Customer Sales Representative – Direct Art, Private Client

Hiscox

Customer Sales Representative at Hiscox, specializing in home and contents insurance. Engaging with customers to understand needs and provide tailored insurance solutions.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeYork • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Selling Home and Contents insurance to customers, having great conversations to understand their needs and requirements.
Identifying opportunities to cross sell and up sell our product line, based on customers' needs.
Speaking to existing customers and resolving their queries, through both phone and email.
You will have individual targets, which you are accountable for achieving. These are balanced between sales, quality and customer satisfaction while managing your time.
You will become an expert in our technical products and our IT systems.
Participating in weekly team meetings and huddles to discuss problem solving, as well as reviewing your individual and team performance.
Working with other teams across the contact centre to provide good outcomes for our customers and Hiscox.
Our trainers will spend 3 weeks helping you build your knowledge of our products and systems. The training is varied and includes online and self-learning.
After training, you will move into an Academy to further strengthen your skills for another 4 weeks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Sales experience is desirable, as well as previous experience in hitting targets.
You enjoy speaking to people and providing a great customer experience is important to you.
You work well in autonomous environment and enjoy taking on extra responsibilities as you grow into the role.
You are driven, highly productive and a team player, who is receptive to feedback and always striving to improve.
You are resilient and don’t shy away from problems or challenges. Beating and surpassing business goals is what gets you out of bed in the morning.

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days holiday, (increasing after 3 years up to 28 days), with opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days holiday per year.
2 ‘Hiscox’ Days – Take time off for birthdays, celebrations or family time, or to simply binge watch a new season of your favourite show
Annual Bonus Scheme
£350 towards a gym or sports membership of your choice
£300 festive hamper (choose from luxury food, premium wine or shopping vouchers)
Simply Health Medical coverage
Sharesave Scheme – allowing you to invest in Hiscox
Pension, critical illness cover, life assurance
Once fully trained and proficient in the role, you may have the opportunity to work up to 2 days a week from home.

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Soft Skills

customer experiencecommunicationproblem solvingteam playerresilienceautonomyresponsibilityfeedback receptivenessproductivitygoal orientation