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Glassdoor has revealed its 2023 Best Places to Work in the UK. NFU Mutual, the only insurance company to make the top 50, was listed at no. 43. Christian Sutherland-Wong, Glassdoor Chief Executive Officer said: “Glassdoor data shows there are still companies hyper-focused on creating outstanding employee experiences. It's encouraging to see companies doubling down on employee mental health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, competitive benefits, and flexible work environments as we head into 2023.” Heather Kitto, Head of Resourcing, added: ““I’m pleased and proud to see that our employees continue to think NFU Mutual is a great place to work. Glassdoor showcases what we offer at NFU Mutual, from career development opportunities, market leading projects and programme, rewards and benefits to great managers and a friendly, supportive team environment. During these turbulent times in the employment market, we’re really proud to be leading the insurance industry in being recognised as a Top 50 company to work for by Glassdoor.”
We’re delighted that five women from the NFU Mutual Underwriting and Pricing teams were shortlisted last year at the Women in Insurance Awards.
A small project that’s making a big difference to large claims Continuous improvement, innovation, exploration and collaboration. Laura, Kirsten and Isabelle from our Pricing team tell us about a recent project they worked on together, which turned a bottle neck in the process into a business changing innovation that benefits both our colleagues and members.
NFU Mutual winners at The Firm awards 2022 The Firm, a membership organisation with over 8,700 members that supports in-house recruiters across the industry, recently hosted an awards ceremony in London. NFU Mutual was delighted to receive both the Best supplier partnership - That Little Agency award and the coveted Recruitment team of the year award. Kenny Graves, Head of HR commented: “We’re delighted to have won these awards, which are testament to the incredible work that our Resourcing team is doing. In 2020/21, the team managed a complete transformation of our Resourcing proposition to further improve our resourcing processes and outcomes and has exceeded all our resourcing KPIs. Seeing the team recognised on how far they have come; the growth and the changes over these last few years is incredible. The team has continued to rise to any challenge presented with a peak in vacancies and the challenging market seeing them recruit a record number of hires in 2021 continuing into 2022.”
82% of candidates with disabilities noted that their biggest barrier to employment was not being able to identify which employers were truly disability friendly. By advertising NFU Mutual roles on the Evenbreak job board, we’re making candidates aware that we're accessible to all. As with all types of diversity, people living with disabilities have different types of thinking due to their different lived experiences. As diverse thinking can be a real advantage for any business, advertising NFU Mutual vacancies through Evenbreak is a great step towards implementing our Diversity and Inclusion strategy.
NFU Mutual has once again secured top spots within TheJobCrowd’s industry Leaders sector rankings. Described as the 'TripAdvisor for jobs' TheJobCrowd creates an annual list of both ‘The Top Companies for Graduates to Work For’ and ‘The Top Companies for Apprentices to Work For’. The ranked lists and award placings are all the more special as they are based exclusively on feedback from graduates and apprentices. Receiving a 2nd place award for our Apprenticeship Programmes and a 3rd place award for our Graduate Programmes in the Industry Leaders sector rankings means NFU Mutual remains in the top three for a second consecutive year. Against strong competition, this is a fantastic achievement in what’s been a challenging year. Trisha Jones, HR Director at NFU Mutual, said: “I am immensely proud of our Graduate and Apprenticeship programmes here at NFU Mutual and the way they have grown. It’s a real testament to our commitment in bringing in the next generation of talent and our goal of being ‘a great place to work’.
The NFU Mutual Resourcing team has been named the winner of the 'Outstanding impact transformation and change' award at the annual FIRM Awards 2021. The award recognised the significant changes made by the NFU Mutual Resourcing team over the last couple of years. Rebecca Willis, Resourcing Business Partner at NFU Mutual, said: "The changes made have been a true transformation, touching every aspect of the resourcing function in terms of team structure, process, policies, technology and new supplier partnerships. Winning this award is testament to the hard work, positivity and commitment the team have shown through a variety of challenges. I feel proud to be part of it." The FIRM is the industry recognised forum for In-House Recruitment Managers. This is the first time NFU Mutual has entered a submission to the annual awards panel. Rebecca added: "We are delighted to be recognised by an industry we are very much a part of and to be successful on our first time of entering is just a phenomenal achievement."
NFU Mutual has been named as one of the UK’s top 25 companies of 2021 by professional networking site LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s Top Companies is an annual list that reveals where professionals want to work and identifies the best employers that help grow careers. It helps professionals identify companies who put their employees first — and provides the insights they need to navigate their professional journey. As well as tracking how career and skills development is supported by an employer, LinkedIn also monitor employee stability, how workplace culture is ingrained and acted upon, as well as employees’ ability to advance within an organisation. Trisha Jones, HR Director at NFU Mutual, said: “It’s great to be recognised by LinkedIn as one of the top companies in the UK as NFU Mutual prides itself on being a great place to work. Siobhan Morrin, News Editor at LinkedIn said: “The Top Companies list provides a helpful resource of companies that offer skills development and stability, giving our members that added confidence when taking that first step towards their next opportunity.”
NFU Mutual has announced that Group Chief Executive Lindsay Sinclair will retire at the end of March 2021 after more than 12 years in the role. Lindsay will be succeeded by current Sales and Agency Director, Nick Turner in April 2021. Lindsay Sinclair said: “It’s time to hand over the baton. Nick has played a critical role in NFU Mutual’s Senior Leadership Team over the past seven years, including the last year, where he has worked closely with me as we tackled the impact of the pandemic.” Nick Turner added: “I feel privileged to have worked for Lindsay and to be appointed his successor. I look forward to continuing the company’s strategy and our great work to be the insurer that is consistently there for its members.” Nick Turner joined NFU Mutual’s Board as Sales and Agency Director in 2013 from AXA where he spent 27 years in a wide variety of sales and business development, marketing and strategy roles across life, general insurance and global partnerships for the AXA Group. He is President of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
NFU Mutual is delighted to announce that Nick Watson will be joining the main Board of the company. He will take up the role of Sales & Agency Director, subject to regulatory approval, in May 2021. Nick brings with him more than 30 years of financial services experience; 22 of which have been in insurance – spanning both life and general insurance. He joins from AXA, where he is currently Director for Commercial Distribution and Trading. Lindsay Sinclair, chief executive of NFU Mutual, said: “We are delighted to welcome Nick to NFU Mutual. He arrives with a wealth of experience in the insurance industry and a strong reputation working with broker networks, which we are confident makes him an ideal fit to work alongside our Agency network.” Nick Watson said "I am excited to join NFU Mutual, an insurer with a unique and proud history, that is known for being there for its members. I am very much looking forward to contributing to its continued success for both the members and the business."
