Claims Executive

Location: Redhill or Manchester

Reporting to: Head of Claims

The main focus of a Claim Executive is to drive the best claims service from our insurers and suppliers whilst supporting in the delivery of ensuring that all claims are handled efficiently, accurately, and in compliance with regulatory demands. This role involves ensuring that all client interactions are managed in a way to maintain high levels of satisfaction and ensuring that any claim reports are accurate and provided to a high standard. Additionally, the Claim Executive is responsible for building strong and effective internal and external relationships to allow us the opportunity to exceed expectations as well as actively supporting the business win and retain clients. In the delivery of this role the Claim Executive will look to maximise our opportunity to promote our expertise and capability externally and to provide thought leadership.

Company Vision

“To build a large, European, independent, family-owned insurance brokerage group in which talents blossom and client satisfaction is continually high.” This role fully focuses on providing our clients a value-added service where client satisfaction is high.

Department Overview

The role will be part of the leadership group responsible for the Claims function in the UK across various locations.

The Role

The Claim Executive in Verlingue has a diverse array of responsibilities, including:

External Relationship Management: Responsible to drive the best service from Insurers and Suppliers through regular engagement, obtaining and review of management information and creation of effective escalation facilities

Business Retention: Support on any Management Information issues in New Business Working Groups & Prisms across UK

Claim Proposition: Drive the relationship with the Marketing Team to ensure regular and effective thought leadership and external visibility of proposition is high

Client Relationship Management: Lead our Key Client relationship management strategy and effectively ensure its delivery across the team

Case Management: Actively manage a small portfolio of high profile or complex claims, ensuring timely resolution and maintaining accurate records

Referral Support: Provide support and guidance to the wider claims function on technical issues

Relationship Management: Ownership and development of strong internal relationships specifically in relation to the London Markets team and Broking to ensure there is effective communication taking place, expectations are understood and managed and the claims proposition is understood

Reporting: Assist in providing reports on claims performance, identifying trends, and implementing improvements

Team Training and Development: Provide suitable mentoring, training and development opportunities for the claims team to enhance their skills and knowledge

Client Feedback: Oversight and drive to obtain pro-active feedback on the claim service and work with the leadership team to ensure we actively promote good outcomes and/or act on feedback to continuously improve over time

What We’re Looking For

Suitable qualifications

Values successful and ongoing execution as an absolute priority

Extremely organised

Excellent attention to detail and a technical mindset

Demonstrate confidence, strong relationship management, diplomacy, and decisiveness

A strong “people” person and demonstrates wanting others to succeed

Ability to find solutions, demonstrate a “can do” mentality and get actively involved

Be a strong self-motivator and desire to be flexible

Effective people management and influencer

Great stakeholder management skills and ability to understand and share key and timely data

To remain calm and solution focused when under pressure

Strong ability to build effective relationships beyond Verlingue and use those relationships to add value

Ability to travel as needed to build those relationships and ensure successful execution of strategies & programmes

Aligned with the Verlingue values and behaviours

You may have experience in the following: Claims Executive, Claims Handler, Senior Claims Handler, Claims Technician, Claims Account Manager, Insurance Claims Executive, Claims Broker, Broker Claims Consultant, Claims Consultant, Claims Manager, Claims Relationship Manager, etc.