Personal Injury Claims Handler

Job Title: Personal Injury Claims Handler

Salary: up to £30,000 depending on experience

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Hybrid working but must be commutable to one of the offices below:

Locations:

• Whitstable, Kent
• Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Chelmsford, Essex
• Hayward's Heath, West Sussex

About Our Client

My client is a leading and expanding motor insurance group who are renowned for their staff reward and recognition and are ranked highly in The Times Top 30 Big Companies to work for. The Group are a modern and progressive group of companies incorporating major names in the automotive and insurance industries, who are currently recruiting for their Third Party team

The Role

To pro-actively handle a portfolio of motor claims (including bodily injury and credit hire cases) from cradle to grave within the MOJ and the OIC portal.

What will you do on a day-to-day basis?

• Adhering to agreed personal authority limits, referring to line manager for?authorisation?where activity exceeds such limits.
• Controlling claim cost by achieving most economical settlement, through good use of liability and quantum arguments and effective negotiation.
• Maintaining good file discipline and accurate reserves, together with an effective diary system which ensures that cases are reviewed on a regular basis.

What do you need to do to be successful in a role?

• Working knowledge of Motor claims handling to include Personal Injury, Credit Hire, Indemnity, Liability, Third Party risks and other associated heads of claim
• An understanding and application of claims negotiation, liability decision making and cost potential
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Ability to manage and?prioritise?own workloads

What do you get in return?

• Pension contributions
• Opportunity to progress and have active support
• 25 Days annual leave plus bank holidays and the ability to buy an additional three days holiday
• Annual bonus of up to 10% depending on performance Health Cash Plan
• A benefit scheme that offers discounts and cashback on shopping, restaurants, travel and more;
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• A structured pathway to learn and develop
• Employee referral scheme