Placement Broker

Aon is in the business of better decisions:

We all know life can change in an instant — and at Aon, we’re here to help and support our clients through every one of those moments. As a leading insurance broker, we’re committed to doing what’s right, providing the clarity and confidence our clients need to make better decisions.

Step into a role where you’ll help deliver innovative placement solutions, strengthen insurer and client relationships, and contribute to outcomes that protect and grow New Zealand businesses.

About the Role

As a Placement Broker, you’ll support our Placement Leads in designing and delivering placement strategies across key lines of business. You will assist with program design, insurer engagement, market negotiations, analytics insights, and supporting client teams with market intelligence and solutions.

This role is instrumental in ensuring Aon delivers placement excellence, operational efficiency, and exceptional client outcomes across our New Zealand portfolio.  This is a great opportunity for those who wantt to take a little bit of a different career path, being mentored by a strong leader with years of placement experience.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting Placement Leads with program design and strategic account reviews
• Supporting portfolio management and insurer engagement across NZ, London, Asian and Australian markets
• Providing market insights and advice to client servicing teams
• Developing an understanding of placement strategy and tactics to achieve client and business goals
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with underwriters and carriers
• Creating and sharing insights using Aon’s data and analytics platforms
• Supporting tender responses, retention strategies, and client acquisition
• Applying operational excellence, embedding Aon United principles, and championing continuous improvement
• Identifying and managing conduct, operational, privacy and third‑party risks

Skills and Experience that will lead to success:

You’ll bring a strong understanding of major product lines — particularly Property, General Liability and Motor — paired with the ability to interpret policy wordings and provide data-informed recommendations. Relationship building, communication, and negotiation strengths are essential, as is the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment as part of a small and agile team.

A few key skills we look for:

• Strong knowledge of core insurance products
• Ability to interpret and communicate policy wordings
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation capability
• Proven communication and presentation skills
• Adaptability, self‑motivation and a continuous improvement mindset

Why Aon?

We don’t just talk about better ways of working—we live it, every day. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Friendly, collaborative teams both locally and internationally.
• Comprehensive onboarding and continuous professional development.
• Opportunities to grow and progress across different areas of our business.

What’s On Offer?

• Competitive base salary plus annual incentive
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
• Health and Life Insurance, plus Income Protection options
• Gym discounts
• Flexible working arrangements, Early finishes on Friday, 2 Aon wellbeing days per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services

Apply now and join a company dedicated to offer sound solutions to NZ clients.

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, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, 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 [email protected]

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