Crop Claims Representative (NW Kansas / NE Colorado)

Great American Insurance Group; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Wellness plans

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

paid holidays

401(k) plan with company match

employee stock purchase plan

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Great American Insurance Group is seeking a Claims Representative / Senior Claims Representative for a fully remote role covering Northwest Kansas and Northeast Colorado. The position requires crop insurance claims experience and travel up to 40% within the territory.

Compensation ranges from $48,000 to $65,000 per year depending on role and location. The ideal candidate will manage crop-related claims, investigate coverage, negotiate settlements, and maintain thorough claim files while working

Qualifications

• Prior experience in crop insurance claims preferred.
• Ability to conduct field work and travel up to 40% within territory.
• Understanding of liability, coverage, and settlements in crop insurance.

Responsibilities

• Manages an inventory of crop related claims to evaluate compensability/liability.
• Conducts claim investigations to confirm coverage and determine liability and damages, including field work.
• Determines and may negotiate settlements/reserves within authority.
• May attend arbitrations, mediations, depositions, or trials.
• Communicates information regarding coverage and settlements to involved parties.
• May authorize payments within assigned authority and ensure timely payments.
• Maintains accurate claim files and associated documentation.

Skills

Crop Insurance Experience

Travel Readiness

Remote Work

Job description

Be Here. Be Great.

Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a 'small company' culture where your ideas will be heard with 'big company' expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship. The Crop Division of Great American has been helping generations of farmers take control of their risks since 1915. The Division is also one of a select few private companies authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency (USDA RMA) to write MPCI policies. With six regional offices throughout the U.S., the teams provide tremendous expertise in the specific needs of farmers and crops.

Great American's Crop Division is looking for a Claims Representative or Senior Claims Representative in Northwest Kansas or Northeast Colorado. This individual will work fully remote in this territory and will be required to travel up to 40%. Our ideal candidate will have prior crop insurance claims experience.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Manages an inventory of crop related claims to evaluate compensability/liability.
• Conducts claim investigations to confirm coverage and to determine liability, compensability and damages. This includes crop field work and knowledge of grain marketing.
• Determines and may negotiate appropriate claim settlements/reserves within prescribed authority.
• May attend arbitrations, mediations, depositions, or trials.
• Conveys routine to moderately complex information regarding coverage and settlements to insureds, claimants, and external partners.
• May authorize payments in accordance with assigned authority limit and ensure payments are made in a timely manner.
• Maintains accurate and detailed claim files, including all correspondence, reports, and settlement agreements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Generally, a minimum of 6 months of experience in general agriculture, ag business/sales, agronomy, and/or grain merchandising.
• Crop Insurance experience is highly favorable.
• Ability to travel up to 40% within the territory.

Physical Requirements

• Requires continuous and prolonged walking and standing.
• Requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects up to 50 lbs.
• Requires frequent climbing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling and crawling.
• Requires overhead reaching and grabbing.
• Requires regular and predictable attendance.
• Requires ability to conduct visual inspections.
• Requires work outdoors, in inclement weather conditions.
• Requires frequent travel.
• May require ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Business Unit:CropSalary Range:$48,000.00 -$65,000.00

Benefits:

• medical
• dental
• vision coverage
• wellness plans
• parental leave
• adoption assistance
• tuition reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• employee stock purchase plan
• commuter benefits

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs.

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