Broker I - Marine Cargo

Colleagues on this team engage with clients to identify potential threats across a myriad of areas, ensuring they are better informed and better advised, so they can make better decisions about their future!

This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work both virtually and from our New York City, NY office.

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

• Market new and renewal business, handling all aspects of the placements from initial market selection through policy delivery to client.
• With minimal guidance and supervision, identifies and analyzes client exposures and determines which markets to utilize, ensuring detailed evaluation of qualified companies in the marketplace.
• Provides alternative options and/or design risk transfer/financing products for presentation to the client.
• Ensure that placements are handled accurately and on time
• Develop and maintain thorough knowledge of the Cargo insurance marketplace, products and services.
• Develop productive business relationships with key insurance underwriters and Aon local office teams
• Identify and analyze prospect and client exposures.
• Coordinate activities with other internal units as required to meet customer needs.
• Present to local account executives, participate in RFPs, client meetings and conference calls.
• Builds productive working relationships with peers and higher-level professionals internally and externally to exchange information and make recommendations.
• Key member of the client facing team, acting as a trusted advisor to the client in broking, designing, selling and servicing accounts.
• Frequently interacts with senior level colleagues and clients, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or clients and the company.

Many individuals in commercial risk are natural relationship builders and enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Enjoy regional travel with this role and travel to our London office!

Required Experience:

• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively at various levels.
• Attention to detail, ability to multi-task, outstanding organizational skills, ability to make and communicate difficult decisions.
• Minimum of 2+ years of marine insurance brokerage and/or underwriting experience and/or related experience.
• Solid understanding of carrier underwriting practices & processes.
• Validated skills in working with teams and ability to work with clients and to successfully exceed client expectations.
• Confirmed client facing skills including effective presentations & communications.
• Proven organization and ability to work with others.
• Successfully operates in a fast-paced driven environment that requires the ability to handle various tasks simultaneously.
• Sales experience preferred.
• Must maintain appropriate broker's license.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in maritime studies.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon's discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws:

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $70,000 - $90,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.

The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of New York, NY. The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon's annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

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