Professional Liability Claims Counsel

Travelers; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Travelers seeks a Claim Counsel to manage Accountants Professional Liability (APL) and Real Estate Professional Liability (RPL) claims and litigation, advising underwriting and non-attorney claim teams. You will handle complex professional liability issues and provide strategic guidance to improve claim outcomes.

The role emphasizes analytical reporting, outside counsel management, and collaboration with underwriting, brokers, and risk management.

Qualifications

• One to five years of relevant legal or claim handling work experience.
• 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.
• Ability to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Follow operational policies to analyze, investigate, and resolve BSI claims of varying levels of severity with active 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.
• Travel to and attend mediations, settlement conferences, claim conferences, field office visits, trials and depositions.
• Develop the ability to identify all recovery opportunities and coordinate recovery efforts with the Recovery Management Unit and Claim management.
• Refine policy interpretation/coverage analysis skills including drafting coverage opinions with case law included.
• Develop/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

Communication

Conflict resolution

Decision making

Negotiation

Time management

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Juris Doctorate Degree

Job description

Travelers seeks a Claim Counsel to manage Accountants Professional Liability (APL) and Real Estate Professional Liability (RPL) claims and litigation, advising underwriting and non-attorney claim teams. You will handle complex professional liability issues and provide strategic guidance to improve claim outcomes.

The role emphasizes analytical reporting, outside counsel management, and collaboration with underwriting, brokers, and risk management.