Why work with us?
We’re a thriving, fast-paced business with an agile mindset and a desire to grow. Sound like an
environment where you would excel?
Learning Culture
We place a strong emphasis on motivating everyone to reach their full potential by creating opportunities to develop across our businesses.
- Training with us: We work closely with team managers to identify individual development needs and offer a varied approach to learning and growth to meet those needs.
- Become Qualified with us: If you’re committed, and see a future with us, we will offer you time and financial support to advance through courses and qualifications.
- Excel with us: Our Leadership Development Programme allows our existing managers the opportunity to develop and enhance their skills. Through our Future Leaders programme, we equip future leaders with the tools and skills they need to succeed in a leadership role.
Awards & Recognition
Over the years Somerset Bridge Group have been proud recipients of numerous industry awards, including – Shortlisted in the British Insurance Awards for the Personal Lines Broker of the Year.
Awarded a Silver from Investors in People, and most recently Best Broker in the UK General Insurance Sector by Insurance DataLab.
Our Company Benefits
Please be aware that these are our Group-wide benefits and some additional benefits may apply locally.
Our Benefits
Travel
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- First Bus Commuter Travel Club (Bristol)
- Metro Saver Scheme (Newcastle)
- Electric Vehicle – Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Healthcare
- Eye Care Reimbursement
- Flu Vouchers
- Healthcare Cash Plan – claim cashback on a variety of everyday healthcare costs
- Free Fruit & Refreshments
- Professional Health & Fitness App
- Enhanced Parental Leave – including time off for IVF appointments
Flexible Working
- Hybrid Working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days over 2 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service. Plus bank holidays!
- Religious bank holidays – if you don’t celebrate Christmas and Easter, you can use these annual leave days on other occasions throughout the year.
- Flexi-time
- Flexible working – we will always consider applications for those who require less than the advertised hours
Financial
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- 25% Car Insurance Discount
- 20% Travel Insurance Discount
- Pension Scheme – 5% employee, 6% employer
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
- 100’s of SBG Retailer Discounts
- Life Assurance – 4 times your salary
- Employee Referral Scheme
Your Wellbeing
Professional Wellbeing App – Wrkit
Employee Assistance Programme
Speak Up
Chat with Friends@SBG
Community Support Day
Social Events
Staff Events
- Christmas Party
- Summer Party
- Awards Ceremony
- Staff Appreciation Events
Committees
- Group Social Events
- Culture Committee
- Communal Games Area (Bristol)
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Somerset Bridge Group is a great place to grow your career. In my five years here, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to develop in my role and within my team. The culture is fun, innovative and the people are what make it truly special. Everyone’s supportive, and it’s a great team to be part of. I’d recommend SBG to anyone looking for a friendly and rewarding place to work.
Georgia Longley | Senior UX/UI Designer -
Working at Somerset Bridge Group has been incredibly rewarding. From day one, I have felt well supported by my team and continuously empowered to grow both professionally and personally. I’m proud to be part of an organisation that not only prioritises excellence but also genuinely cares about its people.
Emma Beechey | Graphic Designer -
This company suits anyone who is driven and a self-starter – if you are, you’ll succeed and there are no ceilings. I have been here 7 years and started as a QA Handler progressing to Head of First Line Compliance & Risk. If you’re ambitious, then you go places here.
Christian Burgess | Operations Compliance & Quality Manager -
I have worked for Somerset Bridge for the last 11 years after starting my career on the graduate programme. This means I have worked in lots of different teams during my time and gained lots of valuable experience. Funding and supporting me through CII qualifications is a major bonus.
Hayley Pollard | Claims Handler
Current Vacancies
Senior Pricing Analyst
Permanent – Full Time
|Bristol
Compensation Up to £75,000 / year
We are recruiting for a Senior Pricing Analyst to join our Trading team. The Trading team’s main focus is on ensuring the profitability of our insurance products by maintaining the loss ratio via pricing overlays based on emerging trends, we are also responsible for making sure sales volume and average premium targets are being met by responding to changes in the market.
The successful candidate will have expert knowledge of the market and previous experience in developing and deploying pricing changes. Data science skills such as statistical machine learning applied using open source programming such as Python or R are a benefit but not a necessity. You must be an excellent communicator and have a desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
Telematics Manager
Permanent – Full Time
|Bristol
Compensation Up to £95,000 / year
We are recruiting for a Telematics Pricing Manager to own our telematics proposition, generating insight from telematics data and driving actionable insights that will improve accuracy of our risk pricing models. The role will be responsible for setting and achieving trading KPIs in line with business strategy whilst ensuring regulatory compliance. This is a pivotal role in the SBG growth strategy and product offering. You will take ownership of the product and ensure a customer centric approach to servicing our policies.
Data Enrichment Manager
Permanent – Full Time
|Bristol
Compensation Up to £90,000 / year
At Somerset Bridge Group we are seeking a Data Enrichment Manager to build and lead our Data Enrichment Team, supporting the Head of Analytics and R&D in achieving the overall objectives of the function as a whole. The successful candidate will take ownership of developing and delivering the company’s data enrichment strategy, ensuring the effective use of internal and external data to enhance pricing accuracy, underwriting insight and customer understanding.
Through innovative and responsible use of data, help the business deliver the right prices to the right customers in a dynamic and competitive market, driving sustainable growth, improved trading performance and fair value for customers in line with regulatory expectations and company goals.
Through innovative and responsible use of data, help the business deliver the right prices to the right customers in a dynamic and competitive market, driving sustainable growth, improved trading performance and fair value for customers in line with regulatory expectations and company goals.
Customer Service Handler
Permanent – Full Time
|Newcastle
Compensation £24,330 / year
Somerset Bridge Limited provide claims handling services to our insurer partners. Our supportive and efficient claims teams handle almost 50,000 claims a year. We pride ourselves on people development, offering market leading training and fast career progression through the claims team. We truly believe Somerset Bridge Limited is a great place to work and we want to hear from you! What you’ll be doingAs a Claims Handler in our First Notification of Loss (FNOL) role, you will be the first point of contact for our customers, assisting them in the initial stages of their claims journey. You will be responsible for gathering and recording all required information, ensuring that the initial claims data is accurately collated to facilitate a smooth and efficient claims process. You will provide excellent service to our customers throughout the process, offering support and guidance as needed. TrainingExcellent training is provided! Your corporate induction will be completed in the first 8 days followed by a 10-week training programme which is all completed onsite. This will help you understand the role, give you the best start and tools for your career. You’ll have the opportunity to move to hybrid working once you are competent in the role.
Legal Counsel
Permanent – Full Time
|Bristol
Compensation £60,000 – £70,000 / year
The role of Legal Counsel is to support the Head of Legal Services and Senior Legal Counsel to provide legal advice and support to Somerset Bridge Group. The Legal Counsel will perform their role by using their legal and commercial knowledge to be a trusted advisor to support the business in achieving its strategic objectives whilst safeguarding the Group’s interests, protecting customers and upholding our reputation.
Claims Handler – Third Party
Permanent – Full Time
|Newcastle
Compensation £25,750 – £27,810 / year
Please note: Prior experience handling Road Traffic Act (RTA) claims is essential for this role.
Somerset Bridge Limited provide claims handling services to our insurer partners. Our supportive and efficient claims teams handle almost 50,000 claims a year. We pride ourselves on people development, offering market leading training and fast career progression through the claims team. We truly believe Somerset Bridge Limited is a great place to work and we want to hear from you! What you’ll be doingYou’ll have your own portfolio of claims to handle through to settlement. These claims will involve situations where our customer has damaged another driver’s property. You’ll be investigating and deciding who was responsible for the incident and agreeing settlement of the other driver’s claim. Training Excellent training is provided! Your corporate induction will be completed in the first 8 days followed by a 10 week training programme which is all completed onsite. This will help you understand the role, give you the best start and tools in your career. You’ll have the opportunity to move to hybrid working once competent in the role.
Somerset Bridge Limited provide claims handling services to our insurer partners. Our supportive and efficient claims teams handle almost 50,000 claims a year. We pride ourselves on people development, offering market leading training and fast career progression through the claims team. We truly believe Somerset Bridge Limited is a great place to work and we want to hear from you!
Assistant Retail Pricing Manager
Permanent – Full Time
|Bristol
Compensation Competitive Package
The Assistant Retail Pricing Manager will support the development and execution of the company’s retail pricing strategy for motor insurance products. The role involves managing pricing projects, leading a small team, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure pricing models are competitive, profitable, and in line with regulatory standards. This position serves as a bridge between senior leadership and analysts, playing a key role in translating strategic goals into actionable pricing initiatives.
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