Accident & Health Claims Handler

RSA; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in the UK is seeking an Accident and Health Claims Handler to join its team on a hybrid basis. The role involves managing smaller travel claims and some corporate personal accident claims, ensuring customer satisfaction through efficient communication. Ideal candidates should have customer service experience and be comfortable working independently and as part of a team. This role offers a flexible working environment with comprehensive benefits including pension contributions.

Benefits

Pension contributions up to 11%

Hybrid working environment

Continuous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Insurance, Financial or service industries.
• Ability to handle a range of personal accident claims.
• Technical experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Handle a caseload of small-value travel and corporate personal accident claims.
• Ensure efficient and courteous customer interactions.
• Review and interpret policy wordings.

Skills

Customer service experience

Good communication skills

Negotiation skills

Organization skills

Job description

Accident and Health Claims Handler

• Job Title: Accident and Health Claims Handler
• Reference: UK002765
• Town: Horsham
• Business Line: Claims

Introduction

At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe.

We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities.

We are currently recruiting for an Accident and Health Claims Handler to join our established and experienced team here at RSA on a hybrid basis.

Your role

As an Accident and Health Claims Handler, you will handle a caseload of predominantly small-value travel and some corporate personal accident claims using agreed-upon claims processes to achieve an efficient and effective claim settlement.

You will ensure customer interactions are efficient, courteous, and completed in a timely manner in order to deliver high standards of customer satisfaction while liaising with brokers, insurers, and emergency medical suppliers. Escalating non-standard and/or complex cases to more qualified members of the team and being able to review and interpret policy wordings. You will be desk-based, dealing with customers over the phone and via email, so good communication, negotiation, and organization skills are needed for this role.

About you

You will have customer service experience in the Insurance, Financial, or any other service industries along with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Your role involves handling a range of personal accident claims, some of which can be complex, so previous technical experience is helpful but not essential. Full training will be provided to support your development.

What we offer you

At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future. We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.

About Us

We celebrate individuality and it is important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves.

We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares. If you think you would be a great fit for us, but do not meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we would love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If you wish to be considered under the scheme then please answer yes to the question "Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme?" in RSA's application form. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact our recruitment team so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.