Complex Claims Specialist

Complex Claims Specialist: General Liability

Build a brilliant future with Hiscox

Put your claims skills to the test and join one of the top General Liability Insurers in the Industry!

Position: Complex Claims Specialist: General Liability

Reporting to: AV P – Team Manager

Location: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, NYC or Scottsdale

About the Hiscox Claims team:

The US Claims team at Hiscox is a growing group of professionals with experience across private practice and in-house roles, working together to provide the ultimate product we offer to the market. Complex Claims Specialists are empowered to manage their claims with high levels of authority to provide fair and fast resolution of claims for our insured and broker partners.

The Role:

The primary role of Complex Claims Specialist is to independently analyze liability claim submissions for potential coverage, set adequate case reserves, promptly and professionally respond to inquiries from our clients and their brokers, and to proactively drive early resolution of claims arising from our General Liability products.

The Complex Claims Specialist will manage a full pending of General Liability Claims, as well as provide thought leadership in multiple forums within and outside of the company. The Complex Claims Specialist actively engages in business development, product innovation, and market/customer insight and develop strong working relationships with underwriting leadership.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Hiscox USA, a growing business where you will be able to make a real impact. Together, we aim to be the best people producing the best insurance solutions and delivering the best service possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategize and maximize early settlement opportunities for General Liability Claims (BI & PD)
• Draft and Review coverage analyses
• Monitoring litigation/suits and managing local defense counsel & relationship
• Continually assessing exposures and adequacy of claim reserves
• Drive employee engagement by exhibiting passion about the company, values, business and our customers
• Take lead in managing high exposure claims on team
• Monitor litigation and manage local defense counsel
• Attend mediations and/or settlement conferences where appropriate
• Assists in preparing & presenting quarterly reserving packs
• Actively participate in the Claims/UW/Actuarial feedback loop
• Keep senior claims management adequately and appropriately informed of key issues
• Liaising directly on daily basis with insureds and brokers
• Maintaining timely and accurate file documentation/information in our claims management system

Personal Specification:

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school
• Bar admission in good standing
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in General Liability with an insurance carrier or litigation experience in General Liability
• Litigation and mediation experience
• Ability to analyze liability and potential damages exposure
• Experience monitoring outside counsel
• Experience negotiating allocation issues
• Experience drafting or reviewing litigation budgets
• Experience recommending or setting reserves
• Experience handling large volume of claims or litigation matters
• Ability to manage case load independently and meet timelines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong ability to establish rapport and build relationships with clients
• Team-oriented, with ability to excel in a collegial environment
• Leadership and people management skills
• <10% Travel Required

Hiscox Values:

• Courage: Dare to take a risk
• Ownership: Passionate, commercial and accountable
• Integrity: Do the right thing, however hard
• Connected: Together, build something better
• Human: Clear, fair and inclusive

What Hiscox USA Offers:

• Competitive salary and bonus (based on personal & company performance)
• 401(k) with competitive company matching
• Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental and FSA plans (medical, limited purpose, and dependent care)
• Company paid group term life, short- term disability and long-term disability coverage
• 24 Paid time off days, 2 Hiscox Days, 10 paid holidays, and ability to purchase 5 PTO days
• Paid parental leave
• 4 week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service
• Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs
• Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or fees associated with any fitness program
• Company paid subscription to Headspace to support employees' mental health and wellbeing
• Recipient of 2024 Cigna's Well-Being Award for having a best-in-class health and wellness program
• Dynamic, creative and values-driven culture
• Modern and open office spaces, complimentary drinks

**Please note that this position is hybrid and requires two (2) days in our office weekly**

Salary range: $115-$130k

The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

About Hiscox:

As an international specialist insurer, we are far removed from the world of mass market insurance products. Instead, we are selective and focus on our key areas of expertise and strength - all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things.

We insure the unique and the interesting. And we search for the same when it comes to talented people. Hiscox is full of smart, reliable human beings that look out for customers and each other. We believe in doing the right thing, making good and rebuilding when things go wrong. Everyone is encouraged to think creatively, challenge the status quo and look for solutions.

Scratch beneath the surface and you will find a business that is solid, but slightly contrary. We like to do things differently and constantly seek to evolve. We might have been around for a long time (our roots go back to 1901), but we are young in many ways, ambitious and going places.

Some people might say insurance is dull, but life at Hiscox is anything but. If that sounds good to you, get in touch.

About Hiscox USA:

Hiscox USA was established in 2006 to focus on the needs underserved and specialty commercial clients via both the regional broker and direct distribution channels and is today the fastest-growing business unit within the Hiscox Group.

Today, Hiscox USA has a talent force of about 400 employees mostly operating out of 6 major cities - New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Hiscox USA offers a broad portfolio of commercial products, including technology, cyber & data risk, multiple professional liability lines, media, entertainment, management liability, crime, kidnap & ransom, commercial property and terrorism.