Job Purpose
Dealing with all aspects of litigated and non-litigated personal injury claims involving allegations of Fraud and/or Low Velocity Impact (LVI). Also dealing with any personal injury claims involving Road Traffic Accidents or any files of a technical nature, which you may from time to time be asked to advise on, handle or progress.
Key Responsibilities
1. Progressing claims in a timely manner in accordance with the CPR
2. Prioritising urgent schedule entries and dealing with the remainder of daily tasks on To Do list
3. Instructing Counsel, to attend conferences, hearings and CMCs
4. Ensuring clients are kept informed and up to date on a regular basis throughout the life of the claim
5. Speaking to and updating referrers as often as possible to ensure a consistency of service and to ensure referrer’s loyalty to the Firm
6. Ensuring that any BTE and/or ATE insurer is kept updated and fully informed as to the progress of any claims
Experience and Knowledge
1. Have relevant experience of having handled claims involving allegations of Fraud/LVI
2. To have a good working knowledge relevant case law and/or legislation
3. An ability to work in an organised manner
4. Excellent client care and communication skills
About us
Here at Carpenters Group, we’ve been providing legal and insurance services across the UK for over 30 years. We’ve grown from a small law firm into a 1500 people strong team made up of insurance professionals, legal experts and best in class corporate services, working across seven office locations. We work in partnership with household name insurers to deliver a variety of fully outsourced claim solutions. We also represent individuals who need expert legal support.
As a great place to work our core values underpin how we behave. Our working environment is positive and informal, and we encourage people to work together to perform at their best. We understand that our success as a business depends on the success of our people, which is why we invest in your training, development and social projects, helping everyone to connect and grow. No matter what stage of your career, at Carpenters Group there is a place for you to achieve your potential.
Benefits
1. Minimum 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
2. Hybrid working model
3. Holiday buy and sell
4. 2 x Volunteering days to support charitable initiatives
5. Matched Giving – up to £250 matched for personal charity fundraising for a registered charity
6. Medicash cash plan – claim back dental / physio / optical appointments
7. My Medicash App – including access to rapid digital physiotherapy and skin cancer screening assessments plus fitness videos and wellbeing tools
8. Discounts and cash back on travel and shopping through Medicash extras
9. Life Assurance Scheme (4 x salary)
10. Pension scheme
11. Travel Loan
12. Active network of Wellbeing Champions – providing mental health support
13. Training and development opportunities
14. Funded social events to connect with your colleagues
15. Dress for your day policy
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