Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Manchester 

About the role

Lloyd & Whyte, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for an experienced Client Director to join our growing Direct Corporate Risks Ltd team in their Manchester office.

The successful candidate for this particular role will be a seasoned Commercial Insurance professional, managing an existing book of business whilst being able to identify and attract new clients, with demonstrable success and expertise in one of the following sectors: Construction, Haulage, Waste or Cyber.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing 

• Providing a comprehensive Commercial insurance service to existing and potential new customers.
• Develop a significant level of technical and industry expertise within your specialised sector, and to utilise this expertise when creating product propositions for our target clients
• To be responsible for achievement of all sales forecasts, plans, programmes and budgets in your respective sales area
• To identify and generate own leads via LinkedIn, cold calling, introducers, partnerships. The business shall also provide leads to you to supplement your own activities
• Monitor performance against objectives, forecasts, plans, targets and budgets and provide regular feedback to the Managing Director in this respect

What you'll need to have 

• Expert knowledge of the UK Commercial Insurance Market
• Proven success and demonstrable expertise within either the Construction, Haulage, Waste or Cyber Sectors
• Existing book of business or clients within one of our specialist sectors
• Attention to detail, numerate and accurate.
• Chartered Insurance Institute Certificate in Insurance

What makes you stand out 

• Self-motivated & Enthusiastic
• Outcome focused
• Ability to manage your own time and prioritise work without supervision, to meet deadlines.

What we offer

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Group Personal Pension
• Bonus scheme
• A holiday buy scheme 
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, company cash plan, income protection and life assurance
• Enhanced sick pay and parental leave
• Support and funding toward study and professional qualifications
• Paid time off for volunteering

Hear from the hiring manager

"At Direct Corporate Risks (DCR), we’re not just growing – we’re building something exceptional. Over the past few years, we’ve tripled our business, opened new regional offices, and developed a culture that blends commercial ambition with genuine collaboration. We’re proud of the people behind our success – driven, down-to-earth professionals who care about doing the right thing for our clients and each other."

Lloyd & Whyte offer a range of specialist insurance services to a variety of clients. Our specialisms range from niche scheme insurance for Healthcare professionals to expert insurance for commercial motor vehicles and professional broker-to-broker insurance services. We also have a wide range of personal insurance services that cover homeowners from standard houses through to thatch & listed character properties and high value homes. The Lloyd & Whyte Group is split into five different client divisions which include multiple companies and brands.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26