NFU 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 250 local offices.

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. 

An exciting opportunity has now arisen within the Ashford, Tenterden and Whitfield Agency for an experienced Senior Insurance Sales Executive.

The purpose of the role is to support the Agency’s business strategy of significant growth in the commercial sector by building effective relationships, delivering on commercial sales targets, and ensuring customers receive the highest level of customer service by providing a compliant and appropriate insurance and risk management programme.

Key objectives of the role are:
- Acquire and maintain knowledge of NFU Mutual and National Intermediary Services (NIS) products.

- Proactively contribute to the building of our new business sales pipeline and build and develop relationships with prospects.

- Deliver sales targets by planning, developing, and delivering sales opportunities.

- Review, design and advise mid-corporate and complex corporate clients on their insurance portfolios to ensure that the policy is providing peace of mind to the client.

- Positively impact sales through identifying and securing upsell and cross sales opportunities (including our financial services and risk management services).

- Plan and implement effective sales and marketing initiatives.

- Build long term relationships with our broker arm (NIS), to become agency expert in insurance lines that are not underwritten by the NFU Mutual.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in a highly driven and ambitious targeted sales role and a proven track record in advising commercial customers on their insurance needs. Someone with effective and professional verbal and written communication skills, with excellent attention to detail and customer service skills.