Claims Negotiator - MOJ (High Value Team)
- Employer
- Hastings Direct
- Location
- Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 25 Mar 2019
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- Sector
- Finance, Financial Services, Insurance
- Function
- Negotiator
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
In our seaside office in Bexhill-on-Sea, we now have a fantastic new opportunity within our Claims department within the Personal Injury Ministry of Justice (MOJ) arena. This role would suit experienced Claims Negotiators, Motor Claims Handlers or Personal Injury Handlers looking to take a step into a High Value role, taking on a new and exciting challenge in a fast paced, dynamic business on the coast.
The Role
This department assesses Personal Injury Claims submitted by innocent third parties whom have been involved in an accident with our Insured Driver. The Claims Negotiator would be accountable for the management of a portolio of claims where the severity or complexity of the injury sustained is beyond a whiplash injury. The successful candidate will always act in the best interests of our Customers and the Company at all times.
Your remit will include the following;
· Communicating via inbound and outbound calls, written correspondence with the policyholder and keeping them updated of all material developments (witnesses, engineers, insurers, hire companies, solicitors and third parties) in order to bring about suitable resolution of Claim
· Investigating liability where required by telephone enquiries, accident report forms, instructing accident investigators, applying for police reports or any other necessary investigations
· Assessing general damages up to a value of £25k
· Working our regular items of special damages including loss of earnings and car
· Working on Claims involving pedestrians and cyclists, including assessment of liability in order to proactively ensure Claims involving vulnerable road users are accepted as appropriate
· Working on Bodily Injury Claims including complicated fractures requiring surgery
· Working on all Claims that are not classified as soft tissue or whiplash
· Formulating accurate reserves which can often be based on very limited information
· Should a whiplash Claim exceed a value of £5k, there is a requirement to offer guidance and support to other teams
· Dealing with Claims older than 18 months from date of accident
· Provide coaching and referral guidance to the remainder of the MOJ teams
· Assessing interim payment requests to highlight and proactively secure settlements on claims with signs of deterioration
· To ensure each Claim is dealt with in line with company/departmental procedure and philosophy within service standards through to settlement stage in line with personal authorities
About Us
Hastings Direct is a fast growing, agile, digitally focused general insurance provider of products and services to over 2.7 million customers in the UK. We've significantly grown our customer base over the last three years and we now employ over 3,400 colleagues
It's our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It's a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment. You'll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have some fun along the way.
Required Experience
· Experience in Motor Claims handling (specifically Personal Injury)
· Able to show understanding of complicated liability scenarios and gain information through liaison with policy holders, witnesses and accident investigators within tight time parameters
· Assess damages using reference material and case law
· Ability to assess claims for special damages which may include elements of minor future losses
· Be able to assess and identify claims that may have potential to be beyond the scope of the portal
· Be able to identify why a claim is outstanding for an irregular amount of time and proactively manage that case to earliest conclusion
· High levels of attention to detail and able to use own initiative
Benefits For You
Please find some of the great benefits we offer here at Hastings Direct:
· Competitive basic salary which we will share with you upon shortlisting, but do feel free to email the Recruitment team for more details in advance of your application – professionalhires@hastingsdirect.com
· Up to 5% bonus earning potential
· 25 days holiday
· Life assurance
· Competitive pension
· Flexible benefits (e.g. buy or sell additional holiday)
· Discounted Hastings Direct products
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks
Company
Founded in 1996 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, we’re one of the UK’s fastest growing general insurance providers, offering a full range of car, van, bike and home insurance products.
It’s our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. Our data driven, digitally-focused business model enables us to remain agile, price effectively and to deliver refreshingly straightforward service and products for customers. All of our actions are based on our 4Cs way of doing things. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It’s our colleagues who help drive our growth, so we give them all the support, training and development they need, as well as scope to tell us how they feel about life at Hastings Direct.
It’s a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment, so it takes a certain kind of individual to thrive here - just ask any of our 3,400 colleagues. If you’re clearly a Hastings Direct person, you’ll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have some fun along the way!
To find out more about us, click below:
- Website
- https://www.hastingsdirect.com/
- Mini-site
- Hastings Direct
- Location
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Conquest House
Collington Avenue
Bexhill on sea
East Sussex
TN39 3LW
GB
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