# Field Adjuster Trainee - Anchorage, Alaska

**Company**: Sedgwick
**Location**: Anchorage, Alaska
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $55,000–$65,000
**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.

**Primary Purpose:** To handle losses and claims for property and casualty insurers.

**Essential Functions and Responsibilities:**

- Examine insurance policies and other records to determine insurance coverage.

- Interview, telephone, and correspond with claimants and witnesses regarding claims.

- Consult police and hospital records and inspect property damage to determine the extent of company's liability.

- Estimate the cost of repair, replacement, or compensation.

- Prepare reports of findings and negotiate settlements with claimants.

- Recommend litigation by the legal department when settlements cannot be negotiated.

- Attend litigation hearings.

- Revise case reserves in assigned claims files to cover probable costs.

- Assist in preparing loss experience reports to help determine profitability and calculate adequate future rates.

**Additional Functions and Responsibilities:**

- Perform other duties as assigned.

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

- Travel as required.

**Qualifications:**

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

- Obtain IIA-AIC designation within 12 to 18 months.

- Appropriate state adjuster license is required.

- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.

- PC literacy, including Microsoft Office products.

- Demonstrated commitment to timely reporting.

- Strong customer service skills.

- Strong interpersonal skills.

- Attention to detail and accuracy.

- Good time management and organisational skills.

- Ability to work independently or in a team environment.

**Work Environment:**

- Must be able to stand and/or walk for long periods of time.

- Must be able to kneel, squat, or bend.

- Must be able to work outdoors in hot and/or cold weather conditions.

- Have the ability to climb, crawl, stoop, kneel, and reach/work overhead.

- Be able to lift/carry up to 50 pounds.

- Be able to push/pull up to 100 pounds.

- Be able to drive up to 4 hours per day.

**Salary Range:** $55,000-$65,000/Year

**Benefits:** A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, 401k and matching, PTO, disability and life insurance, employee assistance, flexible spending or health savings account, and other additional voluntary benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- communication skills
- customer service skills
- interpersonal skills
- time management
- organisational skills

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