# Claims Examiner - Property

**Company**: Sedgwick
**Location**: Telecommuter LA
**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 Claims Examiner - Property, your primary purpose will be to analyze and process complex or technically difficult personal and commercial line property claims by scoping damages and completing an estimate or by obtaining a contractor's estimate for review.

**Responsibilities**

- Process complex commercial and personal line property claims and ensure claim files are properly documented and coded correctly.

- Handle litigation process on litigated claims.

- Coordinate vendor management, including the use of independent adjusters to assist the investigation of claims.

- Report large claims to excess carrier(s).

- Develop and maintain action plans to ensure state required contact deadlines are met and to move the file towards prompt and appropriate resolution.

- Identify and pursue subrogation opportunities; secure and dispose of salvage.

- Communicate claim action/processing with insured, client, and agent or broker when appropriate.

**Additional Responsibilities**

- Perform other duties as assigned.

- Support the organization's quality program(s).

- Travel as required.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.

- Professional certification as applicable to line of business preferred.

- Licenses as required.

- Five (5) years of claims management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

- Knowledge of construction basics, property estimating software experience and in-depth knowledge of personal and commercial lines property policies, coverages, principles, and laws.

**Skills & Knowledge**

- In-depth knowledge of personal and commercial line property policies, coverages, principles, and laws.

- Knowledge of construction basics and property estimating software.

- Knowledge of appropriate application of deductibles and sub-limits.

- Strong oral and written communication, including presentation skills.

- PC literate, including Microsoft Office products.

- Strong organizational skills.

- Strong interpersonal skills.

- Good negotiation skills.

- Ability to work in a team environment.

- Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies.

## Skills

### Required
- property estimating software
- construction basics
- personal and commercial lines property policies
- Microsoft Office products
- oral and written communication
- organizational skills
- interpersonal skills
- negotiation skills

### Nice to have
- professional certification
- licenses

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