An insurance account executive with nearly three decades in the industry has been promoted to associate director at a Carlisle-based brokers.
Natalie Carr is a long-standing member of the H&H Insurance Brokers team and leads the firm’s Wigton office, based at the town’s auction mart.
Natalie, who first started working for the brokers in the early 1990s, looks after a wide portfolio of agricultural and farm clients across north and West Cumbria and also specialises in agriculture, forestry and tree surgery.
She said: “I’m absolutely thrilled. I feel incredibly fortunate to have found a career in this industry. However, it’s the amazing team and our clients who make it such a rewarding job.”
Natalie is based at the Wigton office two days a week and spends the rest of her time travelling around farms and rural businesses to discuss renewals and new opportunities.
Natalie began her career in insurance in 1987, starting as an office junior. She developed an interest in the farming industry after meeting her husband, Stuart.
“I met my husband, who was a dairy farmer, and that was where the interest in farming developed. I decided I wanted to be involved in the farming industry and an opportunity in insurance became available at H&H around the same time which was perfect timing.”
Natalie took some time away from the industry so that she could start a family. The couple welcomed a son, Robbie, and a daughter, Heather, before Natalie returned to work.
“The insurance industry has changed a lot since I started, things are more complicated today but that’s very true with a lot of industries. With farm insurance, there are a lot of implications such as health and safety, security and the environment to consider which is why I think clients appreciate valuable, practical advice,” says Natalie.
Before receiving her promotion, Natalie celebrated the weddings of both her children and welcomed her first grandchild.
“I think keeping the work-life balance is very important and I’m able to achieve that in my role. It is a great place to work.”
