Mark Harrop

Experience

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  Legal and General

  Jul 1979 - Feb 1998

  Commercial Underwriter

  Commercial insurances

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  Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

  Mar 1998 - Jan 2000

  Specialised Industries Centre (SIC) New Business Team Manager

  Specialised industry segments...property owners, printing, precision engineers, hospitality and others

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  Business Line, Eagle Star/Zurich

  Feb 2000 - Jul 2001

  Underwriter

  Anything and everything to do with business insurances other than hull and aviation.

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  Bennetts Commercial Ltd

  Aug 2001 - Jan 2015

  Operations Manager and Account Executive

  Overseeing the day to day operations within a busy office, including IT, printing, telephony and consumables. Undertaking minor everyday maintenance tasks myself and arranging for more in depth works requiring outside contractors. As Account Executive within a commercial insurance brokerage, looking after existing clients, managing the smooth workflow within the office and visiting new clients too.Facilitated two office moves from Newbury to Basingstoke in 2004 then to another Basingstoke office in 2014. Show less

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  Alan & Thomas Insurance Brokers Basingstoke Ltd

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Account Executive and Operations Manager

  • Oversaw aspects of day-to-day office management including accounts payable.• Reconciled accounts by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.• Paid vendors and resolved purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies.• Maintained accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.• Charged expenses to accounts by analysing invoice/expense reports and recording entries.• Promoted Credit Control initiatives with colleagues.• Solely responsible for managing two office moves, facilitating the complete fitting-out and relocations.• Provided local IT support and LAN administration.• Oversaw inventory control and management.• Liaised with top management, assisting in the development of local strategic plans for operational activity. • Implemented and managed local operational plans.• Monitored adherence to rules, regulations and procedures.• Managed the customer focused servicing of corporate and individual clients’ insurance needs, meeting them in person, via the telephone or email. • Negotiated all matters with insurers on client’s behalf.• Brokered all forms of commercial insurance for businesses, and personal insurance for company directors. • Established and maintained relationships with clients and insurers. • Assessed insurance requirements for new and existing client base. Show less

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  Insurance Services (Surrey) Ltd

  Apr 2018 - now

  Account Manager

  Insurance broker to primarily commercial customers providing a full range of insurance products from all the major UK insurance companies. Specialising in property business from buy-to-let to management company and investor portfolios.