Agricultural Vehicle Underwriter Further your career at NFU Mutual during an exciting time of transformation and change, undertaking a specialist underwriting role - which is being offered as 12-month fixed term contract Help shape our Agricultural Vehicle strategy, utilising your extensive knowledge in this area to evolve our underwriting guidance, processes and policies Hybrid working on offer – spend up to 80% of your time at home, to achieve an excellent work-life balance, with 20% attendance at one of our offices: Stratford-upon Avon, York, Bristol, Belfast or Glasgow About the roleThis is an exciting opportunity to join NFU Mutual’s Head Office Underwriting Department as part of our Farming and Estates Segment Underwriting team. Reporting to the Underwriting Segment Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping our underwriting strategy for the agricultural vehicle product - bringing expert judgement, developing guidance, and translating underwriting appetite into clear, actionable rules and processes. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Pricing, Propositions, Sales, Agency, Claims and wider business functions, influencing decision making and ensuring our underwriting practices remain consistent, customer focused, and commercially effective. You’ll undertake regular account management and contribute to strategic projects, that improve how we operate and support our ambition to remain the UK’s most trusted insurer - making and ensuring our underwriting practices remain consistent, customer-focused, and commercially effective. The role offers hybrid working to support flexibility, collaboration, and wellbeing – this will involve spending 20% of your time at one of our NFU Mutual offices (Stratford-upon Avon, York, Bristol, Belfast or Glasgow), and up to 80% of your time working from home. This role is known internally as: Class Underwriter – Segment About youYou bring strong technical knowledge and a background in Farm underwriting, supported by analytical and strategic thinking skills. You are confident using data to inform decisions, undertaking report writing, and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders. Equally you’ll enjoy contributing to improvements that create meaningful impact. What we’re looking for Experience in Agricultural Vehicle underwriting is essential Account management skills, thanks to an analytical mindset, with the ability to translate data into insight and actionable recommendations Confident communicator with influencing skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with all levels of stakeholders Strong report writing skills and the ability to interpret complex information for varied audiences Experience contributing to, or delivering projects in, a fast-moving environment, having worked in a head office / strategy-focused underwriting role previously – desirable At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees. We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.Benefits and RewardsSalary up to £60,000 Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary) Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading schemeA Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilitiesAccess to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets£20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&CsHealth and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and moreAccess to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insuranceEmployee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each yearMentoring opportunities to help you grow your careerUnlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus schemeLife Assurance cover of 4 x salaryEmployee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibilityWorking at NFU MutualWe’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.
