Surety Broker – Build a Market‑Leading Surety Business

About the role

Exance, a specialist insurance broker, is expanding its surety offering and seeks an ambitious Surety Broker to originate new contractor and developer relationships, structure surety facilities and grow a market‑leading book of business.

Key responsibilities

• Develop new contractor, developer and intermediary relationships across the UK construction sector.
• Generate opportunities through prospecting, networking, referrals and introducer relationships.
• Structure and place performance, advance payment, retention, bid and other surety bonds.
• Prepare financial submissions and credit cases for surety underwriters.
• Negotiate facilities, pricing, indemnities and commercial terms.
• Build strategic relationships with Lloyd's, company market and specialist surety underwriters.
• Collaborate with Exance underwriters to utilise in‑house capacity where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate Salesforce pipeline management, forecasting and FCA‑compliant documentation.
• Contribute ideas for new products, distribution and market development.

Required profile

• Experience in surety broking, surety underwriting or a closely related commercial insurance discipline.
• Commercial mindset with a strong appetite for winning new business.
• Ability to understand contractor financial information and present credit cases confidently.
• Excellent relationship‑building skills with clients and insurer markets.
• Self‑starter who enjoys building new business rather than maintaining the status quo.
• Commitment to FCA compliance and professional standards.

Required skills

• Salesforce

What we offer

• Competitive salary with uncapped performance bonus.
• Access to delegated underwriting authority and proprietary capacity.
• Opportunity to help build one of the UK’s leading specialist surety businesses.
• Hybrid working model in Birmingham.