Associate - Business Development Review

Since I started at Willis Towers Watson I have built a strong understanding of the London market. I have been exposed to many divisions within Willis Towers Watson across both Corporate Risk and Health and Benefits. I have supported in delivering/developed skills in: • Driving a sales culture. • Wider risk advisory rather than simply the transactional approach. • Set up and managed my own initiatives. • Coordinated and supported formal RFPs across both Aviation and Marine accounts. • Excellent skills across Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office. • Global marketing campaigns across Aviation and Marine lines of business. • Client propositions. • Data analytics. I am a delegate of the Willis Towers Watson GB Emerging Ambassadors group which strives for growth and innovation within the organisation to develop within our rapidly changing marketplace.

Currently spending two days a week working with the Aviation Claims team to broaden my technical understanding of the Aviation Insurance Industry. I am now very experienced in developing and sharing propositions that are both relevant and compelling for our target client base. I have developed a light technical and broking knowledge.

I have a very interesting role that I enjoy considerably. I am able to work with the broader WTW business and am allowed the time to learn about the additions products and services we offer outside of my immediate vicinity. The exams are okay and support is provided if needed.

The programme has has lacked clarity and structure throughout the 18 months that I have currently been in the role. The programme has been an amazing way to get into the business, yet the structure around the scheme has been no existent at times which has in turn lead to uncertainty.

I have a fantastic team around me and management structure that has been on hand to support me with exams and also be generous enough to allow me to take study days to ensure I am adequately prepared for my CII exams. The broader business is very approachable which was very helpful in the early days.

The training provider conducts revision sessions for our CII exams, the entails a teacher coming in and spending the time taking us through the relevant learning outcomes within our text books. This has been very helpful as they have been able to provide real life exams to the theory within the book.

I am unsure to the relevance of a lot of the content within the exams as I within a business development team which is set slightly aside from the more technical parts of the BU. The competency piece of the learning has been interesting to evaluate my performance however I wouldn't say it has improved my in role performance.

I am a delegate of the Willis Towers Watson GB Emerging Ambassadors group which strives for growth and innovation within the organisation to develop within our rapidly changing marketplace. I am a delegate of the DXC Digital Minds group, which strives to create a platform for change within the London market, that embraces digital transformation while retaining what makes the London market special. I am currently sitting my CII qualifications which I intend to complete to the ACII level. This is to further enhance my technical insurance knowledge which will support me across varying roles with my career growth. See less

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The business is very interesting and there is a broad range of opportunity in and outside of core insurance roles. I have been given the freedom to be heard and felt empowered to share my ideas with the wider business. I can see myself building a long term career within the group.

Research and be sure to understand the high level dynamics of the London Insurance Market. I was never asked too much about the business at a granular level, it was more what are the broad range of services that are offered? Do you know who our main competitors are and finally what the the role between a broker and insurer.