Commercial Seller

The role Commercial Seller Competitive Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 (dependant on experience), plus option of sales related bonus scheme

Full-Time position

Permanent Contract Split

Location:

Bourne & Sleaford offices5 days a week, Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 17:00

Introduction to NFU MutualNFU Mutual offers a wide range of products and services, including general insurance, life, pensions, and investments and has been providing quality insurance for its customers, for over 110 years. We carefully balance delivering excellent service to our customers whilst ensuring the business is run effectively. As a mutual, supporting our customers and paying their claims comes first.

We are a top ten UK insurance company and the UK’s largest rural insurer, with an agency network of over 180 local offices.

About the Agency As a local agency of NFU Mutual we deliver a first-class service, and sell their product range across our region, to customers old and new, who are at the core of everything we do. We are a business where honesty, integrity, and trust are at the heart of our values. We champion the personal approach to customer service that NFU Mutual are famous for.

About the role:

As a Commercial Seller within our team, you will play a key role in pro-actively prospecting and building relationships with commercial and personal insurance customers, in line with our acceptance criteria, in order to develop a strong sales pipeline to achieve new business targets across all income streams. You will advise on NFU Mutual insurance products, seeking opportunities to differentiate our offering to add value and win sustainable new business.

Above all though, you will relish the challenge of being part of a truly client focused ambitious team, collaborating with our excellent Customer Service, Claims and Commercial Account Handler colleagues within the Agency to ensure that all customers are looked after.

You’ll also have plenty of opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills to ensure you sell professionally and compliantly. Always delivering a consistently good experience to customers, you’ll meet the requirements and standards of NFUM, the T&C (training & competency) scheme and our regulators. This role falls under the Insurance Distribution Directive. This means there is a requirement for Continuous Professional Development in role, in addition to ongoing screening checks once in post.

About you
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of UK Commercial Insurance sector is desired. Cert CII qualifications / part-qualified is preferred.
• A proven record of selling against defined targets in an office-based environment.
• Knowledge of FCA regulations and compliance.
• An enthusiasm for insurance with real drive and energy, providing the best experience for our customers.
• The ability to work independently to develop a pipeline of prospects and drive your own sales performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent IT, organisational & administrative skills.
• A minimum of 5 GCSEs 9-5, or equivalent, including Maths and English.
• Full Driving Licence.

Our commitment to you:

You can expect full training in a professional, hardworking, friendly, and supportive environment. We encourage and support development and progression within our team and the opportunity to complete funded Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) qualifications is a possibility.

Benefits:

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive positive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
• Pension scheme contributions.
• Contractually we offer 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays. But in addition to that we offer 2 days additional leave during Christmas week which does not come out of the holiday allocation.
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