Job Title: Large Loss Household Claims Negotiator
Target Start Date: 15/07/2024
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary Range: £40,000 to £60,000 dependent upon experience
Location: Eastleigh or Gloucester, Hybrid
Work Level: WL4
Large Loss Household Claims Negotiator:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate individual who is committed to a role in Large Loss as a Large Loss Claims Negotiator in our Technical Household claims team.
As a Large Loss Claims Negotiator, you will specialise in managing all aspects of large loss claims handling.
You will be responsible for the progression of your own portfolio of cases, providing insight to your Manager as
appropriate.
You will be required to play an active role in Large Loss project work.
You will be required to collaborate with other areas of the business including underwriting and actuarial.
You will be a role model leading by example
Main Responsibilities as Large Loss Household Claims Negotiator:
- Investigation and evaluation of Household large loss claims including the determination of policy indemnity, legal liability including causation and quantum
- Optimising claims settlements to ensure your portfolio of claims is settled in a timely manner and on a cost effective basis in the best interests of Ageas and our policyholders
- Working in conjunction with our panel lawyers, Counsel, adjusters, and other appropriate professionals to build an effective team to achieve the best possible outcome for Ageas and our policyholders
- Taking responsibility for investing in your own self development including ensuring that you remain up to date on all relevant legal changes, insurance regulations and industry trends
- Being involved in wider Large Loss Household claims initiatives
Skills and experience you need as Large Loss Household Claims Negotiator:
- A solid background in handling household/commercial large loss claims with a value in excess of £150,000
- An ability to problem-solve and manufacture creative solutions to complex issues.
- An ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
- An enthusiastic and proactive approach to learning
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to build a rapport and forge strong relationships
- Able to demonstrate a curiosity to create and discover ways to become more effective
- An ability to assimilate information quickly and to identify those areas key to the claim's handling
- Independent decision maker
- Commercially aware
- Strong negotiation skills
- Good team player.
- Numeracy and data literacy skills
- Experience of mentoring more junior team members is desirable.
- Progression towards a professional qualification within insurance is desirable.
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Large Loss Household Claims Negotiator role:
At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health - Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Yoga, Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth - Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
Supporting you and your Family - Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks' at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.
Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover
Getting Around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover
Get some Tech - Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave
About Ageas:
We're one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we're always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we're open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.
To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.
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