Wherever you are in your insurance career journey or whatever you want to achieve, Harborough Portas could provide you with the next step to achieve your goals. If you’re interested in becoming part of the team, we’d love to get to know you. Contact us and we’ll be in touch.
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Harborough Portas is a leading independent commercial insurance broker in Leicestershire. But we’re so much more than just insurance brokers. We’re a dedicated team of professionals committed to supporting our clients through the best advice, integrity, and building long-term relationships.Our growing team of people are focused on giving our clients the best service and advice possible. Supporting local businesses with all their commercial insurance needs is a real team effort. So, we’re always on the lookout for talented and committed individuals.
Our vision is to be a great team, doing the right thing, growing with positivity, creativity and maintaining high standards.
Our values
➜ Professionalism
➜ Excellence
➜ Resilience
➜ Respect
➜ Commitment
➜ Simplicity
Harborough Portas was established in 1977 and many of our clients and team members have been with us in the long term.
How would we describe our culture? Quite simply, it’s relaxed, welcoming, inclusive, collaborative and respectful.
We’re a small, tight-knit team of individuals who support one another to get the best outcome for our clients. So, you’ll be surrounded by friendly, experienced people who are there to help and support you with your knowledge and personal development.
Our success is based on our ability to deliver a superior and bespoke service to all our customers.
It’s exciting times in Harborough Portas, our focus is currently on growing the team and the business as a whole.
We are looking for individuals with drive and enthusiasm to help us grow. You’ll need a friendly approach with great communication skills and be focused on building long term relationships with our clients. We want people who want to continue to grow and learn to help us continue to develop our business and our offering to our clients. We’ll be there to support your professional development in every way we can. How far you take your development is up to you.
Our offices at Burrough Court in Melton Mowbray sit within a farming estate and provides a rural business park for over 50 businesses and over 350 individuals. Aside from commercial property, Burrough Court has an on-site coffee shop The Larder, the garden to The Larder, as well as Paws in the Park, a multi award winning 2-acre secure dog park available for exclusive use.Our contemporary offices within Burrough Court are part of a converted hunting lodge, which provides our team with a great space to work.
Our people are what make us unique, and we are committed to looking after you. That’s why we’ve created a benefits and perks package that provides financial stability alongside a great work-life balance and is focused on your health and wellbeing.
Reward
Competitive Salary with annual pay review and bonus scheme where applicable
Death in Service – 4x salary *
Pension – 8% of salary (3% employer contribution & 5% employee contribution)
£1,000 referral bonus when you introduce an employee following successful completion of their probation
Health & Wellbeing
Private Healthcare Scheme *
Access to 24 hour GP Helpline
Offices within a 22 acre rural business park
Onsite coffee shop
Onsite Gym
Lifestyle
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Birthday off in addition to holiday allowance
Training and Development
Fully funded training & personal development
Fully funded professional study/exams/qualification
➜ Look for an independent broker with a strong reputation in Leicester but with national reach across a wide range of insurers.
➜ Check if the broker has a Leicester office or an office in the surrounding area and a team of experts with wide ranging experience.
➜ Check if they are a Chartered Insurance Broker.
➜ Understand if they are part of Brokerbility, the premier network community for high-quality, growth-oriented independent brokers.
➜ Check they are members of the British Insurance Brokers Association, the UK’s leading general insurance intermediary organisation.
Get in touch and tell us a little bit more about yourself and what you’re looking for. Even if we don’t have the right position today, we’ll get back to you. Alternatively, email your CV to karl@harboroughportas.com
We have enjoyed 40 years with Harborough Portas acting as our insurance broker, I can think of no greater endorsement for the professional way in which they deal with our requirements.
Harborough Portas have always provided a quick and easy client insurance service and at a very reasonable cost..
Harborough Portas are competitively priced and are genuinely friendly and professional people to deal with. Nothing is ever too much trouble and they make everything very easy for us. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Harborough Portas to any other business, they will never let you down.
We have worked with Harborough Portas, and Karl in particular for many years now. The services offered and their personal touch means that all our needs are met.
In a world where the value of the personal touch and doing business face-to-face are diminishing, it is encouraging to know Harborough Portas still place a high value on personal relationships.
Karl is consistently knowledgeable and well-priced. We do not need to worry about the fine print with the level of trust we have in Karl and Harborough Portas.
We have been using Harborough Portas for 20 years plus. There is a saying…That you never really find out how good someone is until there's a problem. In 2013 we had a major problem with a fire at our premises. Karl handled the whole situation seamlessly, taking a massive amount of pressure off us, enabling us to concentrate on our business and continue to trade. I can't recommend Harborough Portas highly enough.
