Job Description
Introduction:
At Gallagher Bassett, we're there when it matters most because helping people through challenging moments is more than just our job, it’s our purpose. Every day, we help clients navigate complexity, support recovery, and deliver outcomes that make a real difference in people’s lives. It takes empathy, precision, and a strong sense of partnership—and that’s exactly what you’ll find here. We’re a team of fast-paced fixers, empathetic experts, and outcomes drivers — people who care deeply about doing the right thing and doing it well. Whether you're managing claims, supporting clients, or improving processes, you’ll play a vital role in helping businesses and individuals move forward with confidence. Here, you’ll be supported by a culture that values teamwork, encourages curiosity, and celebrates the impact of your work. Because when you’re here, you’re part of something bigger. You’re part of a team that shows up, stands together, and leads with purpose.
Overview:
Gallagher Bassett Specialty provides risk and claims management services to Construction, Cyber, Executive and Professional, and Healthcare industries.
We are seeking a motivated business development professional to drive new business growth and expand relationships with existing clients within the insurance and risk management industry. This role is responsible for identifying and pursuing new revenue opportunities, developing client relationships, and leveraging industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the insurance brokerage landscape, excellent communication skills, and the ability toworkindependentlywithminimalsupervision.
How you'll make an impact:
- Drive new business growth by generating revenue from prospects and clients, setting and achieving annual goals, and strategically building your own book of business as a long-term goal.
- Conduct prospect outreach initiatives including cold calling and emailing, participation in networking events, social media outreach, webinar and thought leadership promotion to cultivate a robust sales pipeline.
- Manage the sales pipeline by generating leads, researching, conducting outreach, and tracking opportunities in a CRM system, such as Salesforce.
- Prepare tailored materials for client meetings and strategize solutions in collaboration with the sales team.
- Support account management activities, gather client data for renewals, and conduct policy reviews to build industry knowledge.
- Develop a strong understanding of insurance knowledge, Gallagher solutions, and sales methodology to enhance credibility with decision-makers.
- Leverage new sales and data analytics tools to support business opportunities, attend external events for market insights, and complete training programs.
- Collaborate with internal teams for cross-selling and attend industry events to expand your professional network.
Qualifications
Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication for engaging with prospects, clients, and colleagues; ability to build credibility with senior executives and collaborate effectively in teams.
Problem Solving: Independent problem-solving and critical thinking skills, self-starter attitude with a proactive approach to responsibility.
Organizational Skills: Strong ability to organize, prioritize, and multi-task with attention to detail and time management to meet deadlines.
Personal Attributes: Action-oriented with resilience, entrepreneurial spirit, competitive nature, strong work ethic, and a coachable, curious mindset.
Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint); complete industry licensing exam within 90 days of starting, as applicable
Education & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree required;1 year related TPA insurance experience required.
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Compensation and benefits:At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself. For more information, visit our Benefits page.
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being
- Career development opportunities and ongoing learning
- A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership
- The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact
At Gallagher, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to join our Talent Community to stay connected to additional career opportunities. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.
Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Insurance |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1927 |
| Website | https://www.ajg.com/ |
About Company
Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, helps clients address risk, protect assets and recover from losses. The products and services we provide keep businesses and institutions running, and enable individuals and families to rebuild their lives. Gallagher is the only insurance broker recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a World's Most Ethical Company.
Gallagher provides retail and wholesale property and casualty brokerage, alternative risk transfer services, employee benefit consulting, and actuarial services. Gallagher also offers claims and information management, risk control consulting and appraisal services, human resource consulting, and retirement services.
Skills
- Brokerageunmatched
- Business Developmentunmatched
- Business Growthunmatched
- Business Supportunmatched
- Claims Managementunmatched
- Cold Calling Skillsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Cross-Sellingunmatched
- Customer Relationsunmatched
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
- Customer Retention/Renewalunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Customer/Client Researchunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Insuranceunmatched
- Lead Generationunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Licensingunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Networking Eventsunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Research Skillsunmatched
- Revenue Growthunmatched
- Risk Managementunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Sales Managementunmatched
- Sales Pipelineunmatched
- Salesforce.comunmatched
- Social Mediaunmatched
- Solution Salesunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Thought Leadershipunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Training Programunmatched
- Webinarunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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