Claims Team Leader

Royal London Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus scheme

Comprehensive benefits package and DP

Flexible work environment

28 days annual leave

Employer matching pension (up to 14%)

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Ireland, based in Dublin, seeks a Claims Team Leader to drive the Claims function with strong people leadership and deep technical claims expertise to ensure fair outcomes and timely, compassionate support for customers.

You will lead day-to-day operations, coach the team, manage performance, and act as a senior technical referral point for complex claims while aligning with governance and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in life and disability claims assessment.
• Previous leadership or team management experience.
• Knowledge of Irish regulatory requirements and the insurance claims environment.
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop all claims colleagues.
• Manage claims service delivery, workload planning and performance.
• Act as senior referral point for complex, high-value claims.
• Provide technical guidance on claims assessment and underwriting.
• Oversee quality assurance, governance and continuous improvement.
• Build relationships with reinsurers, brokers and internal stakeholders.
• Use data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Support regulatory, system and process change initiatives.

Skills

Leadership / people management

Life and disability claims knowledge

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

DLDC (Diploma in Life and Disability Claims)

ACII

QFA (including APA)

Job description

Location: Dublin/Hybrid, 50% home/office based

At Royal London Ireland, we're committed to delivering fair outcomes and outstanding service for our customers. We're looking for an experienced Claims Team Leader to lead our Claims function, combining strong people leadership with deep technical claims expertise to ensure customers receive timely, consistent and compassionate support.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within our Underwriting & Claims team, driving operational excellence, developing team capability and helping shape the future of our claims proposition.

About the role

As Claims Team Leader, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Claims function, ensuring high standards of customer service, quality, governance and regulatory compliance. You'll act as a senior technical referral point for complex and sensitive claims, while leading and developing a team focused on delivering excellent customer outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching and developing all claims colleagues.
• Managing claims service delivery, workload planning and operational performance.
• Acting as the senior referral point for complex, sensitive and high-value claims.
• Providing technical guidance on claims assessment, retrospective underwriting and claims philosophy.
• Overseeing claims quality assurance, governance and continuous improvement activities.
• Building strong relationships with reinsurers, brokers, medical experts and internal stakeholders.
• Using data and management information to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting regulatory, system, service and process change initiatives.
• Embedding a strong risk and compliance culture across the Claims team.
• Ensuring customers receive fair, timely and consistent claims decisions.

About you

We're looking for an experienced claims professional who enjoys leading people, developing capability and improving customer outcomes.

You'll ideally bring:

• Significant experience in life and disability claims assessment.
• Previous leadership, team management or coaching experience.
• Strong technical knowledge across protection and disability claims.
• Experience managing complex claims and supporting technical referrals.
• Knowledge of Irish regulatory requirements and the insurance claims environment.
• The ability to analyse data, identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative and inclusive leadership style.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance operational priorities and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

You will hold, or be working towards, an appropriate professional qualification such as:

• DLDC (Diploma in Life and Disability Claims)
• ACII
• QFA (including APA)

Equivalent industry qualifications and relevant claims expertise will also be considered.

Our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent. We aim to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. The base salary range for this position is:

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; and qualifications. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of our total package.

Benefits

• participation in a discretionary bonus scheme
• comprehensive benefits package and pension
• flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally
• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• up to 14% employer matching pension scheme
• private medical insurance

You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

About Royal London Ireland

Based in St Stephen's Green in Dublin, Royal London Ireland is a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited, the largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company in the UK. We are authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and provide protection products through Financial Brokers across Ireland. Our excellent customer service and mutual mindset means we take a longer-term view and focus on providing best customer outcomes.

Our culture is welcoming and friendly; we aim to make you always feel included. We encourage applications from those who may be on extended career break or from different work sectors and seeking to move into financial services. We are open to discussing flexible work arrangements.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.