Senior Claims Analyst, Financial Lines - Greater London, United Kingdom - Inigo

    Inigo
    Inigo Greater London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

    Default job background
    Description

    Job Description

    About Inigo

    We enable your ambition. We insure good people – knowledgably, fairly, and efficiently. We combine our expertise with the best of science, data, and analytics.

    Inigo's aim is to create an underwriting focused insurance and reinsurance business, concentrating on limited classes. We want to combine the best data and analytics that exist and build our own capability to generate insights to drive business decisions. At the top of our agenda is to create a diverse and open culture where we foster talent and provide opportunities to build a rewarding career in a company that is vibrant and at the start of an exciting journey.

    We have a culture that is inclusive, fun, and constantly strives for excellence, we describe it as 'all in'. Our values are:

    • Get Smart – we ask questions, explore, learn, and continuously strive for excellence
    • Park the Ego – we are welcoming and open, and embrace different thinking
    • Share the Passion – we collaborate and communicate our expertise honestly and thoughtfully
    • Radical Simplicity – we are transparent, focused and actively avoid complexity in how we operate

    About the Team and Role

    The Senior Analyst for Financial Lines & Cyber (hereinafter "FL") Claims is a key technical position within Inigo, responsible for overseeing FL claims and handling complex cases. The individual will work closely with the Head of Third Party Claims and the Claims Leadership Team with the aspiration of running a market-leading technical claims unit that is fully embedded within the product line. The individual will partner with Inigo underwriters to sell the Inigo claims value proposition and to build confidence and trust with our clients and brokers alike. Our products primarily target the U.S. market, with additional international programs. The role is focused on claims arising from Directors & Officers (D&O), Financial Institutions (FI) and Cyber policies. Experience in handling the aforementioned lines of business is preferable. A U.S. legal background is an advantage as experience in handling high-value D&O and FI claims pending in the U.S. will be a large part of the role.

    We are looking for someone who loves all aspects of claims. This individual is experienced and capable of handling complex claims and as we grow further, enjoy managing or developing junior members of the team. This individual is a self-starter, always looking for the best way to partner with Underwriters in learning from losses and building strong relationships with brokers across the U.S., London and Australia and international clients – . Inigo will leverage this individual's relationships with U.S. market leading experts, including law firms. . The individual will travel to attend mediations and will have had extensive U.S. mediation experience and rapport with mediators. The role includes a keen interest in data and analytics which uses claims to discover trends and to inform the wider business.

    The successful candidate will do this by:

    • Providing leadership for the FL technical claims with oversight for accurate and timely case reserves and payments.
    • Accountability for making decisions on large and complex losses in FL.
    • Holding a high level of authority for FL claims and oversight of junior internal staff and external claims resources which includes reserving, negotiation, settlement and payment to the disposition of a claim..
    • Being a claims technical leader and an industry thought leader in FL , whilst delivering technical training to keep the team current with industry practices and developments in law.
    • Designing best in class processes and documents for FL ensuring quality assurance for audit purposes.
    • Creating and nurturing collaborative relationships with FL product leaders to ensure they are kept current and participating in decisions that are fundamental to their business.
    • Holding responsibility for reporting trends in FL claims and working closely with the Product leaders to learn lessons from losses and working with actuaries for reserving decisions to encourage a positive culture of continuous improvement and learning.
    • Achieving a reputation of claims excellence, innovation and service delivery in the Marketplace for FL.
    • Operating within appropriate regulatory framework boundaries by adhering to Inigo's policies, audits, controls and risk procedures including the protection of all licenses and agreements.

    To do this, we're going to need you to bring:

    • Extensive FL technical claims expertise and demonstrable working knowledge of complex claims, ideally gained from working for a Lead insurer and/or U.S. law firm.
    • A solutions-orientated mindset working with clients and brokers in challenging and high-stakes situations.
    • A rich pedigree of leadership experience, comfortable to lead from the front and lead by example internally, in the Market and externally with Brokers and Clients.
    • A solid belief in team culture. Developing others by coaching and inspiring them to grow and to succeed which will be critical to the future success of Inigo.
    • A passion for data analytics and using trends to drive better outcomes for Inigo and clients.
    • A "low ego" and highly collaborative approach to all matters. Enjoys building constructive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the organization.
    • An agile, flexible and change-orientated mindset. An individual who is comfortable with ambiguity and able to juggle many priorities with a clear drive to create a best in class claims organization in a start-up environment.