Property Damage Recoveries Solicitor

Austen Lloyd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector seeks a Property Damage Recoveries Solicitor for their Bristol office. This role offers an exciting opportunity to handle diverse recovery claims while working within a supportive team environment. With ample room for professional growth and a well-rounded benefits package, this position is ideal for solicitors looking to make a significant impact in the field.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discounted gym membership

Professional funding for legal/business qualifications

Qualifications

• Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive, ideally with understanding of contract and tort.
• Willingness to learn insurance property damage law and construction investigation.
• Ability to adopt a commercial perspective.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Property Recoveries team, handling case loads and investigating claims.
• Negotiate damages and manage billing protocols.
• Exercise compliance and maintain data security.

Skills

Investigatory work

Negotiation

Claims settlement

Financial management

Problem-solving

Education

Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive

Substantial pre-qualification experience

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29.06.2025

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13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Solicitor / Legal Executive - Property Recoveries

The role is to work within the Property Recoveries team. This is predominantly a Claimant based role.

Solicitor / Chartered Legal Executive - Property Recoveries - Bristol, remote.

Job Introduction

The Claims Solutions Property team provides solutions to the Insurance Property Recovery Sectors. Our specialist property and recovery team provides expert and practical advice over a range of areas:

• Public Liability / Property Damage claims
• Property subsidence
• Property recovery
• Motor recovery

As well as offering high levels of flexibility and a great work life balance, we offer a well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits) alongside real opportunities for growth and progression. We actively encourage colleagues to make use of our professional funding scheme to complete legal or business qualifications relevant to your role.

There are regular in person and remote social events organised for colleagues , not to mention the opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities, including volunteering or becoming an ally for one of our inclusion and diversity or business network groups.

They are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Role Responsibility

The role is to work within the Property Recoveries team. This is predominantly a Claimant based role.

Depending on workloads in the team the candidate will be asked to undertake:

• General recoveries tasks consisting of predominantly investigatory work on all fast and multi-track files.
• Investigating liability on a variety of general recoveries claims, ranging from escapes of water, flooding, impact and fire damage etc (including travel recoveries).
• Handling their own case load, including negotiating quantum and settlement of damages with third parties
• Obtaining witness statements; contacting relevant parties to obtain salient documents; drafting letters of claim, issuing proceedings, disclosure, instructing Counsel/experts, progressing a file through to Trial.

The candidate will:

• Exercise full compliance with protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files.
• Aim to achieve a minimum budgeted annual target of 1440 chargeable hours per year.
• Handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.

The Ideal Candidate

• Be a Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive, or have substantial pre-qualification experience
• Be interested in and preferably have a basic understanding of general contract and tort;
• Be interested in and willing to learn insurance property damage law;
• Be interested in and willing to learn the technical aspects of construction and property investigation as required for the role
• Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an 'academic' approach to claims settlement.
• Demonstrates alignment with the Firm's Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).

If you feel you have the required experience and skills please submit your CV.

Job Reference CW60365

Apply below or contact Charlotte at Austen Lloyd on 01275 463 111 as soon as possible, Reference: CW60365; (Property Recoveries Solicitor - Bristol).