Desk Loss Adjustor

Are you someone who thrives on delivering exceptional customer service while balancing cost effectiveness? Do you love coordinating several stakeholders and communicating effectively to ensure proactive management of claims? Due to continued growth, we’re looking for Desk based Loss Adjuster to join our specialist team. This is more than just a desk-based role — it’s a chance to make a real difference to people’s lives when they need it most.

As a Desk based Loss Adjustor, you’ll be at the heart of our response to building-related damage caused by escape of water, fire, flood, or Impact etc acting as claim owner for customers and suppliers. You’ll manage household claims up to £50,000, taking full ownership from instruction through to settlement. This is a role that requires both technical acumen and empathy — balancing cost-effective solutions with exceptional customer care.

You’ll be part of a close-knit team, working virtually but collaboratively, supported by field-based colleagues (acting as your eyes on site) and a trusted supplier network. Your ability to interpret scope of works, building pathology, and coordinate multiple stakeholders will be key to delivering timely, high-quality outcomes.

This isn’t just about processing claims — it’s about rebuilding homes and restoring peace of mind. Your technical knowledge and decision-making will directly influence the speed, quality, and cost of reinstatement. Managing claims of this scale comes with significant responsibility, and your expertise will ensure we deliver fair, accurate, and customer-focused solutions every time.

• Exceptional empathy and communication skills; including delivering difficult news with sensitivity and maintaining strong customer relationships
• In depth expertise in the Residential (Home) property insurance sector, ideally in a loss adjusting, contractor management or technical claims role managing Flood, Escape of water (EOW) and fire damage alongside health and safety and industry specific regulations.
• Strong understanding of building pathology and reinstatement techniques including Knowledge of building standards, materials, and mitigation practices inc. BDMA qualification (desirable but not essential)
• Ability to interpret and where appropriate challenge scopes and of schedule works using photos, video, and remote tools
• Ability to project manage claims ensuring a proactive approach to file management (including confident stakeholder management of customers, contractors, DR&R, and other suppliers

• A passion for helping people and solving problems
• A proactive, solution-focused mindset
• The confidence to make decisions and stand by them
• A collaborative approach and willingness to share knowledge within a team
• A desire to grow your technical expertise and contribute to a high-performing team

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 £34,000 - £45,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and location)
• 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 daysholidaysplus 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…