Specialist Pre Litigated File Handler

Your tasks

The file handler will be responsible for managing a pre litigated caseload of specialist casualty claims up to a reserve value of £200,000. This includes personal injury, product liability and property damage. The handler will manage the claim from inception to settlement pre litigation.

• To pro-actively manage a caseload of specialist casualty claims involving Public Liability, Employers Liability, Product Liability & Property Damage claims
• Specialist criteria may include but is not limited to:

• Fatalities and serious injuries
• GDPR, defamation and PR sensitive claims

• Multi Defendant claims
• Policy coverage issues

• Any claims as agreed with the client
• Maintain accurate data on relevant case management system

• Comply with set client SLA’s
• Ensure quality service standards and productivity levels are maintained to a high standard

• Allocate new claims and set strategies
• Carry out supervisory tasks appropriate to level

• Assist with training and mentoring team members
• Undertake appropriate additional tasks provided by the Team Leader

• Attend Client review meetings and assist with client project work where applicable

Requirements

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum 5 years claims handling and casualty experience
• Experience dealing with quantum up to £100k

• Significant experience dealing with specialist claims with complex liability and quantum issues
• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Effectively prioritises workload

• Experience providing training or mentoring and supervising

What we offer

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death in Service
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

• after successfully completing probation