Markel

Reinsurance · Property & Casualty Insurance
112open roles
$134kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 57 of 100
40 daysmedian time a role stays open

Overview

Markel is a specialty insurance and professional services group headquartered in Glen Allen, near Richmond, Virginia, that underwrites specialty property, casualty, professional liability, marine, surety and personal lines risks. Founded in 1930, the NYSE-listed Markel Group serves US and Bermuda as well as international markets, and its businesses include State National, Markel Law and a UK specialist insurer for the care sector. It hires underwriters, claims examiners, actuarial and finance interns, customer service representatives, IT managers, software engineers and business analysts in Richmond, Manchester, Omaha, New York, Chicago and other cities.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 112 open roles at Markel. Markel is headquartered in Glen Allen, United States. It was founded in 1930. The median pay stated in its open roles is $134k, across 47 postings that state pay.

Headquarters
Glen Allen, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
1930Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
1000+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Median advertised pay
$134kPay stated in 47 open postings
Visa sponsorship, United States
2 ▲ 100% · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 11, 2025
Technologies in its job postings
34Named in its job postings

How Markel hires

Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
40 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
82%
Reposted roles
0%

Markel scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 22 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 82% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 40 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Jobs

$153k – $318k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Richmond · Alpharetta
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$73k – $152k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Richmond
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$73k – $152k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · 6+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Richmond
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$59k – $122k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Richmond
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≈ $71k – $147k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Manchester
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Hybrid · Full-Time · London
SQL
Claude
Analytics
Power BI
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$91k – $191k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Richmond
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≈ $50k – $93k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Hybrid · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · High School Diploma · Bedford
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≈ $81k – $149k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · London
Python
SQL
NLP
Machine Learning
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$153k – $318k per year · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Richmond · Plano · Alpharetta · Milwaukee
LLM
OCR
Machine Learning
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Management
Agile
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≈ $43k – $109k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Richmond
Incident Management
Windows
Management
ServiceNow
ITIL
ITSM
Service Desk
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≈ $114k – $218k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Bedford
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$134k
Typical range
$36k – $318k
Open positions
47
37 Jobs
Intern 8.1%
Junior 18.9%
Middle 5.4%
Senior 51.4%
Staff 10.8%
Architect 5.4%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 3 $56k $56k
Junior 7 $107k $46k – $204k
Middle 2 $147k $122k – $171k
Senior 19 $134k $88k – $318k
Staff 4 $209k $134k – $227k
Architect 2 $318k $318k
Highest paying role Director/Sr. Director: Railroad $318k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Markel By role, level and city, against the market · 47 jobs with pay

Visa sponsorship

#4,273 of 8,998 sponsors
2 ▲ 100%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$138k
Median offered salary
69
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
2
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Markel Group, Glen Allen, VA
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 11, 2025 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
57/100
Growing
Open positions
112
26 opened / 28 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
39 days
faster than 35% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~9 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
43% ▲
Legal
9% ▼
Analytics
8% ▲
HR
6% ▼
Customer Success
6%
Sales
4%
Actively hiring for Finance (+27 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+9 jobs in a week Nov 2026
New location: Woodland Hills Nov 2026
Added Copilot Studio to stack Nov 2026
+17 jobs in a week Nov 2026
Added Waterfall to stack Oct 2026
Added Oracle ERP to stack Oct 2026
Added NLP to stack Oct 2026
+16 jobs in a week Oct 2026
New location: Cologne Oct 2026
New location: Toronto Oct 2026
New location: Hamburg Oct 2026
Added OCR to stack Oct 2026

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Markel over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
34
Postings analysed
45
Stack modernity
89/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL31%
Python22%
JavaScript7%
C#4%
Frameworks & libraries
Angular4%
Blazor4%
ASP.NET Core4%
Databases
Azure SQL Database7%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI36%
Databricks16%
Azure11%
Windows7%
AI & ML
Claude9%
LLM2%
ChatGPT2%
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Full Markel tech stack 34 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

News

Markel Group stock faces a Reduce consensus after Q2 results
Markel Group stock posted USD 1.2 billion in Q2 2026 net income versus USD 631.0 million a year earlier. Analysts set a USD 2,025.00 average target.
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News noteノート 2 months ago
What is the true PBR of the 'Mini-Berkshire' Markel? Peeling back the accounting that lists acquired companies at 'old prices' reveals a surprising answer東の賢者
"A company that is an insurer but also makes houses, houseplants, and handbags." The American company Markel Group is just such a curious entity. Because its mechanism of investing money collected from insurance into stocks and businesses resembles Berksh
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News Pulse 2.0 2 months ago
Markel International Appoints Nick Rugg Head Of Financial Institutions And Fintech
Markel Insurance has appointed Nick Rugg as Head of Financial Institutions & Fintech - PFR & Cyber within its London-based specialty insurance operation. The appointment is effective immediately. Rugg will report to Martin McCarron, Director of Financial
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News Insurance Business 2 months ago
Insurance moves: Markel, Skyward Specialty, Church Mutual, Octave Specialty and Brown & Riding
Steve Markel retires after more than 50 years, closing out the last founding-generation board seat at the company his grandfather built - and two of Skyward Specialty's three new inland marine hires arrive directly from Sompo
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News markets.ft.com 2 months ago
Markel Chairman Steve Markel to Retire and Will Be Succeeded by Tom Gayner - Company Announcement - FT.com
The latest company information, including net asset values, performance, holding & sectors weighting, changes in voting rights, and directors and dealings.
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News X (formerly Twitter) 8 months ago
Mark Ermolov (@_markel___) on X
Intel SGX has fallen! Its most important key is in our hands: we extracted the Global Wrapping Key from an instance of the Intel Gemini Lake platform
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News Laravel 1 year ago
The Secret to Markel's Success Interview with Sjanil Bansraj, Head of Sales and Marketing
People, partnerships, and modern IT - not hype. Find out how Markel built a lasting edge in European specialty insurance.
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News The Motley Fool 1 year ago
Could Investing $10,000 in Markel Make You a Millionaire?
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News X (formerly Twitter) 2 years ago
Mark Ermolov (@_markel___) on X
Intel HW is too complex to be absolutely secure! After years of research we finally extracted Intel SGX Fuse Key0, AKA Root Provisioning Key. Together with FK1 or Root Sealing Key (also compromised), it represents Root of Trust for SGX. Here's the key fro
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
37
Hiring now
36
Countries
6
Busiest office
Richmond
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Glen Allen United States
HQ
Richmond United States
Support & operations
Remote - USA Contingents Location
33 open roles 45 posted in 90 days 12% engineering 3% remote 200-500 est. staff $149k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Legal, Leadership
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
Corporate office
Birmingham - UK
18 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 22% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Finance, Analytics, Management
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Manchester United Kingdom
Corporate office
Manchester - UK
16 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Legal, Finance, Sales
seen since Oct 2025 job postings
Leeds United Kingdom
Corporate office
Leeds - UK
15 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $36k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Legal, Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
New York United States
Corporate office
Richmond VA - 4501 Highwoods
13 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $154k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Legal
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Alpharetta United States
Corporate office
Alpharetta GA
12 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $167k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Finance, Leadership
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Chicago United States
Corporate office
Chicago IL
12 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $153k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Finance, Sales
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Omaha United States
Corporate office
Richmond VA - 4501 Highwoods
11 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $124k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Leadership, Finance
seen since Oct 2025 job postings
Bedford United States
Corporate office
Bedford TX
11 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 50-200 est. staff $122k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Finance, Legal
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Plano United States
Corporate office
Alpharetta GA
10 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $157k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Finance, Leadership
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Rosemont United States
Corporate office
7 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $120k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Solutions
seen since Jul 2026
Milwaukee United States
Regional office
Milwaukee WI
5 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff $203k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Analytics, Legal
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Birmingham United Kingdom
Corporate office
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Jun 2026
Scottsdale United States
Corporate office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $121k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Finance
seen since Jun 2026
Boston United States
Corporate office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $141k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Finance
seen since Aug 2026
Conshohocken United States
Corporate office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $148k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
seen since Apr 2026
Munich Germany
Munich - Germany
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance, Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
San Francisco United States
San Francisco CA
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $181k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Henderson United States
Henderson NV
1 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $171k Avg Salary
hires for HR
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Houston United States
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
seen since Jul 2026
Singapore Singapore
Singapore - SGP
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Jun 2025 job postings
Denver United States
Denver CO
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $76k Avg Salary
hires for Management
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Rotterdam Netherlands
Rotterdam - NLD
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Tampa United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $134k Avg Salary
hires for Legal
seen since Jul 2026
Austin United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
seen since Aug 2026
Croydon United Kingdom
Croydon - UK
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Legal
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Toronto Canada
Toronto Ontario - CAN
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Glasgow United Kingdom
Glasgow - GBR
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Vancouver Canada
Vancouver British Columbia - CAN
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $77k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Irvine United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Jun 2026
Bedford United States
Bedford TX
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Customer Success
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Lake Oswego United States
Lake Oswego OR
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Cambridge United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Oct 2026
Hamburg Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026
Cologne Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026
Woodland Hills United States
Woodland Hills CA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $56k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
seen since Nov 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Red Bank, United States 2 open roles · last posting Oct 2026
Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1 open roles · last posting Jun 2026
Madrid, Spain 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Barcelona, Spain 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Melbourne, Australia 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
San Diego, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Cranston, United States 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026

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