As an NFU Mutual Agent, you'll be responsible for running your own insurance sales business by selling and advising on our wide range of general insurance products. These range from car, home and contents insurance to a suite of commercial products aimed at the business sector, as well as products such as risk management, finance and financial services. You'll also take the time to manage and develop your staff so that they can reach their full potential.
Customer management
To ensure that the Agency continues to develop, it's crucial to look after the needs of your customers. The customer services policy which you introduce will be looked after on a day-to-day basis by your customer services team, but you'll manage certain client relationships, such as large business customers (commercial and farming) yourself, to ensure they benefit from your specialist knowledge.
Driving business strategy
As you'll be self-employed, you'll need to map out your activities in a business plan. This will form the keystone for the future growth of your Agency. To succeed you should ensure every member of the team is aware of your short-term, medium-term and long-term objectives, so they can help you plan and deliver.
Support other NFU Mutual business streams
As an Agent you'll need to support all of NFU Mutual's diverse business streams. Our range of Life products,
NFU Mutual Risk Management Services and Finance streams all provide additional commission earning potential.
Staff management and development
As an employer you'll need to make sure you nurture your team. To help you achieve this, NFU Mutual has a Training and Competence scheme which is in place as part of our commitment to the FSA regulations.
Approved person status
For you to be eligible to sell NFU Mutual's range of insurance, you'll need to become an Approved Person (APER).
An Approved Person is someone who is approved to perform a controlled function for either an authorised firm or an Appointed Representative. Controlled functions are those roles for a regulated business that have a particular regulatory significance. Anyone performing a governing function (partner function) for an Appointed Representative must be an Approved Person.
You do not apply to the FSA, this is done by us, your
Principle (NFU Mutual). In this application we will ask you to help prove that as an individual carrying on a controlled function you meet criteria for authorisation ( the fit and proper test): and can comply with the standards required in carrying out your controlled function (the Statements of Principle and Code of Practice for Approved Persons).