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Vacancy Details
Claims Account Handler
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Location: | Billericay, Essex |
| Job Type: | Permanent |
| Ref: | SJP221112 |
We are working with an Established Broker with an excellent reputation within the Insurance Market.
Due to retirement, they are now looking to recruit an experience Claims Account Handler.
Covering a varied range of Insurance Claims.
Working on your own autonomy, so able to manage your working day effectively.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be the first point of contact for Clients in the reporting of a cross class of claims.
- Ensure all required documentation in support of claims, e.g., report forms, witness statements, proofs of value, and loss assessor’s reports are dealt with as a priority and despatched to insurers or their representatives without delay.
- Negotiate with insurers, as required, in relation to the settlement of claims, both in respect of policy liability and settlement amount.
- Maintain client records with up-to-date information regarding claims history, including updating of amounts paid on settlement.
- Assist clients in the pursuit of any uninsured losses sustained as part of a claim. This may be by direct assistance involving contact with third parties on behalf of clients, or by ensuring the client contacts their Uninsured Loss Recovery provider.
- Receipt of notification, investigation, and settlement of claims within authority limits granted under any insurer delegated authority arrangement.
- Maintain a diary system for all outstanding claims and ensure these are chased regularly, keeping customers informed of progress.
- Advise clients on their options should insurers refuse indemnity under any policy or wish to offer a final settlement figure below original expectation. This may involve invoking the formal Complaints Procedure, as set out in the insurer’s policy documentation, involvement of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau and/or reference to any other dispute resolution facility.
- Provide regular reports to senior management in the business of any significant losses sustained by individual clients.
Remote/Hybrid working
If you feel you have the relevant experience, then please submit your CV for consideration.
Or contact Su Partridge FIRP for further information.
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