Financial Lines Portfolio Specialist

• Lead market and product strategy for Cyber and Professional Indemnity


• Shape a competitive financial lines proposition as a trusted technical specialist


• Hybrid 60% homeworking and 40% from Stratford upon Avon

About the role



At NFU Mutual, you'll take on a strategic, market facing and technical specialist role, shaping financial lines strategy with particular emphasis on Cyber and Professional Indemnity. You'll bring specialist market knowledge to the team and help guide the development of relevant products.



As the subject matter expert, you'll guide the team on complex technical matters and influence market selection and risk placement decisions. You'll monitor market trends, competitor activity and emerging customer needs, identifying opportunities for innovation and helping to keep NFU Mutual's proposition competitive.



You'll also produce and support marketing documents, technical content, agency materials and presentations for agents. Your work will have an indicative focus of roughly 40% strategy, 30% market management and 30% subject matter expert activity, helping NFU Mutual strengthen its products and deliver sustainable value for customers.



This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford upon Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 60% of your hours from home.



Internally this role is called NIS Portfolio Specialist.




About you



You're a credible and confident financial lines specialist who thinks strategically and turns market insight into practical direction. You communicate complex technical information clearly in writing and presentations, build effective relationships with underwriters, brokers, agents and internal teams, and work collaboratively to develop fresh ideas for products and portfolios. You can discuss market trends, competitiveness and innovation clearly, demonstrating how your specialist knowledge would add value to the team.




To join NFU Mutual, you'll also bring

• Deep financial lines specialist knowledge gained in broking or underwriting, with substantial Cyber and Professional Indemnity expertise.


• Broader financial lines knowledge that supports connected product decisions


• Experience assessing technical referrals and advising on strategy, markets and risk placement


• Current market awareness and experience using data to support decisions in a targeted environment

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 Rewards

• Salary up to £60,000


• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Mentoring opportunities to help you grow your career


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual



We'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.