Associate

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

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Associate

**Job Location**:Bristol**:
**Job Type**:Permanent**:
**Remuneration**: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications**:
**We have a fantastic opportunity for Associates to join our Bristol team.**:
Sedgwick Legal Services advises and handles disputes for major insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates, large corporates, utilities, and local authorities. We’re looking for a motivated individual to join our Legal team, focusing on property damage losses arising from major fires, floods, building collapse, escape of water, and subsidence.

This role is based in our Central Bristol office, with a hybrid working model. You’ll be part of a collaborative team also located in Cardiff and London.

In this role, you will manage a caseload of Higher value pre-litigated and litigated property damage claims. You’ll be responsible for gathering and evaluating evidence, contributing to case strategy, and developing your understanding of litigation tactics and property-related insurance law. Ensuring compliance with Sedgwick’s internal systems and procedures is essential, as is meeting performance targets for time recording and billing.

**The skills you will have when you apply**:
**What are we looking for?**
- Demonstrable experience as a solicitor, legal executive or equivalent
- Experience of litigation is essential
- Experience of insurance litigation or property damage claims is desirable
- Understanding of commercial insurance policies, the insurance market, reporting arrangements, reserving philosophies, and the relationship between brokers, underwriters/insurers and lawyers would be valuable
- Ability to work to deadlines / targets, to prioritise and manage a caseload and to work under pressure to deliver effective solutions
- Ability to work well as part of a team and on your own initiative
- A commercial, solution-driven and client-focused approach
- Strong legal and analytical skills and an eye for detail

**The skills that will be developed once working**:

- **Comprehensive Training**:You'll receive all the Sedgwick-specific training needed to excel in your role.

**What we’ll give you for this role**:
**Remuneration & more**
- Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
- A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
- You will join an appropriate incentive (bonus) scheme
- Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
- Flexible working from our office or your home

**Health & support**
- Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
- Group Income Protection

**Other benefits**
- Discounts on various products and services

**This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry**:
At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.

Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

**Next steps for you**:
Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.