Manchester City Centre | Monday-Friday | No Evenings or Weekends
£28,000 Basic + Monthly Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Turn Conversations into Sales. Build a Career in Insurance!
Are you a natural communicator who enjoys helping customers and closing deals?
Do you thrive on working towards targets, converting opportunities into sales, and earning bonuses for your success?
If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
We're looking for an ambitious Insurance Sales Advisor to join a growing specialist insurance business. Whether your background is in telesales, contact centres, customer service, retail sales or insurance, this is an opportunity to develop your skills, maximise your earning potential and build a long-term career within a successful and supportive organisation.
What's different about this role?
- No cold calling - every lead is warm and pre-qualified
- Monday to Friday only - no weekends or late evenings
- Monthly bonus opportunities
- Clear career progression pathways
- Supportive team environment with ongoing training
You'll be speaking with customers who have already enquired about insurance, received quotes, have renewals due, or are returning customers. Your role is to understand their needs, provide expert guidance and help them secure the right cover.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Contacting customers who have received quotes but haven't yet purchased
- Following up renewals and re-engaging lapsed customers
- Handling inbound sales enquiries from new and existing customers
- Converting opportunities into sales while delivering exceptional customer service
- Identifying cross-sell opportunities across a range of specialist insurance products
- Processing quotations, renewals and policy changes
- Responding to customer queries via phone, email and live chat
- Working towards individual and team sales targets while contributing to a high-performing team culture
What We're Looking For:
You'll be someone who enjoys speaking with people, is motivated by targets and takes pride in delivering great customer outcomes.
We're particularly interested in candidates who have:
- Experience in sales, telesales, customer service, retention or contact centre environments
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- A confident and resilient approach when handling objections
- Experience working towards targets or KPI’s
- The ability to identify customer needs and recommend suitable solutions
- A positive attitude and willingness to learn
Previous insurance or financial services experience would be beneficial, but it's not essential.
Why Join Us?
We're passionate about creating an environment where people can succeed, develop and enjoy coming to work.
In return, you'll receive:
- £28,000 starting salary
- Achievable monthly bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell holiday scheme
- Private medical cover
- Dental cover
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Company pension scheme
- Travel insurance
- Season ticket loan
- Ongoing training and development
- Genuine opportunities for career progression across sales, underwriting, claims, operations and wider business functions
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're driven by helping customers, motivated by achieving results and looking for a role that offers both earning potential and long-term career development, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and start building your future with a business that invests in your success.
Are you ready to play your part?
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us on 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.
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Skills Required
- Experience in sales, telesales, customer service, retention, or contact centre environments
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Confidence and resilience when handling objections
- Experience working toward targets or KPIs
- Ability to identify customer needs and recommend suitable solutions
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Previous insurance or financial services experience
Markel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Markel and has not been reviewed or approved by Markel.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive coverage includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, and telehealth, complemented by company-sponsored wellness programs and free fitness/mindfulness apps. Feedback suggests expanded mental-health resources and wellness incentives further enhance support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include 401(k) and other financial protections that can add meaningful long-term value. Feedback suggests strong company matching and retirement contributions are a notable part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A broad suite includes paid time off, corporate holidays, parental leave, hybrid work, volunteer time, and education support. Feedback suggests PTO accrual grows with tenure and can include an option to buy extra days.
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What We Do
At Markel, we believe in hard work, a zealous pursuit of excellence, and fairness in all our dealings. Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) is a global Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. We seek to be a leader in each of our pursuits, with insurance being our primary business. As a market leader for specialty insurance, reinsurance, and investment operations around the world, Markel embodies integrity, commitment, teamwork, and innovation in every day operations. We are encouraged to look for a better way to do things. Since our founding in 1930, we have sought to know our customers’ needs and to provide quality products and service. Markel specializes in providing coverage for hard-to-place risks for a variety of niche markets including: • Agricultural and equine risks • Reinsurance for large risk enterprises such as oil rigs • Event cancellation insurance for weddings, concerts, and sporting events • Inland marine coverage for fine art collections • Environmental pollution • Yachts, ATVs, and motorcycles At Markel we provide an atmosphere in which people can reach their personal potential. We are results-oriented, and we continually strive for a better way to do things. The Markel approach is one of spontaneity and flexibility. Markel helps employees balance work and social activities. Markel gives you the keys to success! Keeping an open mind and learning new skills allows our associates to stay ahead of the marketplace. Above all, we enjoy what we are doing. There is excitement here that comes from innovating, creating, striving for a better way, sharing success with others…winning. That is the Markel Style.
