# General Liability Adjuster

**Company**: Sedgwick
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Insurance
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected.

As a General Liability Adjuster, you will be responsible for the end-to-end handling of complex third-party bodily injury and property damage claims arising under commercial general liability policies.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Investigate and manage a full caseload of CGL claims, including premises liability, slip and fall, product liability, construction defect and construction-related losses, and contractual liability exposures.

- Drive timely claim resolution through proactive file management, strategic planning, and adherence to best practices in diary management and documentation.

- Analyze complex policy language to determine coverage applicability.

- Conduct comprehensive liability investigations, including review and analysis of incident reports, contracts, lease agreements, and indemnification provisions.

- Evaluate injury severity, medical treatment, and long-term exposure.

- Establish, maintain, and adjust reserves in accordance with claim developments and severity exposure.

- Manage litigated files, including the retention and direction of defense counsel.

- Negotiate settlements within delegated authority while balancing cost containment and risk exposure.

- Identify, evaluate, and pursue risk transfer opportunities.

- Maintain proactive, professional communication with insureds, claimants, brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.

- Ensure compliance with applicable state regulations, client service instructions, and internal audit and quality standards.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

- Adjuster licensing as required by jurisdiction(s) handled.

- Minimum of 5+ years of commercial general liability claims handling experience required; experience with litigated and construction-related claims strongly preferred.

- Strong understanding of CGL coverage, policy interpretation, and jurisdictional differences.

- Experience managing litigated claims and working with defense counsel.

- Knowledge of construction defect, additional insured coverage, and risk transfer strategies.

- Ability to assess liability, damages, and exposure in complex loss scenarios.

- Strong negotiation and settlement skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication.

- Proficiency in claims systems and Microsoft Office applications.

- Demonstrated organization, attention to detail, and time management.

- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-driven environment.

- Proven ability to meet or exceed performance, quality, and compliance metrics.

## Skills

### Required
- CGL coverage
- policy interpretation
- jurisdictional differences
- litigated claims
- construction defect
- risk transfer strategies
- liability assessment
- damages evaluation
- negotiation
- settlement skills
- written communication
- verbal communication
- claims systems
- Microsoft Office applications

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