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Thistle House, 21 - 23 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH2 1DF
With a proven track record in the insurance sector, Flexible Solutionz places Claims Handlers, Technical Coaches, and Large Loss Specialists into key roles. Our service is backed by long-standing client relationships, flexible terms, and available references to ensure confidence in every hire.
The Offices, 53 King Street, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 4LQ
Pavilion Recruitment is a Financial Services and Insurance recruiter. The agency was founded in 2012 and serves employers in the Lloyd's of London market, as well as the KSS area. They cover a range of areas, from Broking to Claims, and have worked with clients including AON, Marsh, and Thames Underwriting.
Sourcerock Services has been delivering Technical recruitment solutions across Construction, Software as a Service and Sales, Technology and Insurance & Risk since 2016. Their approach consists of a modular model where they combine recruitment and employee retention. Besides this, they also have outplacement services that assist the individual in their job search by aiding in CV and interview preparations. They are situated in Manchester.
AMC Executive Search exclusively offers executive search services in Investment Management areas, namely Institutional Asset Management, Private Markets, Insurance Solutions, FinTech, Private Debt and Infrastructure. They have a worldwide reach and have been hiring Investment, Distribution and Governance talent since 2012 for the likes of multi boutique investment firms and private credit franchises. They are headquartered in the City of London.
An international firm, Insurance Search meets the staffing needs of employers in the Insurance and InsurTech verticals. Operating across Asia, South America, the UK, and the US, they place professionals in various c-suite, board level, and senior management placements. For over seven years, the agency has also been offering executive search services and works closely with Brokers, MGAs, and Underwriters from their London and New York branches.
F Squared is a London-based agency that started in 2018. Thye feature over 20 years' worth of recruitment experience in the Insurance sector. Their remit covers the following areas: Risk Management, Catastrophe Risk & Exposure, Management, Risk Engineering, Underwriting, Broking, Claims, and Delegated Authority Compliance.
G J Associates is an Essex-based talent recruitment company that focuses on delivering staffing solutions to the UK's Insurance industry. They have been operating since 2018 and typically place qualified candidates in a wide range of entry-level and senior executive assignments. The agency also extends their expertise to various departments, such as Accident & Health, Aviation, Energy, Financial & Professional Risks, Marine, and Property.
Patrick Clarke Recruitment delivers recruitment solutions nationwide across Financial Services, Insurance, IT and Office Support for middle to senior-level roles. Specifically, in Financial Services verticals, they handle Investments and Life & Pensions. Located in the City of London, they execute contingency search, executive search and advertised assignment, where they also do screening and interview arrangements. They opened their doors in 2008.
Sherborne Talent Solutions, headquartered in Birmingham, specialises in Sales, IT and Marketing recruitment. Supporting candidates and companies alike, they administer job interviews, provide employee training and perform CV consultancy. Their reach spans internationally and has been working across Financial Services, Telecoms, Utilities and more since 2019. Their team has 20 years of collective experience in Leadership, IT, Sales and Marketing.
Woodland Partners specialises in executive search for the Insurance market. With a reach that spans worldwide, they have a track record in placing prospects across Europe with the help of their office in the City of London. Following their founder's recruitment experience in Insurance and Financial Services, which dates back to 1994, they were formed in 2019 to supply professionals like Financial Analyst, Compliance Lead and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions.
WRS Recruitment's key specialisms are in Print, Insurance and Office Support & Secretarial, recruiting for permanent and temporary mandates. For Print, they source staff like Machine Minders and Operators. For Insurance, they work across Claims, Broking and more. For Office Support & Secretarial, they employ staff of all levels. Situated in Ongar and launched in 2009, they are corporate members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
FJN Solutions connects an array of job seekers and employers in the Insurance sector across the UK and globally. Since 2019, they have been assigning candidates to various appointments. The entity also works closely with the Account Management, Business Development, Claims, Compliance & Marketing, InsurTech, Project Management, and Underwriting divisions.
Compass Recruitment Ltd's specialism is in Insurance, recruiting across London, Lloyd's and Regional Markets. They focus on placements in Underwriting, Risk Surveying, Business Development and Management as they conduct contingency search, retained search, and business or team to move models. Founded in 2011, they have built a client portfolio that includes AXA, Protector Forsikring and The Military Mutual.
Bell & Co exclusively provides recruitment services in Insurance, covering Commercial Broking, Personal Insurance, Commercial Claims, Insurer and Insurance Call Centre. Their key areas are Yorkshire, the North East, Greater Manchester and the East Midlands, to which they have been recruiting since 2020. They have a customer portfolio that includes J M Glendinning Insurance Brokers, IFS Risk Solutions Ltd and Independent Insurance Bureau Ltd.
Harrison Holgate is an agency that supplies manpower solutions to the Insurance sector within the London, Lloyd's and regional markets. They offer executive search, contingency services, and managed services & advanced solutions. They recruit for job titles including Head of Technical Accounting, Finance Analyst, and Reinsurance Technician.
Abbeville Recruitment exclusively fulfils Finance recruitment requirements of City of London and Cambridge-based Legal and Insurance institutions. Launched in 2013, they cover permanent and contract posts in disciplines including, but not limited to, Senior Finance, Part Qualified & Qualified, Finance Systems and Accounts Support. They are located in Cambridge and have a customer portfolio which includes law firms and global insurance companies.
Broadstone Resourcing is a specialist multi-sector recruitment agency that hires staff on a permanent, temporary, and contract basis. Established in 2011, they cover various industries nationwide and in Germany. They cater to various clients in the following Financial disciplines: Accountancy, Audit, Banking, Commerce, Industry, Insurance, and Public Sector. The company also delivers staff to the IT, Logistics, Retail, and Sales sectors.
Eden James Consulting has been operating for more than 10 years in Insurance recruitment, supporting field and remote-based needs. They specialise in executing mid to senior-level placements on an executive or contingency search basis. They also offer named candidate search solutions for clients who are committed to finding a particular talent, especially within the Underwriting and Broking markets.
Next Employment is an independently-owned London-based recruitment agency that specialises in finding Insurance, Financial, and Professional Services candidates. They cover interim, temporary, and permanent appointments for roles such as Underwriting Assistant, Account Manager, IBA Technician, Compliance Analyst, Specialty Claims Examiner, Executive Assistant, and many more. Their consultants have over 30 years of industry experience.
Actualise Consulting is a niche Actuarial and Insurance recruitment consultancy with offices in London and Paris. They have been putting performing retained executive search services since 2009, covering Risk Management, Underwriting, Financial Direction, Data Science and Sales. Serving customers like international actuarial consulting companies, insurance agencies and consultancies, they also reimburse payments if they render unsuccessful results.
Copeland Automotive Recruitment is an Oxfordshire-based agency specialising in Automotive appointments ranging from mid to senior-level Sales, Operations, and Marketing roles. They were founded in 2009 and have since delivered to Vehicle Manufacturers, Leasing & Financial Services, Automotive Suppliers, Marketing Agencies, and Automotive Dealers across the UK.
Working across the UK and overseas, Kingsley Adams is a Manchester-based agency for the Finance Services, Banking and Insurance sectors. Their directors have years of Finance recruitment experience and are experts in fields including Treasury, Asset Finance, Wealth Management, Private Banking, Asset Based Lending, and Bridging Finance.
Open Spaces IT Recruitment selects Information Technology professionals for clients across the UK and abroad. They have been hiring on a permanent and contract basis since 1997. The company is an accredited member of the REC that also caters to the Enterprise Asset Management, Geographical Information Systems, and IT Service Management fields.
Chadwick Nott Legal Recruitment has offices across Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, London, and Reading. They specialise in various areas including Public Sector Legal, Paralegal, Insurance, Human Resources, Private Practice, and more. Their team consists of specialist consultants with over 20 years of headhunting experience.
Recruitrite Ltd is a recruitment business in the North East that provides staffing solutions to several sectors including Manufacturing, Sales & Business Development, Logistics & Supply Chain, Contact Centres, Health & Care, and Engineering. They offer contract, interim, temporary & permanent recruitment, plus executive search services. Some roles they fill include Warehouse Operative, High-Pressure Water Jetter, and Digital Marketing Executive.
Latcom Ltd serves employers in an array of sectors across the UK. From their offices in Hemel Hempstead and Southend-on-Sea, the talent-sourcing firm focuses on delivering recruitment services to the Administration, Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Legal, and Professional Services markets. They leverage their 25 years of combined experience in sourcing permanent and contract candidates for various positions.
HPRtalent assigns job seekers to various interim, permanent, and temporary positions. The niche agency has national coverage and caters to an array of sectors. These include Accountancy & Finance, Automotive, Banking, Catering & Hospitality, Environmental, IT, Legal, Merchandising, Project Management, Supply Chain, Telecommunications, and Warehousing & Distribution. From its Nottingham office, they typically work with blue-chip organisations.
Massenhove Recruitment Limited is an established provider of employment solutions to a wide variety of permanent, temporary, and contract roles across the UK. Dealing exclusively with the Insurance vertical, they also cater to the IT & Communication Delivery and Financial Services sectors. The Essex-based firm offers expertise in Asset Management, Investment Management, Operations & Facilities, Tax & Fiduciary, and Underwriting staffing.
Barker Munro Recruitment Ltd offers a service to the Accounting & Finance, Insurance and IT markets. Founded in 2010, they supply candidates to fill vacancies in various Financial areas, such as Claims, Underwriting, Broking, Pricing, Loss Adjusting, and Risk.
Eliot Partnership is a specialist agency that supplies workforce solutions in the Executive/Management and Insurance sectors. The agency has 5 offices based in Bermuda, London, New York, Singapore and Zurich. They hire for roles that belong in the following areas of expertise: C-Suite and Board, Underwriting, Broking and Infrastructure.
Aston Charles is an expert in General Insurance and Financial Services recruitment. Since 2008, they have worked with international insurance companies, IFAs, niche underwriting agencies, financial planning and investment management firms, global broking houses, banks, loss adjusting practices, and more. They also offer various services including search & selection, retained assignment, contingency recruitment, and mergers & acquisitions.
HFG UK is a specialist recruitment agency that supplies the Insurance sector with workforce solutions. HFG UK has ISO9001 and APPSCo accreditations and was awarded as having one of the Top 100 Insurance blogs. Established in 2002, they offer other services including contingent, executive search, contract, interim and advertised selection.
DMD Recruitment delivers primarily to the Insurance, Financial Services, Legal, and Health & Social Care markets. They handle both full-time and part-time roles. Their client base includes AIG, Cowgills, Chase de Vere, Together Trust, JELF, Hilltop Finance, Bury Council, Cheetham Jackson, Kellands, and more. They have offices located in London and Manchester.
SRM Recruitment specialises in delivering executive search solutions, as well as Finance, Wealth Management, and Tax recruitment services on a permanent or interim basis. They cover jobs from Trainee and Transaction Processing roles, through to CFO-level vacancies. With offices in London, Guildford, and Welwyn Garden City, they recuit globally and have successfully filled vacancies in New York, Frankfurt, Paris, and Singapore.
The Rubicon Hospitality Recruitment brand is now Gail Kenny Executive Recruitment. They are specialist Travel recruiters, and as well as hiring mid-to-senior talent, they also cover Sales, Marketing, Revenue Management, Commercial, and Digital. They have more than 15 years of experience and have worked with names such as Sykes Holiday Cottages, Wayfairer, Virgin Holidays, TUI, and VisitBritain.
Bolton Associates, situated in the City of London, manages recruitment in Actuary and Insurance. Disciplines they cover are General Actuary, Catastrophe Modelling, Risk Management and Data Science & Analytics to which they fill Technical and Executive roles. Since they began in 2010, they have formed relationships worldwide across Europe, US and Asia Pacific and built a customer portfolio that includes AXA, Lockton Re and Volante Global.
Arthur Recruitment specialises in Finance and Insurance recruitment, assisting sectors like Actuarial, Compliance, Data & Analytics, Payments & FinTech and Risk Management. With over 20 years of experience under their belt, they have served over 100 companies - which include Ascot, Markel International and Willis Towers Watson. Situated in the City of London, they open permanent and contract jobs as Risk Analyst, Property Claims Adjuster and more.
7 Fifty-Two is a provider of Financial Markets recruitment consultancy services and they cover contract and permanent placements. They are a part of ITHR Group and they utilise an online portal called InTime that has contractor invoicing, payment, and remittance features. The agency has previously recruited for roles such as Software Delivery Manager, DevOps Manager, IT Systems Engineer, QA Engineer, and Machine Learning Engineer.
mbf is a Financial Services and General Insurance-focused recruitment specialist based in Dartford. They also cater to a plethora of departments across the UK, including employee benefits, financial planning, pensions, and wealth management. Since 2012, the agency has been supplying permanent, temporary, and contract professionals for various positions. These include Account Executives, Financial Services Administrators, and Investment Managers.
Artemis Financial Recruitment is a Bermondsey-based niche agency for the London Insurance market. They have been catering to permanent, contract and interim, mid to senior level roles, like Underwriting Officer, Portfolio Analyst, Consultant and Director, since 2014. In addition to conducting contingency recruitment and retained search, they also tender Visa and sponsorship assistance to foreign individuals looking to work in the UK.
Eyonzy Marine Recruitment exclusively operates across the Maritime industry - both inside and outside the UK. They are situated in Glasgow and source prospective Technical & Marine Superintendents, Vessel Managers, Technical Managers and the like. Performing permanent and temporary, search and retained recruitment, they take pride in utilising a Maritime Staff Acquisition System, which retrieves only the top 15% candidates from their database.
Insure Recruitment places candidates in an array of vacancies in the Financial Services and General Insurance industries. For over 10 years, they have been delivering specialised staffing solutions to a broad range of employers across the UK. They are GDPR compliant and an REC member that often sources the likes of Claims Handlers, Financial Controllers, and Real Estate Underwriters from their Surrey office.
Switch Recruitment has been in the industry since 2004, delivering single to large-scale assignments on a contingent or retained search basis from their headquarters in Suffolk. They provide permanent, temporary, and contract solutions to the following sectors: Retail, Hospitality, Actuarial, Financial Services, Insurance, Finance, Accountancy, IT, and Technical. Switch Recruitment has a nationwide coverage.
Charles Levick satisfies contract, interim management, and temporary placements in an array of functions in the Financial Services industry. These include Actuarial, Change & Transformation, Compliance, FinTech, Insurance, Legal, Marketing, Operations & Sales, Risk & Analytics, and Technology. Serving clients across the UK and overseas, they have been operating since 2008. They also provide executive search and retained search services.
Capio Recruitment supports companies as well as job seekers across Legal, Finance and Insurance. They have been placing applicants for permanent, temporary, contract and interim appointments, such as Property Lawyer, Wealth Management Administrator, Underwriter and more, since 2019. Their headquarters is in Bristol.
JJ Search is a search and selection company that focuses on providing Investment Management and Private Banking within the UK. Their areas of expertise include Front Office, Investment Management, Operations, Project & Change Management, Business Analysis & Management, HR & Finance, and Marketing. JJ Search is accredited by APSCo, and they cover junior, mid-level and senior roles.
Established in 2015, The Consultancy Group focuses on supplying high calibre professionals in the Accounting, Finance, Tax, Project, Data, Software Development and Change & Transformation sectors. The company also provides permanent, temporary and contract staffing in Retail & Consumer, Media and Technology, Natural Resources & Energy, and Property & Construction.
Pure Resourcing is a Windsor-based Financial Services recruitment specialist that has been providing staffing assistance since 2002. Their areas of expertise include Mortgage Recruitment, Intermediary Sales, IFA & Wealth Management, and more. They typically recruit for Mortgage Brokers, Case Managers, BLT Mortgage Underwriters, New Business Account Executives, Protection Sales Managers, and more.
Ingham Jones is a reputable firm that specialises in permanent and temporary Risk, Compliance, and Leadership placements. They work with a variety of global and SME firms across Management Consulting, Banking, Insurance, and FinTech in the UK, Europe, and North America. They specialise in several areas including Credit Risk, Market Risk, Conduct & Governance, Audit & Assurance, Technology & Analytics, and more. The company was founded in 2020.
Emploi Recruitment is a specialist agency that supplies workforce solutions in sectors such as Accounting & Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, and Legal. Established in 2001, the agency recruits Senior Project Engineers, CNC Millers, Welders & Fabrication Fitters, and Press Section Technical Supervisors.
Focus Search & Selection is a niche Financial Services industry specialist created in 2003 by Charles Walker. The agency has a few market specialisms, namely FMCG & Food, Employee Benefits & Insurance, Intermediary Wealth & Pensions, Legal, Operations & Business Finance, Property Finance, Mortgage & Protection, and Payment Solutions, Fintech & Cyber.
McCabe & Barton was founded in 2000 and is focused on Technology and Business Change recruitment. They are based in London and work with both the public and private sectors across the UK, as well as Europe. Some areas they specialise in are Investment Banking, FinTech, Asset Management, Risk, Insurance, Central Government, and Consultancy. Their team keeps up to date with the latest technologies, in demand skills, and market trends.
IPS Group primarily focuses on attracting personnel to contract, temporary, and permanent roles for the Financial Services and Insurance markets in the UK and Asia. Founded in 1970, they provide staffing solutions to a diverse range of sectors, including Actuarial & Exposure Management, IT, Secretarial, Risk, Audit & Compliance, HR, Insurance, and Pensions & Benefits. IPS Group consists of IPS Finance, IPS Asia, IPS Search, and Anakin Seal Legal.
Hydrogen Group is an international multi-sector recruitment company for Accounting & Finance, Marketing & Business Development and Procurement, to name a few. They have 11 offices all over the globe, including a team in Edinburgh. They were established in 1997 and have since nearly 2,000 individuals in permanent and contract employment to enterprises in over 67 countries. Their client portfolio includes NBA, Warner Bros. and Formula One.
Panoramic Associates works with over 85% of UK local authorities to provide Talent Acquisition, Outsourced Recruitment Partner, Executive Search, and Consultancy services to the Public Sector and Housing Market. The firm is a division of Precision Resource Group (PRG) and they supply senior interims, specialist consultants, and front-line agency staff across the UK. Their clients include L&Q, Luton, Islington, and Brent.
Xpert Resourcing carries out specialised hiring solutions to a broad range of markets across the UK. They deal with clients in Accountancy & Finance, Administration & Customer Service, Executive Search, HR, Industrial/Technical, Insurance, IT, Marketing, Purchasing & Procurement, Sales, and Science. With over 20 years of combined experience, the firm finds staff to fulfill various permanent, temporary, and contract vacancies.
One Consulting recruits Business, Engineering and Technical professionals. They open for permanent, fixed-term and interim positions, as well as executive leadership. Situated in Newport, they partner with a variety of sectors including Government Office, and highly regulated ones like Naval Defence and Oil & Gas.
A&J Recruitment supply temporary and permanent Social Care Support Staff into private and charity organisations across the UK. Based in Leeds, they provide a tailored 24-7 service, assisting employers in finding candidates for roles such as Night Support Workers, Care Assistants and Operations Managers in Social Care settings.
Karma Tech Search Ltd has been working in the recruitment space since 2020, sourcing commercial personnel for FinTech start-ups and scale-ups. They support the banking, capital markets and insurance domains. For banking, they partner with Banking as a Service institutions and the like. For capital markets, they work across treasury, settlement and more. For insurance, they also cover InsurTech. Located in Manchester, their network spans globally.
A claims handler works on behalf of insurance companies with the aim of assessing insurance claims and paying out sums to the insured, if the policy criteria are met. A high pressure, social job, claims handlers have good people and management skills.
The recruitment agencies listed below are specialists in matching claim handler vacancies with appropriate candidates. Since insurance is a large industry in the UK, with the majority of jobs remaining on-shore, employment agencies often have a lot of claims handler positions available.
There are usually no special qualifications required to become a claims handler, aside from a degree or diploma in any subject. The more relevant the subject, however, the better the chance of landing a job. The process of becoming a claims handler takes place in the insurance office environment, where claims assessment and customer communication skills are learnt.
The more applicable work experience a person has, the better the salary expectations. Junior or trainee handlers start on around £14,000, but as skills and experience grow, this can rise substantially.
The role of claims handler is a challenging, exciting position that can be gained by anyone with good communication skills and an eye for detail.