Sales Development Representative Apprentice - Commercial Insurance
ABA INSURANCE COMMERCIAL LTD
Kent (DA11 8HJ)
Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 February 2026
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Summary
Start your career in commercial insurance with a fast-growing brokerage. This is a sales-focused apprenticeship where you’ll learn outbound prospecting, client communication and insurance fundamentals, with a clear pathway to becoming a fully qualified Broker within 12–18 months.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
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- Salary increase upon promotion
- Commission structure introduced as Broker
- Training course
- Insurance practitioner (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
60-minute lunch break.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This is an exciting opportunity to join ABA Insurance as a Sales Development Representative Apprentice within our Construction division. You will begin by focusing on outbound prospecting, building pipelines and learning how commercial insurance works in real-world business environments.
We have successfully developed apprentices into full Brokers within 12 months, and this role is designed as a structured pathway into a long-term, high-earning sales career.
You will receive hands-on training, daily coaching and structured development through our in-house Sales Academy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Outbound cold calling to construction and SME businesses
- Building and managing prospect lists
- Identifying and qualifying new business opportunities
- Booking appointments for senior brokers
- Supporting with renewal preparation and client administration
- Assisting with remarketing risks to insurers
- Updating and managing CRM systems (Acturis)
- Learning insurance products such as Liability, Contractors All Risks, Fleet and Property
Where you'll work
Suite 39 and Suite 34
Fleet House, Springhead Enterprise Park
Springhead Road, Northfleet
Kent
DA11 8HJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
Training course
Insurance practitioner (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
- Identify potential claims fraud and determine the correct action to prevent loss.
- Manage insurance claims and/or payments within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Identify and manage insurance risks within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Recommend insurance and premiums decisions within the limits of responsibility and in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Gather and interpret relevant information to provide a return on insurance decisions.
- Match client’s needs with available insurance products and services.
- Optimises the potential return on insurance decisions within the scope of own role by identifying and positioning the client’s case with the insurer.
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
Training schedule
Training will be completed online via your employers work site
More training information
- Apprentices will complete the Insurance Practitioner Level 3 Apprenticship Standard
- Fully funded learning and development programme that includes the Cert CII
- Develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of successful Insurance Practitioners
- Role-specific route ways tailor the apprenticeship to the job role,
Junior Broker - Free CII membership for non-members through the CII Aspire Apprenticeship Programme
- Includes the CII study e-books and exam entries
- Resit costs for CII exams and End-Point-Assessment will be covered by the employer
- Fortnightly workshops for each CII exam
- All workshops recorded and available on-demand
- Interactive chat, forums and class notebooks for real time support and assistance from experienced and qualified insurance professionals
- Exam tips, tricks, and strategies
- Regular tutorials and assessments with your dedicated trainer
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4(C))
- Maths (grade Grade 4(C))
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
- Previous sales experience is not required, but a strong work ethic is essential
About this employer
ABA Insurance Commercial Ltd is a fast-growing commercial insurance brokerage based in Kent, specialising in Construction, Property Owners, and SME insurance. We manage over 1,800 policies and £5.5m+ in Gross Written Premium, working with ambitious business owners across the UK. Our culture is professional, driven and supportive — focused on training, progression, and building long-term careers in insurance broking.
After this apprenticeship
This is a genuine career pathway role. Successful completion of the apprenticeship can lead to promotion to Junior Broker within 12–18 months.
Progression includes:
- Salary increase upon promotion
- Commission structure introduced as Broker
- Ongoing insurance qualifications
- Clear pathway to Account Executive and Senior Broker level
- High earning potential within 3 - 5 years
We promote from within and reward performance.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015737.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 11:59pm)