If you handle employers' and public liability injury claims and want your own caseload at a big global insurer, this one is worth a look.
My client is one of the world's largest commercial insurers, with more than 13,000 people in 26 countries. Leeds is one of its main UK sites, and they're adding an EL/PL claims handler to their liability claims team there. It's a down-to-earth place to work. Big enough to give you a proper career, but not so big that you're just a number.
The work
You'll run your own caseload of employers' and public liability personal injury claims, taking them from first notification through to settlement. Day to day that means:
- Investigating claims and making clear liability decisions
- Reviewing medical reports and valuing claims, so the quantum is right
- Picking up coverage issues and checking what the policy actually responds to
- Spotting recovery, contribution and subrogation opportunities and following them through
- Negotiating settlements on a sensible, economic basis
- Setting accurate reserves and keeping them right as the claim moves on
- Instructing and managing solicitors and other experts, and keeping on top of their fees and advice
- Dealing with brokers, customers and internal teams, including underwriting
Who it suits
- EL/PL claims handlers from an insurer who are already running their own injury caseload
- Paralegals, legal executives or fee earners from insurer defence firms who'd like to move to the insurer side
- People who are comfortable reading medical evidence and putting a value on a claim
- People with a good nose for investigation who are confident talking through coverage and negotiating liability
- Organised, clear communicators who build good relationships on the phone and in writing
What's on offer
- Annual bonus scheme
- 10% employer pension contribution, and they'll match what you pay in yourself up to a further 7.5%
- 30 days' holiday, with the option to buy two more
- Private medical cover for you and your whole family
- Hybrid working, with flexible options such as compressed hours and part-time open to everyone
- Up to 20 days a year working remotely from abroad
- 26 weeks' parental leave at full pay
- Life assurance at four times salary, plus income protection
- Dental cover, a funded health check for over-40s and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work scheme up to £5,000 and a green car salary sacrifice scheme
- Employee share scheme where your purchases are matched
- A day's paid leave each year to volunteer
- Modern offices in Leeds city centre
For anyone coming from private practice, that also means no chargeable-hours target.
Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK, as sponsorship isn't available for this role.
