Catastrophic Injury Claims Specialist

4 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Somerset Bridge Group Full time
Job Title: Catastrophic Injury Claims Handler

Somerset Bridge Group is seeking an experienced Catastrophic Injury Claims Handler to join our team. As a Catastrophic Injury Claims Handler, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of high-value claims, ensuring that they are handled with technical excellence and that our insurers and reinsurers have confidence in our team.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Proactively manage a portfolio of high-value/catastrophic injury claims in excess of £2.5m from first notification onwards to achieve an optimum settlement.
  • Develop the technical claims skills of the Large Loss Technical Claims team through coaching, mentoring, and training.
  • Ensure all new and internally reallocated claims are reserved in a timely manner.
  • Maintain and improve 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.
  • Act as a technical referral point.
  • Carry out audits of our legal suppliers.
  • Ensure 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 and brain injuries, amputations, serious spinal injuries, fatal accidents, 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, and joint settlement meetings.
  • Ability to manage relationships with internal and external suppliers.
  • Awareness of reinsurance practices.
  • Experience of sitting on market bodies or working groups is preferable.
  • ACII qualified or significant progress towards this is preferable.
Benefits:
  • 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, and 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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