Loss Adjuster – South London

Aviva; Clays End; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Enhanced Pension

29 days holiday

Employee Discounts

Share Plan

SAYE Plan

Parental Leave

Cycle to Work

Volunteer Days

Wellbeing Support

Job summary

Aviva in the United Kingdom is seeking a Loss Adjuster for the South London region. The role involves visiting domestic and commercial customers, gathering evidence, assessing liability, and developing detailed work scopes to deliver the best outcomes for claims.

You will manage settlements, draw floorplans, and record evidence while coordinating suppliers and reserves. The position requires flexibility, travel across regions, and occasional evenings or weekends to meet customer needs.

Qualifications

• Experience handling property insurance claims and loss adjusting in a regulated environment.
• Experience with property inspections, virtual assessments, and scoping systems (Cotality and/or Xactimate) advantageous.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills with evidence assessment.
• Excellent empathy and communication to manage client relations.
• Knowledge of Flood, Escape of Water, and Fire damage and related health & safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Visit domestic and commercial property claims customers to assess liability.
• Draw up work scopes, validate claims against policy cover, and agree settlements.
• Record evidence, appoint suppliers, and create initial reserves using claims software.
• Travel across the UK and work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Property insurance claims

Loss adjusting investigations

Local UK regions knowledge

Tools

Cotality

Xactimate

Job description

Loss Adjuster – South London region

Are you someone who thrives on delivering exceptional customer service while balancing cost-effectiveness? Do you enjoy visiting customers and making a real difference when they need support most? In this role, you'll gather key site information, assess liability, and produce detailed work scopes to help deliver the best outcomes for our customers.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! Although this role covers the South London region, we also have opportunities available in the following areas:

Available locations:

• Northern Ireland
• Birmingham region
• Norwich /Ipswich / Norfolk region
• Perth / Dundee Region
• Eastleigh /Southampton / Reading region

A bit about the job:

Your responsibilities include providing a customer-focused and cost-effective service by visiting domestic & commercial property claims customers. The role involves visiting customers to assess liability, build work scopes, draw floorplan, validate claims against policy cover, agree settlements, and determine the best management route for the claim. Responsibilities also include recording evidence, appointing suppliers, making liability decisions, and creating initial reserves using claims scoping software, sometimes working out of the area to support major incidents. The position demands self-motivation, managing personal appointments, and may involve travel across the UK with flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience handling property insurance claims, loss adjusting cases or investigations within a regulated environment.
• Experience with property inspections, virtual assessments, commercial claims, and scoping systems such as Cotality and/or Xactimate would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess evidence and reach fair, balanced conclusions.
• Exceptional empathy and communication skills: adept at gathering evidence, delivering difficult news with sensitivity, and maintaining strong client relations.
• Comprehensive understanding of Flood, Escape of Water (EOW), and Fire damage management, alongside health and safety regulations and industry-specific legislation.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary competitive (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's)
• Company Car
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations,hoursand working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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