Vice President, Claims
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Company Details
From middle market to Fortune 500 companies Berkley Customs team is committed to providing excellent service and a consistent approach to meet the needs of their brokers and their customers bringing specific expertise in excess casualty as well as a variety of targeted primary and excess programs.
They seek to outperform competitors with focus and deep understanding of their clients priorities and by developing creative risk solutions to meet their long-term needs. Their key differentiators include the following:
EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS Berkley Custom works exclusively the wholesale brokerage community as well as their program partners and continually builds upon long established relationships with a passion for superior service for their appointed producers.
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS Berkley Custom attracts and retains professionals with significant experience in their field many with over 25 years in the business. Their culture values and promotes deep industry knowledge integrity excellence and respect.
LONG-TERM APPROACH TO ACCOUNTS Berkley Custom continually seeks partners for the long term who share their values and risk management discipline.
Long-term relationships have been their managements trademark in over 30 years of serving customers in the E&S and Program marketplace. Their team is dedicated to serving the varied casualty exposure needs of their brokers and their customers. By truly understanding risk exposures in a constantly changing global environment they can better work with you to keep risk placement recommendations current and responsive.
- Handle complex high exposure lead and high excess involving single-event bodily injury property damage construction defect and multiple policy year complex multiple district tort litigation.
- Analyze and interpret policy language and handle claims involving complex and/or litigated coverage issues.
- Management of complex litigation including investigation of coverage liability and damages and development and execution of litigation management and claim resolution plans in high exposure tort claims.
- Recommend and establish case reserves.
- Effectively present claims in roundtable discussions to senior management.
- Timely and accurately draft required case evaluation and other required reports.
- Negotiate claim resolutions against elite adversaries.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from an accredited university
- Juris Doctor strongly preferred with 15 years excess commercial claims experience
- Prior extensive complex claims experience preferred
- Superior presentation skills
- Extensive knowledge of litigation process on a nationwide basis
- Mastery of excess and umbrella technical claims handling techniques and knowledge. The successful candidate must demonstrate in-depth knowledge of coverage claims handling investigation and evaluation including liability and damage analyses
- Ability to analyze develop and execute claim resolution plans
- Proven negotiation success in resolving complex high exposure claims
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- 0Strong presentation skills
- Proper adjuster licensing
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer
Additional Company Details
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.
Sponsorship Details
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Financial Services
- Growing Experience
- Managed Care
- Management Experience
- Analysis Skills
- Senior Leadership
- Performance Management
- Process Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Analytics
About Company
Berkley is a leader in commercial lines insurance, with over 60+ specialized businesses - each with deep expertise in an industry, product, or regional niche.
