Environmental Claims Specialist: Complex, Long-Tail Focus

AXIS (AXIS Capital); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AXIS Capital seeks a Claim Specialist for Environmental Claims to manage environmental matters across AXIS-issued policies. You will investigate, assess coverage, liability, and damages while coordinating with defense and coverage counsel, underwriters, and vendors.

The role requires strong judgment, technical claims capability, and the ability to handle long-tail exposure, remediation, and regulatory issues. Join AXIS’s North America Claims Team in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience handling environmental, pollution, toxic tort, or complex liability claims.
• Strong understanding of coverage, liability, damages, reserving, and settlement evaluation.
• Ability to assess policy language and develop practical claim strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with concise claim summaries and rationales.

Responsibilities

• Assess environmental claims to determine coverage, liability, damages and settlement value.
• Manage a pending inventory of primary and excess environmental claims.
• Investigate facts, evaluate policy terms, and coordinate with counsel.
• Establish reserves based on liability, damages, and litigation posture.
• Collaborate with counsels, experts, vendors, brokers, and insureds to drive resolution.
• Develop strategies for complex, high-exposure or contentious claims.

Skills

Environmental claims

Coverage analysis

Litigation coordination

Reserving

Job description

AXIS Capital seeks a Claim Specialist for Environmental Claims to manage environmental matters across AXIS-issued policies. You will investigate, assess coverage, liability, and damages while coordinating with defense and coverage counsel, underwriters, and vendors.

The role requires strong judgment, technical claims capability, and the ability to handle long-tail exposure, remediation, and regulatory issues. Join AXIS’s North America Claims Team in a dynamic, collaborative environment.