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Brown & Brown is seeking an Employee Benefits Strategic Account Executive to join our growing team in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
The Strategic Account Executive Serves as a trusted advisor to clients by providing strategic account management, benefits consulting, and relationship management support. Leverages expertise in employee benefits products, carrier relationships, market trends, and competitive intelligence to develop customized solutions, drive client satisfaction, and support account growth and retention objectives.
How You Will Contribute:
Serve as the strategic advisor and primary relationship manager for an assigned book of business, driving client retention, satisfaction, and organic growth through proactive account management and consultative benefit strategies.
Lead cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of client service deliverables, including reporting, renewals, employee communications, benefit guides, open enrollment materials, compliance resources, technology solutions, and wellness initiatives.
Lead the development and execution of client-specific go-to-market strategies by coordinating with marketing, finance, producers, and clients to define timelines, deliverables, carrier marketing approaches, contribution strategies, and plan alternatives. Communicate strategic objectives and renewal goals to the marketing team, ensuring alignment and effective execution throughout the marketing and renewal process.
Conduct comprehensive evaluations of benefit programs, contracts, and carrier offerings to identify coverage gaps, compliance risks, cost-containment opportunities, and plan enhancement recommendations that align with client and office growth objectives.
Lead recurring strategic business reviews including stewardship meetings, claims and utilization analyses, benchmarking reviews, renewal planning sessions, and annual benefit strategy discussions with client decision-makers.
Support and participate in employee education and open enrollment meetings as needed, while ensuring all client commitments and project timelines are successfully executed across departments.
Travel to client sites as required
Manage the benefits due diligence process for mergers, acquisitions, and prospective opportunities, including data analysis, risk assessment, executive summaries, and presentation of findings and recommendations to leadership and client stakeholders.
Coordinate internal and external resources to deliver comprehensive client solutions and identify opportunities to introduce additional products, services, and risk management strategies that enhance the client relationship.
Develop and execute customized client service strategies that align with organizational objectives, support long-term client retention, and deliver measurable value.
Skills & Experience to be Successful:
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Minimum 5-7 years of experience with health insurance and healthcare compliance
Florida License 2-15
Proficient with MS Office Suite
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including verbal, written, in person, and telephone interactions.
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
Teammate Benefits & Total Well-Being
We go beyond standard benefits, focusing on the total well-being of our teammates, including:
- Health Benefits: Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
- Financial Benefits: ESPP; 401k; Student Loan Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement
- Mental Health & Wellness: Free Mental Health & Enhanced Advocacy Services
- Beyond Benefits: Paid Time Off, Holidays, Preferred Partner Discounts and more.
Not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Benefit details and offerings may vary for subsidiary entities or in specific geographic locations.
Recruiting Vendor Disclosure Statement
Brown & Brown does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiters, recruitment vendors or employment agencies ("Recruiting Vendors"). Recruiting Vendors must have a valid written agreement and received prior written authorization from an authorized Brown & Brown representative before submitting candidates for any publicly posted role. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Brown & Brown or its employees become the property of Brown & Brown, and no fees will be paid for such submissions. Additional information regarding this policy can be found on our careers page.
The Power To Be Yourself
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment comprised of people from all backgrounds, with a variety of experiences and perspectives, guided by our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) motto, “The Power to Be Yourself”.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5-7 years of experience with health insurance and healthcare compliance
- Florida License 2-15
- Proficient with MS Office Suite
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills (verbal, written, in person, telephone)
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
Brown & Brown Insurance Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Brown & Brown Insurance and has not been reviewed or approved by Brown & Brown Insurance.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are broad, spanning medical/Rx, dental, vision, life, disability, and added programs alongside Lyra access with up to eight no‑cost coaching or therapy sessions for teammates and covered dependents. Breadth extends to fertility/adoption solutions, second‑opinion services, diabetes care, and Medicare advocacy.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program includes an employer match up to 4% (100% of the first 3% plus 50% of the next 2%) with immediate vesting. Savings support is positioned as a core element of the total‑rewards package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, and the company emphasizes an ownership mindset with a large share of teammates as shareholders. This creates accessible equity participation alongside retirement savings.
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What We Do
Brown & Brown Insurance provides risk management solutions to help protect what our customers value most. Our four business segments offer insurance products and services to businesses and individuals. Our culture is built on integrity, innovation, superior capabilities, and discipline. We view insurance differently and use our experience, carrier relationships, and principled customer focus to deliver first-class service and solutions. Becoming a Brown & Brown teammate introduces you to a career with virtually unlimited possibilities. We think of ourselves as a team, so we have teammates—not employees. We strive to attract people who are competitive, driven, and disciplined. Our unique company culture of meritocracy rewards self-starters and those committed to doing what is best for our customers. We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work ®. Brown & Brown has demonstrated a Culture of Caring through dedication to the people and communities we serve. With more than 11,000 teammates in over 300 locations across the US, Canada, Ireland, the UK, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, we actively support numerous organizations in the local communities in which we live, work, and play. With a long-standing history of proven success, Brown & Brown is one of the insurance industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, ranked as the fifth-largest brokerage in the US and sixth in the world. You can find us on the NYSE as BRO.
