Loss Adjustor - Exeter/Taunton

AXA UK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA UK is seeking a Loss Adjuster who excels in delivering customer-focused services while managing household claims. This role involves site visits to accurately assess claims, build work scopes, and determine management routes, ensuring compliance with insurance policies. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and in-depth insurance knowledge.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discount on Aviva products and retailers

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year

Parental and carer's leave

Flexible benefits

3 paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Exceptional customer service skills with a focus on claims management.
• Experience in the residential property insurance sector.
• Proficient in using claims management software on-site.

Responsibilities

• Visit homeowners to assess claims for liability and create detailed work scopes.
• Collaborate with Home Project Manager teams on claims management.
• Manage personal appointments with a focus on customer satisfaction.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Building Pathology

Claims Management

Technical Knowledge

Health and Safety Regulations

Tools

Claims Scoping Software

Job description

Loss Adjuster – Salary circa £40000

Are you someone who thrives on delivering exceptional customer service while balancing cost-effectiveness? Do you love visiting customers? In this role, you’ll collaborate with our Home Project Manager team to gather crucial site information, assess liability, and create detailed work scopes.

If it sounds someone like you, we would love to hear from you! If you're a desk based adjuster this could be the next step in your career!

A bit about the job:

Your responsibilities include providing a customer-focused and cost-effective service by visiting household claims customers. In collaboration with the Home Project Manager team, it's essential to gather and provide site information to manage claims to completion. 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:

• Exceptional empathy and communication skills: adept at gathering evidence, delivering difficult news with sensitivity, and maintaining strong client relations.
• In-depth expertise in the Residential (Home) property insurance sector, ensuring accurate assessments and tailored solutions.
• Advanced technical knowledge in building pathology and best practices, enabling precise evaluations and recommendations.
• Proficient in claims scoping and management software (Symbility, Exactaware, etc.), with hands-on experience using tablet technology on-site.
• 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.

• Starting salary circa £40000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and
• Aviva’s.
• 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
• Communitiesand use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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