Healthcare Claim Counsel — Strategy & Settlements

Travelers Canada; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 112,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) matching

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Wellness program

Volunteer program

Job summary

Travelers is seeking an experienced attorney/claims professional for the Bond & Specialty Insurance Claim Counsel team. The role involves analyzing and resolving complex BSI claims, providing legal input to underwriting, and guiding claim litigation strategy.

Ideal candidates have a JD, active license to practice law, 5+ years of relevant experience, and strong communication, negotiation, and analytical skills. Extensive travel for mediations and hearings is expected as part of the position.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant legal or claim handling work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work through conflict and resolve issues with a professional demeanor.
• Ability to make sound decisions and negotiate terms and conditions within designated authority limit.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate coverage determinations.
• Time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities with an attention to detail, data and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Follow operational policies to analyze, investigate, and resolve BSI claims of varying levels of severity with moderate supervision from claims management.
• Prepare and present reports for management that accurately reflect loss development, potential/actual financial exposure, reserve adjustments, coverage issues, and claim and recovery strategies.
• Retain, monitor, and manage outside counsel actively utilizing litigation management plans and budgets.
• Communicate with underwriting on significant claim exposures.
• Continue to develop the ability to identify all recovery opportunities and coordinate recovery efforts with the Recovery Management Unit and Claim management.
• Travel to and attend mediations, settlement conferences, claim conferences, field office visits, trials and depositions.
• Refine policy interpretation/coverage analysis skills including drafting coverage opinions with case law included.
• Strengthen the ability to negotiate settlements/resolutions, review releases and settlement agreements, including confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions.
• Support underwriting marketing efforts, including participation in broker and account visits and risk mitigation seminars and authoring customer-focused white papers and articles.
• Monitor marketplace conditions, conduct research, and draft reference materials to inform claim and underwriting colleagues on law impacting Travelers’ underwriting and claim decisions.
• Obtain and maintain required adjusters’ licenses.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Legal experience

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Licensing

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Juris Doctorate Degree

Job description

Travelers is seeking an experienced attorney/claims professional for the Bond & Specialty Insurance Claim Counsel team. The role involves analyzing and resolving complex BSI claims, providing legal input to underwriting, and guiding claim litigation strategy.

Ideal candidates have a JD, active license to practice law, 5+ years of relevant experience, and strong communication, negotiation, and analytical skills. Extensive travel for mediations and hearings is expected as part of the position.