Development Executive

If you are good enough to win major corporate business, your bonus should reflect it. This Development Executive role offers the chance to earn into six figures on bonus alone, but what makes that credible is the quality of the opportunity. You will be working in a new business team alongside established corporate partners to win clients with turnover up to £500 million, across all lines of business, with the support of an outstanding broking team, first-rate research capability and dedicated project management resource.

That matters, because high earning potential only really means something when the platform underneath it is strong enough to support it. Here, the route to market is better, the clients are more substantial and the support around you is built to help you convert serious opportunities rather than simply chase activity.

What the role involves

You will work with corporate partners to identify, develop and convert new business opportunities across a broad range of commercial and corporate insurance needs. The role is growth-led, but not in the hollow sense that often gets attached to business development jobs. This is about building trust quickly, understanding the client properly, shaping the right proposition and using the strength of the wider team to turn opportunity into revenue.

You will be backed by a high-calibre broking team, strong research support and dedicated project management resource. That should matter to anyone who has lost good opportunities in the past because the internal support fell short of the ambition. In this role, the expectation is that you go after bigger, better-quality business and have the infrastructure behind you to do it properly.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and convert new business opportunities through established corporate partner relationships
• Engage with larger corporate clients across all lines of business
• Build and manage a pipeline of high-value opportunities through to completion
• Work closely with broking, research and project management support to build credible client propositions
• Lead client conversations around risk, programme structure and wider insurance strategy
• Maintain momentum across longer and more complex sales processes
• Contribute to a high-performance new business culture focused on winning substantial accounts

Who this role could suit

• A proven Development Executive or New Business Account Executive in commercial or corporate insurance
• Someone who is comfortable operating with larger clients and more complex insurance programmes
• A broker who can open doors, build confidence and convert business without relying on gimmicks
• An insurance professional who wants better-quality opportunity rather than more low-value activity
• Someone motivated by serious bonus potential and confident in their ability to earn it
• A commercially sharp, self-directed broker who performs best when trusted to get on with the job

This role needs someone with drive, but not the empty version of it that gets thrown around in job adverts. It needs someone who can create momentum, read a room well, handle senior stakeholders and stay in control of an opportunity through a longer decision cycle. If you are already doing that, but feel under-supported or under-rewarded, this should be taken seriously.

Why this role

What makes this opportunity stand out is not just the salary band or the bonus headline. It is the structure around it. The corporate partner route gives you access to better conversations. The scale of client gives the role more substance. The quality of the broking team, the research support and the project management resource mean you are not carrying the full weight of the opportunity on your own. That combination is what gives very good Development Executives the room to produce exceptional numbers.

There are roles that talk about upside, and there are roles where the ingredients are actually in place to make it happen. This feels much closer to the second kind. Six-figure bonuses for the strongest performers only land properly in an advert when the opportunity itself looks capable of supporting them. Here, it does.

The next step

If you are a Development Executive who wants access to larger opportunities, better routes into market and earning potential that properly rewards outstanding performance, this is worth a confidential conversation. Any approach will be handled discreetly.