Claims Assistant

🔥 14 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Sedgwick

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10,000+ employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Construction • Consulting • Healthcare

Sedgwick is a global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits, and integrated business solutions. They help people and organizations by managing and mitigating risk with solutions in accident, health, disability, unemployment compensation, and liability claims administration, among others. Sedgwick offers services such as claims administration, building consulting, forensic accounting, and forensic engineering. Their specialties include property restoration, brand protection, and loss prevention across several industries, including agriculture, construction, and environmental sectors. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as well as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.

📋 Description

• Handle property and casualty insurance losses and claims valued up to $15,000 • Evaluate insurance policies, claim forms, endorsements, carrier instructions, and records to determine coverage • Conduct investigations, gather official reports, consult police and hospital records, and inspect physical damage or written estimates • Interview and correspond with claimants and witnesses • Estimate repair, replacement, or compensation costs • Prepare findings reports and negotiate claim settlements according to carrier instructions • Issue settlement checks, file regulatory documents, and handle salvage and subrogation as applicable • Recommend litigation by the legal department when settlements cannot be negotiated • Attend litigation hearings and participate in depositions as necessary • Revise case reserves to cover probable costs • Maintain an expected caseload efficiently • Use technology and automation tools for efficient claim handling • Send claims exceeding $15,000 gross loss amount to leadership for authority approval • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred • Must obtain IIA-AIC designation within 12 to 18 months in the role • Appropriate state adjuster license is required • Three (3) years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required • Prior experience handling property and casualty claims is a plus but not required • Empathetic claims handling demeanor • Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills • PC literate, including Microsoft Office products • Analytical and interpretive skills • Negotiating skills • Ability to create and complete comprehensive, accurate and constructive written reports • Ability to work in a team environment • Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies • Ability to handle work-related stress, multiple priorities, and deadlines • Computer keyboarding and travel as required

🏖️ Benefits

• Work-life balance • Caring culture • Reasonable accommodations when applicable and appropriate • Equal Opportunity Employer • Drug-Free Workplace