Catastrophic Injury Claims Specialist
4 weeks ago
At Somerset Bridge Group, we are seeking a Catastrophic Injury Claims Specialist to manage a portfolio of high-value claims with utmost severity.
As a Catastrophic Injury Claims Specialist, you will be responsible for proactively managing a caseload of claims in excess of £2.5m from first notification onwards to achieve an optimum settlement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing the technical claims skills of the Large Loss Technical Claims team through coaching, mentoring, and training.
- Ensuring all new and internally reallocated claims are reserved in a timely manner.
- Maintaining and improving Insurers and Reinsurers confidence in the Large Loss Technical Claims Team by ensuring these high-value cases are handled with a high degree of technical excellence.
- Acting as a technical referral point.
- Carrying out audits of our Legal Suppliers.
- Ensuring reserving accuracy on receipt of new and relevant information.
Requirements:
- Substantial knowledge and experience of settling catastrophic injury claims.
- Ability to confidently handle claims to include - Head & brain injuries, Amputations, Serious spinal injuries, Fatal accidents including dependency, Complex care and loss of earnings calculations.
- Detailed knowledge of the CPR including multi-track litigation.
- Ability to negotiate substantial legal costs.
- CRU including the appeals and review process.
- RTA/Article 75/MIB procedures.
- Flexibility to travel across the UK when required to attend Case Conferences, Trials & Joint Settlement Meetings.
- Ability to manage relationships with internal/external suppliers.
- Awareness of Re-insurance practices.
- Experience of sitting on market bodies or working groups (such as the ABI PI Committee, MIB Article 75 working group, MIB Technical Committee etc.) is preferable.
- ACII qualified or significant progress towards this is preferable.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Hybrid working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days over 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service. Plus bank holidays.
- Discretionary annual bonus.
- Pension scheme – 5% employee, 6% employer.
- Flexible working – we will always consider applications for those who require less than the advertised hours.
- Flexi-time.
- Healthcare Cash Plan – claim cashback on a variety of everyday healthcare costs.
- 100's of exclusive retailer discounts.
- Professional wellbeing, health & fitness app - Wrkit.
- Enhanced parental leave, including time off for IVF appointments.
- Religious bank holidays – if you don't celebrate Christmas and Easter, you can use these annual leave days on other occasions throughout the year.
- Life Assurance - 4 times your salary.
- 25% Car Insurance Discount.
- 20% Travel Insurance Discount.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Employee Referral Scheme.
- Community support day.
- Christmas and Summer parties.
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