Senior Motor/Fleet Risk Consultant

Zurich Insurance; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Pension plan

Annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Zurich Insurance is seeking an experienced Motor Risk Consultant to join our Casualty Practice and strengthen our motor risk proposition in the UK. The role involves risk evaluations, client training, and broad consultancy to reduce losses and improve risk maturity.

You will work with clients, brokers, underwriters and claims teams, helping to reduce motor losses and promote road safety. Flexible hours and part-time options are available, with home-based UK-wide travel.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in motor fleet risk management and consultancy.
• Ability to evaluate motor exposures and provide practical recommendations.
• Experience producing high‑quality written reports and delivering training on road risk topics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct motor-focused risk assessments, site visits and fleet reviews.
• Evaluate controls for motor exposures and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Produce high-quality reports and insights for clients, brokers and underwriters.
• Design and deliver training/workshops on key road risk topics for loss prevention.
• Deliver professional motor fleet and road risk consultancy services.
• Interpret emerging motor risk trends and translate into actionable guidance.

Skills

Motor risk management

Risk assessment

Report writing

Training delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Master’s in driving psychology

Job description

Working hours:

This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis

Package:

Competitive salary (DOE) + fully maintained company car + allowances + benefits

Location:

Home‑based (UK‑wide client travel)

Closing date for applications:

Friday 30th October 2026

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Motor Risk Consultant to join our Casualty Practice, working at the forefront of motor fleet risk management. This role will help us strengthen and scale our motor risk proposition at a key point in the development of the UK Casualty practice.

This is a high-impact consulting role, supporting complex, multi-vehicle and high-exposure fleets across a broad range of sectors. You will carry out motor risk evaluations, design and deliver client training on key road risk topics, and provide broader consultancy support that helps customers reduce losses, improve risk maturity and evidence the value of better fleet risk management.

You will work closely with client stakeholders, brokers, underwriters and claims colleagues, helping customers reduce motor losses, improve driver and road safety performance, and strengthen their overall motor risk profile.

You will enjoy a high level of autonomy, a varied and intellectually engaging portfolio, and the backing of a well-established, respected insurance risk consulting team. To succeed in this role, you will be a proactive self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performing environment, and you will be expected to generate and deliver against agreed revenue targets.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

What Will You Be Doing

• Conduct motor-focused risk assessments, site visits and reviews of fleet management systems and processes.
• Evaluate controls and governance for motor exposures (including driver, vehicle and operational risk) and provide practical, evidence-based recommendations.
• Produce high-quality written reports and insights for clients, brokers and underwriters.
• Design and deliver engaging training and workshops on key road risk topics to support clients’ loss prevention and driver safety programmes.
• Deliver professional motor fleet and road risk consultancy services.
• Interpret emerging motor and road safety risks, legislation and industry trends, and translate them into clear guidance for customers.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, brokers and internal teams to embed a positive, sustainable road safety and risk management culture.
• Represent the business at client meetings, industry events and internal forums, sharing technical insights and promoting Zurich’s motor risk capabilities.
• Contribute to the development of repeatable motor risk propositions, drawing insight from client assignments, claims themes and fleet risk trends to improve how we scope, deliver and evidence value.

What You Will Bring

• Proven experience in motor fleet risk management and consultancy, including conducting motor risk assessments and reviewing fleet management systems and processes.
• Strong ability to evaluate motor exposures (driver, vehicle and operational) and provide clear, practical, evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience producing high-quality written reports and delivering management and/or driver training and workshops on a range of road risk topics.
• Commercial awareness, with confidence contributing to well-scoped consultancy opportunities and working to agreed revenue, utilisation or performance targets.

Additional Desirable Experience

• Experience of working with police fleets.
• Qualification at master’s level in a driving psychology–related field.
• Experience of the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) and/or other driver diversion schemes.
• Formal qualification in health and safety (e.g. Diploma/NEBOSH General Certificate).

Skills & Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to turn data and observations into practical risk improvement actions.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• Confident presenter and facilitator, able to design and deliver engaging training for varied audiences.
• Proactive self-starter who is well-organised, resilient and thrives in a fast-paced, high-performing environment.

Why Join Us?

You’ll enjoy the autonomy to manage your own portfolio and diary, with exposure to complex, high-value casualty risks that will continue to build your technical capability. We invest strongly in training and career development, supported by a high-performing consulting community that values collaboration and shared expertise. You’ll benefit from genuine flexibility and a strong focus on wellbeing, along with the opportunity to help shape and grow a leading Motor and Casualty Risk Consulting proposition as the practice scales its capabilities for customers, brokers, underwriters and claims colleagues.

What will you get in return?

Everyone’s different. That’s why at Zurich, we offer a wide range of employee benefits so our people can choose what fits them and their life. Our benefits provide real flexibility so our people can make considered choices and tailor their benefits throughout the year. Our benefits include a 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.

Follow the link for more information about our benefits – Employee benefits | Working at Zurich Insurance UK

Who We Are

Zurich Resilience Solutions is part of a global insurance and risk services organisation with a long-standing reputation for technical excellence, integrity and innovation. Our purpose is to help organisations understand, manage and reduce risk, enabling them to operate safely, sustainably and with confidence.

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet. With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.

We’ve made a promise to each other and every employee: to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other’s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic, and to develop the skills needed for our future.

If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions – then Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.

Our Culture

At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion, which we’ve won numerous awards for. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs or culture. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our customers, and so are committed to treating all of our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability or any other protected characteristic.

We’ve an environment that places real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support. We’re also committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.

We’re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest-established corporate trusts in the UK. In that time, we’ve awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.

So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do.