Insurance Sales Apprentice - NFU Mutual Hertford & North Herts

NFU Mutual Hertford & North Herts

Buntingford (SG9 0RU)

Closes on Friday 31 July 2026

Posted on 10 June 2026


Summary

Insurance sales – working as part of a team in a local agency of a market-leading insurer, providing new business quotes for clients for motor, home and commercial insurance.

Wage

£23,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£23k (negotiable if you already have relevant experience).

Training course
Insurance practitioner (level 3)
Hours
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.

35 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

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

Insurance sales – working as part of a team in a local Agency of a market leading insurer, providing new business quotes for clients for motor, home and commercial insurance.

  • Undertake new business quotes and sales for existing and new customers.
  • Cross-sell the full range of NFU Mutual products, including financial services.
  • Manage your own sales pipeline using our Customer Relationship Management tool.

Where you'll work

The Maltings, Hyde Hall Farm
Sandon
Buntingford
SG9 0RU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

DAVIES LEARNING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Training course

Insurance practitioner (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

  • Working towards a CII qualification through remote delivery of an apprenticeship via Davies.
  • Will also obtain internal product licences.
  • Training would be on a weekly and ongoing basis.

More training information

Depending on experience, this could be changed to a Level 4 Apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 subjects including English & maths (grade Grade C / 4 or above)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

DBS and insolvency checks completed prior to start date.

About this employer

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.  

https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/agent-offices/hertford-and-north-herts (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Commission & bonus scheme, Pension after 3 months.
  • 25 days holiday/Celebration Day/Flexi time over Xmas.
  • Death in Service 4 x Salary.
  • Help at Hand employee. assistance support
  • Free on-site parking.

After this apprenticeship

We would expect this person to be in a commercial sales executive position at the end of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAVIES LEARNING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035877.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 31 July 2026