Sr. Liability Claim Specialist

Landstar System, Inc.•Jacksonville, FL

63d•Onsite

About The Position

Investigate and evaluate auto accident claims involving medium to high severity first and third-party bodily injury and property damage involving a Landstar entity, reaching a fair and equitable decision or resolution considering all available investigative factual material, laws, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
3 years of litigation claims experience
Current 6-20 all lines license
Ability to interpret contracts and Commercial Auto/Trucking policies relating to Auto, GL, UM/UIM, and PIP/No-Fault claims
Understand and apply tort and contractual law and moderate to superior understanding of legal terms, civil procedures, and concepts
Proficient with technology to include all Microsoft Office products, claims management systems, and external sites such as ISO, ExamWorks, ARMS, etc.
Ability to quickly recognize potential risk exposures resulting from accidents and demonstrated sound judgment and decision-making abilities
Ability to write captioned management reports that conform to prescribed style and format
Ability to effectively present information to senior management, claims committees, or other professional groups
Ability to analyze monthly key performance indicators and address deficiencies

Nice To Haves

5 years litigation claims experience

Responsibilities

Review initial information and identify involved parties and potential exposures after confirming insurance coverage available
Obtain, verify, and preserve documents and discovery items to formulate liability and damages decisions while considering applicable rules and laws of the accident venue
Assign vendors and experts for specific assignment as needed.
Monitor adequacy of all claim reserves; adjusting within authority level or notify management of needed increase
Make timely liability decisions and set appropriate strategy for resolution
Work closely with defense counsel to direct litigation activity, adequacy of resolution strategy, and respond timely to litigation discovery requests
Participate in arbitrations, mediations, settlement conferences and trials when requested, which may include out of state and overnight travel
Ensure claim activity, reserves, and payments are timely documented within the claims management system
Work closely with management on potential high exposure claims and files in litigation, and timely identify and report high exposure files to senior management and excess insurers
Submit information timely to CMS/Medicare, ISO, OFAC, MVTIS, etc and identify fraud indicators for submission to SIU