Construction Insurance Associate

About the role

The CMS Insurance & Reinsurance Group is looking to hire into its construction disputes team – ranked band 1 for construction professional negligence.

They are looking to hire into the Bristol team at 1-4PQE level. The team are looking for an individual with a good working knowledge of construction and engineering disputes, ideally including defending PI claims against contractors and construction professionals. While experience in insurance and policy coverage is an advantage, it is not essential.

You will have the opportunity to work with a market leading team, and numerous individually ranked partners with an enviable client base, including many large international construction and engineering firms, leading insurers, and major brokers. The team are known for being friendly, technically excellent and highly commercial in their advice, and offer the prospect of working closely with key clients, alongside being encouraged to develop your own contacts/network in the market.

About you

We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must meet the following skills and experience:

The right individual will have experience gained at a City, insurance, major regional or leading international firm with strong experience handling clients in major construction and engineering and/or insurance undertakings. We are ideally looking for people with 1-4PQE.

You will have excellent analytical and drafting skills and the ability to deliver practical and commercial advice. Due to the role being client facing, you will need to have sound judgement and good interpersonal and project management skills.

You will have gained experience in the construction and engineering sector, ideally with professional negligence disputes experience. While experience in insurance is a preference as it will be a critical part of this role, we will consider applicants with a broader construction background looking to make the move into insurance and/or disputes.

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What’s in it for you?

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)

• Flexible, hybrid working policy

• Generous bonus scheme

• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)

• Holiday exchange scheme

• Private medical insurance

• Enhanced parental leave

• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.