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Commercial Executive

12/2/2025

The Commercial Executive will support trading performance across Motor, Home, and Pet insurance portfolios, focusing on New Business and Renewal performance. This role involves analyzing trading performance, maintaining relationships with price comparison websites, and providing commercial insights and recommendations.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

501-1,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
We launched Policy Expert home insurance back in 2011. Our goal was to offer insurance that our customers could be confident in – insurance that was accessible and easy to understand. Today, over 1.5 million people have home, car and pet insurance with us, and we're rated Excellent on Trustpilot by more than 84,000 happy customers.
About the Role
<p><strong>Policy Expert – Commercial Executive&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>🚀</strong><strong>Are you ready to transform the insurance industry?</strong></p> <p><strong>Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.</strong></p> <p><strong>Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we’ve won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK’s No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013. </strong><strong>🏆</strong></p> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/1022494678">Hear from our team about what it's like working at Policy Expert ✨</a></p> <p><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a highly analytical and commercially minded&nbsp;<strong>Commercial Executive</strong> to support trading performance across our <strong>Motor, Home and Pet</strong> insurance portfolios. This role plays a key part in delivering both <strong>New Business and Renewal</strong> performance while helping to maintain and optimise our strategic partnerships with <strong>price comparison websites (PCWs)</strong>.</p> <p>The ideal candidate will bring a strong analytical toolkit, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to turn insight into meaningful commercial actions. UK insurance experience is preferred but not essential for someone who can demonstrate the right capability and interest in the sector.</p> <p><strong>Trading Performance (New Business &amp; Renewals)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support delivery of commercial targets across New Business and Renewal channels.</li> <li>Collate + analyse trading performance at pace, identifying drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities.</li> <li>Work cross functionally across multiple departments to assist in strategic initiative delivery</li> <li>Track competitor activity, market trends &nbsp;and market price movement across PCWs.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Partnership &amp; Stakeholder Management</strong></p> <ul> <li>Help maintain and develop relationships with <strong>price comparison websites</strong>, ensuring smooth day-to-day running and strong strategic alignment.</li> <li>Support commercial discussions and quarterly business reviews with PCWs and external partners.</li> <li>Primary contact for key business change.</li> <li>Work closely with PCW manager to ensure all business KPI’s are delivered.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Commercial Insight &amp; Analysis</strong></p> <ul> <li>Build and interpret performance reports, dashboards, and data sets to provide clear recommendations.</li> <li>Conduct root-cause analysis to get underneath issues and propose evidence-based solutions.</li> <li>Help prepare business cases and commercial proposals for trading initiatives.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Product &amp; Market Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Assist with product performance monitoring across Motor, Home and Pet insurance.</li> <li>Carry out market and competitor analysis to support pricing or proposition changes.</li> <li>Support operational and regulatory tasks in line with FCA requirements.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who are you:<br>Essential</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong numeracy and analytical capability, comfortable with data manipulation and interpretation.</li> <li>Excellent commercial awareness and ability to understand how trading levers affect performance.</li> <li>Intellectually curious with a problem-solving mindset and a desire to “dig in” to the detail.</li> <li>Confident communicator who can work effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li>Highly organised with an ability to manage competing priorities.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience in the <strong>UK personal lines insurance market</strong> (Motor, Home or Pet).</li> <li>Exposure to price comparison websites, aggregators, or digital insurance distribution.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>📍 This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.</li> <li>💸 We match your pension contributions up to 7%</li> <li>🏥 Private medical &amp; Dental cover</li> <li>📚 Learning budget of £1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)</li> <li>😁 Enhanced maternity &amp; paternity&nbsp;</li> <li>🚉 Travel season ticket loan</li> <li>🎟️ Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge</li> <li>🌈 Employee Wellbeing Programme</li> <li>🚪Prayer room&nbsp;in Office</li> </ul> <p><strong>What We Stand for and Next Steps</strong></p> <p>“We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We treat all applications equally and recruit based solely on an individual’s skills, knowledge, and experience. The quality and growing diversity of our team is a testament to this commitment”&nbsp;</p> <p>At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.</p> <p><strong>We aim to be in touch within 14 working days of your application – you will be notified if successful or unsuccessful. Please be encouraged to apply even if you do not meet all the requirements.<br></strong></p> <p><strong>Useful links: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Overview/Working-at-Policy-Expert-EI_IE1393197.11,24.htm">Glassdoor</a> | <a href="https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.policyexpert.co.uk">Trust Pilot</a> | <a href="https://www.b.co.uk/companies/policy-expert">Best Companies</a></p>
Key Skills
Analytical CapabilityCommercial AwarenessProblem-Solving MindsetData ManipulationCommunication SkillsStakeholder ManagementMarket AnalysisPerformance MonitoringRoot-Cause AnalysisProduct PerformanceTrading PerformanceCompetitor TrackingStrategic Initiative DeliveryEvidence-Based SolutionsOrganizational SkillsIntellectual Curiosity
Categories
Finance & AccountingSalesData & AnalyticsCustomer Service & SupportConsulting
Benefits
Pension Contributions Matched Up To 7%Private Medical & Dental CoverLearning Budget Of £1,000 A Year + Study LeaveEnhanced Maternity & PaternityTravel Season Ticket LoanAccess To A Wide Selection Of London O2 Events And Use Of A Private LoungeEmployee Wellbeing ProgrammePrayer Room In Office
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