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. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
We're looking for driven individuals that embody our caring counts model and core values that include empathy, accountability, collaboration, growth, and inclusion.
Primary Purpose of the Role To address and handle high-end cases with serious injuries, complex coverage scenarios, and legal inquiries or disputes; to develop a strategy to bring a case to satisfactory resolution.
Essential Responsibilities May Include
- Reviews and acts on reports/forms; responds to inquiries; seeks legal opinion and early resolution; and communicates resolution to appropriate parties.
- Handles high-end cases with serious injuries and/or complex coverage scenarios.
- Responds to decisions, agreements, and/or court orders; creates action plans; determines the need for examinations; gains client authorization.
- Identifies cases for settlements/redemptions.
- Gathers/documents additional information and coordinates with client designees.
- Requests legal/private investigations; assigns to and coordinates with local counsel; monitors local counsel performance.
- Responds to plaintiff's counsel, union, employee, or client requests.
- Identifies issues and formulates defense strategies.
- Establishes/adjusts accrued liability and approves administrative expenses.
- Identifies subrogation opportunities and manages the process.
- Attends and participates in mediations, trials, arbitrations, or hearings as needed.
- Works with partners to affect early return-to-work.
- Performs other duties as assigned; supports the organization's quality program(s).
Qualifications
- Education & Licensing: High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred. Professional certification as applicable to line of business preferred. Juris Doctorate (JD) preferred.
- Experience: Ten (10) years of experience handling litigation, including 5 years of claims management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Taking Care of You
- Flexible work schedule.
- Referral incentive program.
- Career development and promotional growth opportunities.
- A diverse and comprehensive benefits offering including medical, dental vision, 401K on day one.
Work Environment Requirements
- Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem-solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines.
- Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required.
- Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision, and talking.
The range of starting pay for this role is $70,000 - $90,000.