Claims Lead in Borehamwood

Locations: Borehamwood, England, United Kingdom

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Today

Job requisition id: R26_0000000290

Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.

You are applying for a role with HFIS Limited – the group behind trusted brands such as mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress, Landlord Action and Hamilton Fraser. HFIS Limited is part of Brown & Brown (Europe) Limited.

Working options: Office-based with optional rotational remote working in line with divisional requirements

Working pattern: Full time

Working hours: 37.5 (Monday – Friday) hours per week

Reports to: Broking Department Lead

What we’re looking for:

As the Claims Lead, you’ll be leading a high-performing claims team ensuring all claims are handled effectively and in accordance with service standards, Delegated Authority, and FCA requirements, so a strong understanding of insurance products, particularly Property and General Commercial, FCA regulations and Lloyd’s markets is essential. You’ll focus on optimising processes and delivering continuous improvements to meet all quality and performance targets, so great organisational skills and the ability to resolve problems and provide solutions is a must.

Some of the things you’ll get up to:

• Daily line management Claims Team
• Setting and monitoring work allocations, maintaining adequate staff cover
• Compiling and delivering monthly reporting relating
• Training, guiding and supporting the claims account handlers in their development and to ensure quality
• Monitoring the progress of a claim, making sure customers and other relevant parties (internal and external) are kept informed of the progress of claims where appropriate and any issues that may arise, ensuring that life cycle reports are provided to the Manager
• Negotiating, settling and/or repudiating claims within delegated limits of authority and to refer all claims above delegated authority to underwriters with recommendations
• Supporting Key clients in the handling of high value or contentious claims, attending meetings where necessary
• Liaising directly with Insurers and Loss Adjustors on complex claims and complaints, providing feedback and reports to them
• Liaising with Sales Managers on wording/policy issues. Working with Marketing Team to provide Claims content and knowledge, ensuring correct information is delivered to the audience
• Delivering claims training to colleagues and act as mentor for new joiners within the team
• Responsible for conducting monthly internal telephone and file audits to ensure quality control
• Working with the Insurance Operations Lead on preparing and conducting external audits as requested by Insurers, ensuring compliance within DA limits

We’d like you to have:

• Proven claims or case handling experience
• Cert CII qualification
• Strong understanding of insurance products, particularly Property and General Commercial, FCA regulations and Lloyd’s markets
• Excellent inter-personal and telephone skills with the ability to communicate clearly and precisely with others
• Good organisational skills and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-moving environment
• Excellent attention to detail ensuring that high standards of quality are consistently maintained
• Ability to resolve problems and provide solutions
• Excellent level of written and spoken English and Mathematical skills
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and the ability to learn new systems and processes as needed
• Ability to meet deadlines, and prioritise own workload
• The ability to work within a team environment and to assist team members where required
• To act with integrity, keep promises and demonstrate fairness and impartiality

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday + UK bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Private health care for you and dependents
• Employee assistance programme, including GP line, cashback for treatments, advice line
• Season ticket loan
• Rental deposit loan
• Annual leave purchase scheme

At HFIS we value development and progression of all our people and so we also offer financial support for studying towards professional qualifications plus study time. As a teammate you will also benefit from a wide variety of high-quality in-house and external training.

We have a relaxed and friendly environment, and our dress code reflects this.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.

Founded in 1939 as a small, two-partner firm, Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) and our team of companies have grown into one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages while staying true to our foundation of trust, resilience and delivering results. With a team that is as connected locally as it is globally, our high-performing, highly collaborative team delivers innovative risk and insurance solutions.

We look for individuals who embrace our culture, thrive in a collaborative environment, are driven to grow and succeed and are committed to always doing what is right. With a unique culture built on integrity, superior capabilities and grit, we value teamwork, trust and courage. We think of ourselves as a team, so we have teammates—not employees, and leaders—not managers. Everything we do is about the greater “WE”—never “me.” While diverse in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission—always doing what is best for our customers.