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 an experienced General Liability professional to join our team as a Remote Liability Claims Examiner. As a global industry leader, we offer the opportunity to bring your big ideas to help solve problems for some of the world's best brands.
Primary Purpose: Address and handle high-end General Liability cases for a dedicated client with serious injuries, complex coverage scenarios, and legal inquiries or disputes; develop a strategy to bring a case to satisfactory resolution.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Review and act on reports/forms; respond to inquiries; seek legal opinion and early resolution; and communicate resolution to appropriate parties.
- Handle high-end cases with serious injuries and/or complex coverage scenarios.
- Respond to decisions, agreements, and/or court orders; create action plans; determine the need for examinations; gain client authorization.
- Identify cases for settlements/redemptions.
- Gather and document additional information and coordinate with client designees.
- Request legal/private investigations; assign to and coordinate with local counsel; monitor local counsel performance.
- Respond to plaintiff's counsel, union, employee, or client requests.
- Identify issues and formulate defense strategies.
- Establish/adjust accrued liability and approve administrative expenses.
- Identify subrogation opportunities and manage the process.
- Attend and participate in mediations, trials, arbitrations, or hearings as needed.
- Work with partners to affect early return-to-work.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.
- Five (5) years of General liability claims management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Work Environment:
- 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.
- Computer keyboarding, travel as required.
- Hearing, vision, and talking.
Benefits:
- 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.
The salary range for this role is $90,000 - $115,000 per year.