Claims Adjuster
Description
The Opportunity:
The Claims Adjuster is responsible for investigating insurance claims to determine appropriate settlements for policyholders. They will facilitate fair and efficient resolution of claims while maintaining compliance with insurance regulations and polices. They will provide partners with exceptional claims handling services within the Hylant Administrative Services team. Partners include public entities, public schools, agents, and reinsurers.
In This Role You Will Execute On:
- Investigate to confirm insurance coverage, determine liability, establish, report status, document activities, discern immunities/defenses available.
- Negotiate settlement of all types of assigned claims.
- Determine, report on, and initiate subrogation and salvage recoveries.
- Settle and initiate payments on assigned claims within prescribed authority level.
- Interview customers, claimants, and witnesses documenting conversations.
- Perform other duties and special projects as requested.
In This Role You Will Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in risk management, business, finance, or related field preferred.
- One (1) to three (3) years of experience in insurance claims preferred.
- Multiline insurance coverage experience within public entities and/or public schools is a plus, but not required.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel by car or airplane for meetings, conferences, or other business-related functions.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Why Hylant?
A multi-year recipient of Best Places to Work in Insurance, Hylant is a full-service insurance brokerage with 21 offices in eight states. And since the founding of our family-owned business over 85 years ago, we made a promise to strengthen and protect the businesses, employees and communities of our client family by embracing them as our own. We’re more than an insurance brokerage firm and you’re more than a client, employee or neighbor. You’re family. And that’s just the way we treat you.
Hylant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, Veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Hylant participates in E-Verify.
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