Personal Injury Claims Handler

Employment Specialists Ltd; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in the UK is seeking an experienced PI Claims Handler to manage complex personal injury claims. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record with high-value claims and strong negotiation skills. This position offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility between home and office. Join a company known for its excellence in the insurance sector and continue developing your career handling substantial claims.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing high-value PI claims.
• Strong negotiation skills to challenge effectively.
• Good understanding of insurance industry procedures.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve complex PI claims.
• Negotiate settlements where appropriate.
• Obtain necessary evidence and documentation.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Claims management

Industry knowledge

Job description

Overview

Our successful and growing client is recruiting for another PI Claims Handler to join their Large Loss Claims Department.

You will have the opportunity to manage a challenging caseload of complex and high-value Personal Injury claims, utilising your expertise to conduct thorough investigations into indemnity, liability, and quantum.

As a rapidly growing Insurance organisation, who are market leaders, they are looking for another experienced person who has the ambition to continue to develop their career into handling more of their largest claims, often of millions of pounds in value.

Therefore you will already have experience of handling the higher end of MOJ Portal cases to £100k and be ambitious to continue to develop your knowledge in catastrophic or multi-track claims exceeding £100k.

This is a role that can be performed on a hybrid working basis, between your home and their office.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve complex claims to ensure they are properly reserved and settled at optimum cost
• Establishing how and why events occurred and the legal liabilities which may arise
• Obtain all necessary evidence and relevant documentation
• Correspond with all parties to the case quickly and professionally
• Obtain medical or expert evidence and wage information where appropriate
• Negotiate settlement where appropriate
• Instruct and control defence solicitors, through to Trial if necessary.
• Ensure that costs are kept to a minimum

Qualifications / Requirements

• Proven experience and success in managing higher end MOJ Portal claims
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to effectively challenge where appropriate
• Good understanding of industry procedures, products, and services in the Insurance sector
• Desire to learn and develop your Claims Handling career