General Liability Litigation Senior Claim Representative Consultant - Western

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The General Liability Litigation Senior Claim Representative or Consultant is accountable for delivering superior customer service and successfully investigating, reserving, recommending and implementing strategies to resolve claims consistent with corporate claim standards, policies and procedures and statutory, regulatory and ethics requirements. The selected candidate will partner with Staff Legal and outside counsel to resolve General Liability cases including: Premise Liability, Operations Claims, Product Liability, Professional Claims, Advertising Injury claims, Homeowner Liability, Employment Liability exposures and others. Additional key responsibilities are as follows:

Claim File Management

Plan, recommend, reserve and execute file strategies including investigation, valuation, disposition and settlement of assigned claims, in a manner consistent with corporate claim settlement policies and procedures, and statutory, regulatory and ethics requirements

Properly assess the exposure of assigned claims. Plan and organize, establish priorities, anticipate issues, determine realistic completion dates, know and communicate the status of assignments, appropriately manage vendors

Develop advanced functional knowledge to appropriately interpret and apply insurance coverage. Develop technical and jurisdictional expertise

Maintain current knowledge of claim loss cost management initiatives, and utilize them appropriately and in a manner consistent with company practices and procedures

Identify and properly mitigation, subrogation, and other recovery opportunities

Customer Service

Maintain dedication to meeting or exceeding expectations and requirements of internal and external customers

Obtain first-hand customer information; use it for improvements in products and services

Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, gaining their trust and respect. Demonstrate diplomacy and tact to effectively avoid or diffuse high-tension situations

Business Acumen and Technical Expertise

Utilize verbal and numerical critical thinking skills to gather information, apply sound reasoning and draw appropriate conclusions; make sound decisions based upon mixture of analysis, experience and judgment

Accurately resolve complex coverage and compensability issues

Possess the ability to investigate, evaluate and negotiate highly complex claims to appropriate disposition

Possess superior analytical and critical thinking skills; expert knowledge of complex medical terms, excellent time management abilities

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