Somerset Bridge Group are looking for a Catastrophic Injury Claims Handler to manage a caseload of claims of the utmost severity.
Due to growth in the team, we are looking for someone who has extensive experience within the motor claims industry who regularly manages claims under their own authority in excess of £2.5m.
Our team is based in Newcastle, hybrid working is available.
Role profile
1. Proactively manage a portfolio of high value/catastrophic Injury claims in excess of £2.5m from first notification onwards to achieve an optimum settlement
2. Developing the technical claims skills of the Large Loss Technical Claims team (through coaching, mentoring and training)
3. Ensuring all new and internally reallocated claims are reserved in a timely manner
4. Maintaining and improving Insurers and Reinsurers confidence in the Large Loss Technical Claims Team by ensuring these high value cases are handled with a high degree of technical excellence
5. Acting as a technical referral point.
6. Carrying out audits of our Legal Suppliers.
7. Ensuring reserving accuracy on receipt of new and relevant information.
Relevant skills/experience/abilities
8. Substantial knowledge and experience of settling catastrophic injury claims.
9. Be able to confidently handle claims to include - Head & brain injuries, Amputations, Serious spinal injuries, Fatal accidents including dependency, Complex care and loss of earnings calculations
10. Detailed knowledge of the CPR including multi track litigation
11. Ability to negotiate substantial legal costs
12. CRU including the appeals and review process
13. RTA/Article 75/MIB procedures
14. Flexibility to travel across the UK when required to attend Case Conferences, Trials & Joint Settlement Meetings.
15. Ability to manage relationships with internal/external suppliers
16. Awareness of Re-insurance practices
17. Experience of sitting on market bodies or working groups (such as the ABI PI Committee, MIB Article 75 working group, MIB Technical Committee etc.) is preferable
18. ACII qualified or significant progress towards this is preferable
Our Benefits
19. Hybrid working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home
20. 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days over 2 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service. Plus bank holidays!
21. Discretionary annual bonus
22. Pension scheme – 5% employee, 6% employer
23. Flexible working – we will always consider applications for those who require less than the advertised hours
24. Flexi-time
25. Healthcare Cash Plan – claim cashback on a variety of everyday healthcare costs
26. 100’s of exclusive retailer discounts
27. Professional wellbeing, health & fitness app - Wrkit
28. Enhanced parental leave, including time off for IVF appointments
29. Religious bank holidays – if you don’t celebrate Christmas and Easter, you can use these annual leave days on other occasions throughout the year.
30. Life Assurance - 4 times your salary
31. 25% Car Insurance Discount
32. 20% Travel Insurance Discount
33. Cycle to Work Scheme
34. Employee Referral Scheme
35. Community support day
36. Christmas and Summer parties
Working at SBG
At Somerset Bridge Group we aim to build a sustainable and innovative business focused on underwriting, broking and claims handling of UK motor insurance, offering transparent products and an efficient and fair service to our policy holders.
We are very proud to have been awarded a Silver Accreditation from Investors in People! We recognise that all of our people contribute to our success. That's why we are always looking for talented people to join our team - people who share our vision, who are passionate about what they do, and who want to be part of something special.