Senior Claims Handler

The Team

Our successful Professional Indemnity team advises insurers and professional organisations when they are faced with the threat of a professional negligence claim. They act on numerous high value and sensitive claims for clients throughout the UK and the rest of Europe, including accountants, architects, brokers, engineers, lawyers and their insurers. The team is particularly experienced in the deployment of alternative dispute resolution techniques including mediation and arbitration.

The Role

The overall purpose of this role is to provide a timely, professional and high-quality service to clients in the management of professional indemnity cases.

As a Senior Claims Handler you will work on professional indemnity cases with a value up to £200k and/or more on complex cases. You will be responsible for managing a varied professional indemnity caseload.

The key responsibilities of the role range from developing a knowledge of legal issues in respect of a variety of professions, setting up of new files, conducting reviews of new cases, drafting correspondence through to the resolution of claims.

You will also be responsible in playing a key role in client relationships, instructing experts and external counsel (where appropriate) and be responsible for case management systems.

As an integral part of the team you will also undertake supervisory and coaching responsibilities within the team.

The Person

Ideally of a graduate calibre with an excellent academic record with previous experience of working as a paralegal or claims handler within an insurance or legal environment an essential. Consequently you will have an in depth understanding of insurance claims management.

You will be IT literate with working knowledge of Word and Excel. Knowledge/previous experience of case management systems such as Solcase would be a distinct advantage however training will be provided if required. Good keyboard skills are also essential.

On a personal level you will be client focused with the ability to build strong relationships. The ability to work to deadlines and prioritise effectively under pressure is essential in order to succeed within this role. You will also have a proactive and tenacious approach to identify issues and solving problems.

It is equally important that you have an emphasis on quality and possess a customer service focus to your work. You will be a team player who also has the ability to progress tasks using your own initiative. It is important that you have confident written and oral skills and show commitment and enthusiasm.

Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please send your CV to us. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

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Kerry George
Recruitment Administrator
Beachcroft LLP
Portwall Place, Portwall Lane
BRISTOL
BS99 7UD

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