Senior Legal Counsel

Are you an experienced legal professional with expertise in commercial insurance policy wordings?

This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified lawyer with experience in drafting, interpreting, and managing commercial insurance policy wordings. If you have a keen interest in insurance law and a desire to work in a collaborative and growing legal team, this role could be for you!

A bit about the job:

As Senior Counsel, you will provide expert legal guidance on commercial insurance policy wordings, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards while supporting Aviva’s business needs. You will be embedded within the Technical Underwriting team, collaborating with underwriters and other stakeholders to develop, review, and refine policy documentation.

This role is key to supporting Aviva’s Global Corporate Specialty (GCS) growth, ensuring that our policy wordings meet evolving market and regulatory requirements. You will also engage with external legal advisors where necessary and contribute to best practices in policy documentation.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

Qualified lawyer with experience in drafting, reviewing, and managing commercial insurance policy wordings.

Strong knowledge of FCA, Lloyd’s, and overseas regulatory requirements related to insurance contracts.

Ability to collaborate with underwriters, brokers, and external partners to negotiate and refine policy documentation.

Experience working with a variety of insurance products distributed in the UK and globally.

Knowledge of Financial Lines and London Market wordings (desirable but not essential).

What you’ll get for this role:

Salary – Competitive (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

Bonus opportunity - 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

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

Outstandingly 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 well-being 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, 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 send an email to anna.bui@aviva.com