experience with management and technical oversight of Large MBR programs and complex property schedules is required
• Able to apply knowledge of coverage forms in the analysis of program design, the identification of coverage gaps, and ongoing coverage consultation.
• Able to leverage internal and external relationships to bring WTW resources and assets tailored to client needs; ability to drive conflict resolution.
• Able to interpret, analyze and present models.
• Negotiation Skills: able to develop innovative and creative solutions to do complex deals, drive consensus across internal and external stakeholders to close deals.
• Knowledge of strategy, tactics, and solutions for the client, and/or in the marketplace.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; group presentation skills, ability to drive complex/technical conversations.
• Effectively advocates for change. Provides encouragement, takes control of team projects, leads key work areas, collaborates with others, and provides clear guidance to ensure others fulfill roles effectively.
• Excellent project management skills including end-to-end oversight of large, complex, ambiguous, or multi-dimensional projects.
• Competency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Insurance P&C License required.