Senior Claims Specialist - NJ Workers' Compensation

Great American Insurance Group • MA

116d • $105,000 - $115,000

About The Position

Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a 'small company' culture where your ideas will be heard with 'big company' expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow. At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best. Currently we have an opening for a Senior Claims Specialist in your territory. Our employees at Strategic Comp DO make a difference and feel appreciated for it. In fact, we received 98% rating for overall job satisfaction from the participants in our last employee survey, clearly indicating the passion and energy our staff has for our company and for the job they do! Here’s what you would be doing if hired for the Senior Claims Specialist position. Your role would be to investigate and adjust workers' compensation claims with high potential exposure. We take an extremely aggressive and proactive approach to claims adjusting and are looking for the person who not only knows their territory’s comp laws but also enjoys the role of putting that experience to good use. Because we focus on outcomes and not just processes, we look for the adjuster who is very skilled at developing strategies to bring claims to resolution. The person hired for this position will work from an office in their home with occasional travel to claims reviews and meetings.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 to 13 years of New Jersey workers' compensation claims adjusting experience with higher exposure claims is required
• Additional experience handling Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont workers’ compensation claims preferred including active adjusters license where required
• Strong consideration will be given to candidates with industry designations including Associate in Claims
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Investigating losses
• Analyzing coverage, determining compensability and benefits
• Establishing reserves and negotiating settlements
• Conducting meetings on the phone with insureds and claimants
• Preparing large loss reports to both internal and external audiences
• Attending settlement conferences as assigned
• Working closely with defense attorneys and other vendors including medical case management, surveillance, etc.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one
• PTO
• Paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Education reimbursement
• Paid parental leave/adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan with company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior