Defender Insurance Lawyer

Thomson LRC; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm seeks a Defender Insurance Lawyer in Edinburgh to join their high-profile team. The role involves managing pre-litigation and litigated claims, providing legal advice, and ensuring the achievement of financial targets. A competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including hybrid working are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Hybrid working

Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in managing EL/PL casualty claims.
• Demonstrable interest in insurance law.
• Good influencing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of insurance claims.
• Work as part of a team providing legal advice and representation.
• Achieve financial and chargeable targets while meeting deadlines.

Skills

Legal Knowledge

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Job description

• Defender Insurance Lawyer- Glasgow
• NQ- 2 PQE and Associate/ Senior Associate Level.
• National Law Firm

National law firm is looking to add to their team with the hire of additional lawyers to join their high-profile Defender Insurance Team.

Role Profile:

• The Defender Insurance team provides a full, expert service in defending public (PL) and employers' liability (EL) claims, across the private sector and the public sector.
• The team is second-to-none in providing litigation defence services in these and other specialist Casualty areas and operate on a national basis with dedicated commercial insurance, motor, disease, regulatory and public sector teams and as part of a wider specialism we have a dedicated Casualty Fraud team.
• You will work in a dedicated insurance team based out of Glasgow with your own varied caseload of predominantly pre and litigated disease claims as well as EL/PL claims, motor/fraud and assist with high value and complex claims- Thefirmreceive direct instructions from both insureds and insurers, as well as local authorities. You will be responsible for the running of the day to day of your cases including liaising with clients, opponents, court, witnesses and undertaking your own liability investigations.

Main Responsibilities:

• Predominantly PI including EL, PL and Disease and Motor. Work as part of a team providing a comprehensive range of legal advice and representation to the team’s clients.
• Assist the Team Manager and other Partners with their cases, client development, client training, networking and potentially public speaking where required. Complete MI procedures as and when required.
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets. Ensure relevant deadlines, SLAs, quality measures and KPI’s are adhered to. Comply with relevant policies and procedures.

About You

• Ideally you will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. Ideallyyou will have the following experience:
• Previous experience at managing the defence of EL/PL casualty claims is essential.
• Previous experience at managing the defence of motor/fraud/disease claims is desirable.
• Excellent knowledge of Court of Session and Sheriff Court procedure preferable.
• Experience of handling own caseload. Good influencing skills. Good communication skills.

On Offer:

On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package including bonus, pension and hybrid-working.

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