Description
The Lead Fee Earner will handle own caseload within the Disease department of Hourly Rate Industrial Disease claims including but not limited to NIHL (Noise Induced Hearing Loss), WRULD (Work-Related Upper Limb Disorder) and potentially other disease cases. To manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Reviewing documents and preparing reports
* Developing an assistant fee earner
* Dealing with disclosure
* Reviewing evidence (Including records)
* Conducting investigations with Insured / obtaining witness statements
* Instructing Experts
* Attending conferences and Trials
* Dealing with routine correspondence
* Court appointments
* Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds
* Ensure adherence to Court timetables
* To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Technically proficient in dealing with disease cases, NIHL & WRULD as a minimum.
* Other short tail disease experience would be desirable.
* Effective negotiator
* Ability to use own initiative
* Good listening and verbal communication skills
* Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
* Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
* Ability to work under pressure and to target
* An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
* Good level of IT skills
Benefits
* 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) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
* 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
* 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
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.
Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.