Professional Indemnity Lawyer - Newly Qualified

Professional Indemnity Lawyer - Newly Qualified

• Analyses and applies policy coverage accurately to all assigned claims.
• Investigates assigned claims.
• Negotiates and settles claims proactively and reserves claims accurately, delivering a consistent quality service.
• Instructs, liaises with and manages external vendors and monitors the quality and cost of their services, ensuring required technical and company service standards are met.
• Authorises claim payments and reserves within agreed claims handling authority.
• Maintains data accuracy.
• Develops and maintains effective business relationships both externally and internally.
• Works as a team member providing such support as required by other members of the team and fully participates in individual and shared project work.
• Openly communicates knowledge of his/her actions with manager and colleagues in order to consider and better understand the impact on other technical, operational, sales and financial disciplines
• Proactively participates in training and other learning and development activities to maintain and enhance technical knowledge and other skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Must be a qualified solicitor
• Some prior insurance claims or underwriting or legal work related activity experience preferred (e.g. paralegal, solicitor, trainee barrister or similar)
• Possess and demonstrate a level of general technical knowledge and other skills sufficient to handle assigned caseload of claims within designated handling authority.
• Possesses a basic or more preferably an intermediate knowledge of UK legal system, some practical experience of litigation and /or coverage work in an insurance or legal environment.
• Is capable of handling claims competently in line with required technical standards, best practices and service level standards.
• Has good communication skills. Must be articulate and capable and confident to talk directly to internal stakeholders and Insureds on professional lines matters.
• Intermediate business perspective.
• Intermediate ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Intermediate openness to influence, flexibility.
• Demonstrates intermediate accountability and credibility.
• Intermediate ability to think analytically and strategically.
• Advanced customer focus is a key and important requirement
• Intermediate ability to exercise sound judgment and decision making.
• Intermediate ability to work effectively as part of a team.

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