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 -
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
Bristol
Permanent – Full Time
Description
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.
Up to £75,000 / year
Product Manager – Telematics
Bristol
Permanent – Full Time
Description
We are recruiting for a Telematics Pricing Manager to own our telematics proposition, generating insight from the telematics data team and driving actionable insights that will improve product performance. 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.
Up to £95,000 / year
Data Enrichment Manager
East Grinstead
Permanent – Full Time
Description
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.
Up to £90,000 / year
Legal Counsel
Bristol
Permanent – Full Time
Description
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.
£60,000 – £70,000 / year
Compliance Business Partner
Bristol
Permanent – Full Time
Description
The Compliance Business Partner role at Somerset Bridge Group (SBG) is designed to independently perform regulatory compliance advisory activities. This enables assurance to be given to Senior Management and the Governing Body of SBG, ensuring the company operates with integrity. The role supports the group’s ambition to deliver exceptional customer experiences every day by providing strategic support and advice to the business area, helping it grow while upholding the standards and requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
You will be a visible and accessible compliance presence for the business and key stakeholders; the go-to person for the business on compliance and integrity matters utilising your communication and influencing skills. Whilst working closely with the Compliance Assurance team and other business departments to maintain compliance with SBG policies, procedures and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
£44,250 – £50,500 / year
Compliance Business Partner
Newcastle
Permanent – Full Time
Description
The Compliance Business Partner role at Somerset Bridge Group (SBG) is designed to independently perform regulatory compliance advisory activities. This enables assurance to be given to Senior Management and the Governing Body of SBG, ensuring the company operates with integrity. The role supports the group’s ambition to deliver exceptional customer experiences every day by providing strategic support and advice to the business area, helping it grow while upholding the standards and requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
You will be a visible and accessible compliance presence for the business and key stakeholders; the go-to person for the business on compliance and integrity matters utilising your communication and influencing skills. Whilst working closely with the Compliance Assurance team and other business departments to maintain compliance with SBG policies, procedures and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
£44,250 – £50,500 / year
Legal Counsel
Newcastle
Permanent – Full Time
Description
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.
£60,000 – £70,000 / year
Quality Assurance Specialist
Newcastle
Permanent – Full Time
Description
Somerset Bridge Ltd are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Specialist to work towards the completion of the annual quality assurance plan across key areas of the Claims Management function. The role will also provide support with compliance issues and process assurance within the claims functions.
The role will consist of delivering end-to-end audits to assess effectiveness of internal systems, controls and processes across financial, operational and regulatory.
Our ideal candidate will have experience within compliance, risk & audit and have a sound knowledge of GDPR, Data Protection and Consumer Duty.
The role will consist of delivering end-to-end audits to assess effectiveness of internal systems, controls and processes across financial, operational and regulatory.
Up to £36,900 / year
Claims Handler – Total Loss
Newcastle
Permanent – Full Time
Description
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 will have your own portfolio of claims to handle through to settlement. These will mainly be claims where our customers vehicle has been deemed beyond economical repair and they’re wishing to make a claim through their insurance policy. You will obtain the relevant information to investigate the claim, whilst keeping the customer updated and liaising with them to agree a settlement.
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.
Training
£25,235 / year
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