Full-Time

Placement Specialist

Business Insurance

Posted on 10/2/2025

Marsh

Marsh

10,001+ employees

Global insurance brokerage and risk advisory

No salary listed

Lincoln, NE, USA + 2 more

More locations: West Des Moines, IA, USA | Omaha, NE, USA

Hybrid

Category
Sales & Account Management (3)
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Requirements
  • A minimum experience of 5+ years.
  • Is a seasoned individual contributor.
  • Works independently under moderate supervision for routine situations.
  • Provides assistance and training to lower level employees.
  • Handles problems that are not typically routine; they require analysis to understand.
  • Makes minor adjustments to working methods and independently develops solutions to problems.
  • Explains practices, procedures and policies to reach agreement with others outside of the job area.
  • Presents well to clients and teams and is able to manage expectations effectively around marketing results and timeline.
  • Maintains appropriate market knowledge for placement and conditions of market for recommendations.
  • Works well within the marketing team to get all account duties completed in a timely manner.
Responsibilities
  • Work with Placement Team on assigned accounts from Marketing Manager and provides strategy during discussion for other accounts as requested.
  • Work with service team to prepare submission and get all necessary documentation for marketing, including specifications, loss records and summary reports to better serve clients.
  • Provide strategy to marketing team and producers for market placement, program design, market conditions and recommended coverages for the industry class. Participates in Strategy, Renewal, and Large Account Meetings and is available for client meetings as requested by producers.
  • Submit documents to various markets or rates independently on their websites to secure quotes. Negotiates terms and conditions to provide the best coverage and price, and works to further the partnership relationship with all carriers.
  • Assist with analyzing coverage, comparing quotes from markets, reviewing existing client insurance and risk programs and preparing proposal components to better serve clients.
  • Communicate effectively with markets, producers, and teams to manage expectations and provide realistic timelines to teams and clients. Prepares marketing summary to provide information to clients and teams.
  • Process necessary documentation and follows up on outstanding documentation with the appropriate party to ensure the smooth continuation of the Placement process.
  • Request and oversee follow-up for changes from underwriters and reviews coverage specifications to be submitted to carriers/underwriters to ensure they are accurate.
  • Assist on new and renewal placement, providing insight into retention strategy on renewal accounts to provide options to the clients and retain the business.

Marsh is a diversified professional services firm that helps clients manage risk, secure insurance, and design risk-transfer programs. Its core work combines risk advisory with insurance brokerage, acting as a buyer of coverage and placing policies across multiple underwriters. It includes Mercer (HR consulting), Guy Carpenter (reinsurance brokerage), and Oliver Wyman (management consulting) under a holding structure. Its goal is to lower clients' financial risk and total cost of risk by combining risk transfer with advisory and consulting services across insurance, reinsurance, HR, and business strategy.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$110K

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1871

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Mercer consulting revenue grew 11% in Q1 2026, outpacing traditional brokerage and driving higher margins.
  • EMEA division surged 14.1% year-over-year in Q1 2026, signaling strong European and emerging market expansion.
  • Niche insurance products like Port Blockage Insurance and Micassure capture underserved segments as commoditization pressures traditional lines.

What critics are saying

  • Aon's $13B Willis Towers Watson acquisition enables aggressive pricing that erodes Marsh's 30% global brokerage share.
  • Guy Carpenter's 2% organic growth in Q1 2026 trails Arthur J. Gallagher's 15% YoY, signaling reinsurance market share loss.
  • Sentrisk AI platform faces class-action lawsuits alleging misuse of client supply chain data for competitive intelligence.

What makes Marsh unique

  • Sentrisk AI platform maps supply chains with geospatial satellite imaging, uniquely addressing geopolitical and climate risks.
  • Holding company structure enables separately managed businesses: Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, Oliver Wyman.
  • Broker-as-advisor model since 1905 spreads client risk across multiple underwriters, not single insurers.

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Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Professional Development Budget

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Paid Holidays

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