Business Development Manager – Scotland (Ideally Glasgow)

Join a business that empowers you to grow, win, and make a real impact

Do you thrive on building strong broker relationships?
Do you bring commercial insurance know how and a passion for growth?

If so, this is your opportunity to join Markel, a global community of problem solvers, innovators, and optimists.

At Markel, we give people the confidence to take on new challenges — and that includes your career. Here, we celebrate potential, champion better ways of working, and push each other to go further.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a Business Development Manager to join our high‑performing UK Broker team, covering Scotland. Ideally, you’ll be based in Glasgow.

Our UK Broker Channel is the largest and fastest-growing part of our UK business — and you’ll play a key role in strengthening broker partnerships, driving profitable growth, and representing Markel’s specialist sector propositions.

You'll work closely with Strategic Partners, underwriters, and colleagues across Markel to deliver exceptional broker experiences.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Own and execute Account Plans for allocated brokers within the region

• Build and maintain strong broker relationships through regular development meetings

• Collaborate with UK regional underwriters to support new business wins

• Confidently present Markel’s specialist propositions to brokers

• Contribute insights to regional meetings

• Keep broker data accurate and meaningful within our CRM system

• Identify and onboard new broker prospects to grow the pipeline

What You Bring:

We’re seeking motivated, curious, success‑oriented individuals who want to be part of a market‑leading business.

You’ll also have:

• Experience in business development within commercial insurance or broking

• A track record of managing and executing account plans

• Strong broker engagement and relationship‑building skills

• A proactive, collaborative approach to delivering the right outcomes for brokers and customers

• The drive to contribute to a high‑growth, high‑performing team

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus car allowance, generous quarterly bonus scheme & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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