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NFU Mutual

Underwriting Data Scientist

Salary:  Up to £70,000 per annum
Location:  Stratford-upon-Avon
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week – up to an average maximum of 80% working from home, to be agreed with Manager
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Job Description

Underwriting Data Scientist


  • Shape and influence a brand new underwriting analytics capability at NFU Mutual

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  • Build advanced analytical models that directly support underwriting decisions and customer outcomes

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  • Hybrid 80% homeworking and 20% from Stratford Upon Avon

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About the role

Join NFU Mutual's newly established underwriting analytics capability, where you will play a key role in building analytical and data science models that support underwriting decisions across the business. This is a highly technical, hands on role focused on model development rather than reporting or dashboard production.

Working as part of a growing specialist team, you will lead and develop complex underwriting analytics, create robust and explainable models, and turn complex data into meaningful insight that supports underwriting strategy, risk appetite and business performance. You will work closely with underwriting, pricing, data and technology stakeholders, helping to improve decision making and deliver measurable value across personal and commercial lines.

You will contribute to fraud, risk appetite and risk classification modelling, support the development of analytical governance and data standards, and help shape how this new function evolves.

This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford Upon Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home.

Internally, this role is called Underwriting Analytics Consultant.

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You are a commercially minded analytics professional who combines strong stakeholder engagement with effective communication and the confidence to influence a range of underwriting, pricing, data and technology stakeholders. You bring a learning mindset, thrive on innovation, remain inquisitive when exploring complex challenges and adapt quickly to changing business needs. You are comfortable challenging thinking, solving problems creatively, taking accountability for outcomes and building collaborative relationships that help turn analytical insight into business value.

To join NFU Mutual, you’ll also bring
  • General insurance, underwriting analytics or data science experience within a corporate environment (highly desirable)

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  • SQL, SAS or equivalent query writing capability together with strong Python or R modelling expertise

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  • Experience building statistical, predictive related analytical models using complex datasets

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  • Data engineering capability and experience working with analytical tools such as Power BI

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  • Experience delivering data driven insight and model based decision support in a regulated environment

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At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:


  • Salary Up to £70,000 dependent on experience

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  • Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)

  • Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution

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  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme

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  • A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities

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  • Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets

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  • £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs

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  • Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more

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  • Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance

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  • Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year

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  • Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme

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  • Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary

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  • Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

  • Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

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Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.

Working at NFU Mutual

Hybrid - up to an average maximum of 80% working from home, to be agreed with Manager

Company employees:

c4600

Gender diversity (m:f):

49:51

Hiring in countries

United Kingdom

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Company benefits

Pro-rata Minimum 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Accrued annual leave – save up to 1 week of your holiday entitlement for future use
Additional voluntary pension contribution – including adding annual bonus contribution to pension before tax
Adoption leave – up to 52 weeks adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking – at some sites
Buy or sell annual leave – Holiday Trading - buy or sell up to 5 days
Car allowance – subject to eligibility
Charity donation scheme – Pennies from Heaven
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Collaboration spaces
Company car – subject to eligibility
Compassionate leave
Cycle to work scheme
Dental coverage – Dental Insurance (voluntary benefit) & health cash plan
Eldercare services
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – hybrid / electric. Subject to eligibility
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts – shopping and insurance
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave – 20 weeks at full pay (after two years' service)
Enhanced paternity leave – 8 weeks paternity leave
Enhanced pension match/contribution – employer contribution up to 12%
Enhanced sick pay – max 26 weeks in any 12 month period according to length of service
Ergonomic workstations
Eye Care Support
Family health insurance – voluntary benefit
Financial advice – discounted financial advice
Gym membership – £20 gym subsidy (subject to eligibility)
Health assessment – voluntary benefit
Health cash plan
Health insurance – subject to eligibility
In house training
Income protection
Learning platform
Life assurance
Loyalty programme – `long service awards
Lunch and learns
Mental health first aiders
Mentoring
On-site barista – at some sites
On-site catering – at some sites
On-site shower – at some sites
Open to part-time employees
Private GP service – virtual GP
Referral bonus
Restaurant discounts – Restaurant Discount Card
Sabbaticals
Salary advance
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking – depending on location. Also EV charge points at some sites
Shared parental leave – up to 37 weeks shared parental pay
Sports teams
Study support
Teambuilding days
Travel loan – Season Ticket Loan
Volunteer days – 1 day per year
Will writing – and Power of Attorney
Menopause support – as part of Medicash benefit