Counsel Commercial Insurance

Counsel Commercial Insurance

Salary Circa £85,000

Due to growth within our Global Corporate & Specialty (GCS) business we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Counsel to join our team.  

This is a great job for someone with international commercial insurance and reinsurance experience who is keen to join a tenacious and growing Aviva UKGI Legal team!

Aviva has introduced “smart working” and the person in this role can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as they are comfortable spending half their time in one of our offices and travelling to our London and/or Norwich offices as needed.

A bit about the job:

This role is key to our business as you will provide subject matter expertise, legal guidance, and advice on complex legal matters. This will be done by keeping up to date with emerging legal trends, legislation, and industry practices.

You will be involved alongside a multi-disciplinary team in corporate and international (re)insurance transactions, working with our GCS businesses in London and Canada, also providing legal advice in writing and in management presentations on aspects of (re)insurance law and regulation and legal risk.

Supporting the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm and enable and support our customers to pursue their financial objectives. Additionally, you will represent Aviva in high value transactions, and collaborate with internal and external partners to achieve the business' objectives.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• A qualified solicitor who is experienced in global insurance distribution contracts, including Binders and Slips, and reinsurance.
• International Insurance and/or Reinsurance licensing (EU, US)
• Have a background in drafting and negotiating a wide range of different commercial contracts and agreements.
• Policy wording drafting/interpretation and solvency II/Insurance capital transactions (Intra group reinsurance, Part VII transfers) would be desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams (underwriters, finance, claims etc).

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 Circa £85,000 (location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity of 12% 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 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 are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

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

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Sahra Abdulla a call on 07775 042 835 or send an email to sahra.abdulla@aviva.com.