Property Claims Handler - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sedgwick

Sedgwick

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do, and we start by taking care of you, our valued colleague.

A career at Sedgwick means experiencing our culture of caring. It means having flexibility and time for all the things that are important to you. It's an opportunity to do something meaningful, each and every day. It's having support for your mental, physical, financial and professional needs. It means sharpening your skills and growing your career. And it means working in an environment that celebrates diversity and is fair and inclusive.

A career at Sedgwick is where passion meets purpose to make a positive impact on the world through the people and organizations we serve.

If you are someone who is driven to make a difference, who enjoys a challenge and above all, if you're someone who cares, there's a place for you here.

Join us and contribute to Sedgwick being a great place to work.

Great Place to Work

Top 100 Most Loved Workplace

Forbes Best-in-State Employer

Property Claims Handler - Midlands/Southwest- Are you looking for a new challenge and are passionate about delivering excellent customer service?- Do you have great attention to detail?- Would you enjoy being part of a busy, supportive team with a caring counts culture?- Is a flexible work/life balance important to you?- Would long-term career growth in an IBUK recognised '2024 Top UK Insurance Employer' spark your interest?

If you've answered yes, then a role as an Property Claims Handler (know as an Adjusting Executive in-house) could be the opportunity you have been waiting for

Wherever you are in your career, we can support you to achieve your goals.

A role with Sedgwick opens the door to many benefits, including:

Structured programmes with clear timescales & transparent career pathways
Fully supported professional qualifications with rewards
Truly flexible working
Competitive salary
Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
Life assurance
Group Income Protection

Our other benefits include:

Private healthcare plan (including preexisting conditions)
A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme
Annual leave allowance of 25 days + public holidays
Voluntary benefits
Purchase extra holidays, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP apps

The Role:
We now have an opportunity for a talented Adjusting Executive to join our highly successful Home Claims team.

At Sedgwick we are committed to a flexible first policy allowing you to enjoy a mix of working from our office and from home, with the agreement of your line manager on your individual pattern of work.

Our loss adjusters utilise their renowned expertise on domestic claims, ranging in value up to £100k, and including claims of significant value and complexity.

As the adjusting executive, you will work alongside your designated adjuster to achieve successful conclusion of allocated claims. This means claims settled promptly, with fair and accurate settlements, and ultimately highly satisfied customers.

Throughout all dealings with the customer and / or their representatives, you will maintain a positive relationship to ensure that the reputations of both Sedgwick and our Insurer client are protected.

The Adjusting Executive role is a technical assistant role, designed to support the adjuster's work throughout the handling of these claims.

As an Adjusting Executive you'd work on a one-to-one basis with one of our adjusters, to ensure we can deliver customer service and technical claims handling at the very highest level.

You will have the following skills:

The confidence and ability to deliver excellent customer service throughout the lifecycle of the claim and to meet our goal of making claims easy for everyone
Cert CILA/Cert CII or the desire and agreement to attain this during the first year
First class communication skills, both written and verbal, with a willingness to pick up the phone to speak to your customers in accordance with their needs and requirements
The ability to identify if a customer may have a vulnerability, and be able to adjust your communications and handling of the claim accordingly, to ensure they receive the same excellent outcome as all other customers
Competent IT skills, and the capability to maintain electronic files to a high auditable standard, including preparation of claim documentation as required, and as agreed with the adjuster(s)
A willingness to liaise and build effective working relationships with colleagues in our other internal product lines/departments as required.
The ability to manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and complete case enquiries as directed by the adjuster, but with the confidence and technical ability to work without direction where appropriate
Understand the importance of ensuring all stakeholders and parties are kept fully updated at all times, and have a pro-active mindset
Provide assistance on site on occasion, inc