Senior Claims Consultant

About the role

As a Senior Claims Consultant youll manage a portfolio of Income Protection and disability claims including Total Permanent Disability assessments with a strong focus on active case management and rehabilitation outcomes. Youll be trusted to make sound decisions within delegated authority balancing commercial outcomes with fair conduct and customer needs.

This role is highly collaborative and externally facing. Youll regularly engage with customers advisers medical specialists rehabilitation providers and legal partners guiding conversations with confidence and clarity while navigating complex and sensitive situations.

Youll also play a broader role within the Claims Technical Services team contributing to mentoring technical feedback and continuous improvement across claims processes and standards.

This is a role for someone who enjoys complexity takes ownership and wants to be part of a business that is building capability lifting standards and setting itself up for long-term success.

In this key role youll

• Assess and manage complex Income Protection and disability claims including TPD within delegated authority

• Apply active case management and rehabilitation strategies to support recovery and sustainable return-to-work outcomes

• Make clear well-reasoned claims decisions aligned with fair conduct and vulnerable customer standards

• Proactively communicate with customers advisers and providers documenting decisions and outcomes accurately

• Contribute to technical capability through mentoring case conferencing and feedback across the claims function

To be successful and grow in this role you will ideally bring the following

• Minimum 5 years experience in Income Protection disability or rehabilitation claims

• Strong understanding of active case management rehabilitation principles and best practice

• Proven ability to analyse complex medical legal and financial information

• Confident communicator with strong relationship-building and negotiation skills

• Tech-savvy detail-focused and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced

Location:

Wellington or Auckland (Takapuna)

Role Type

Full Time Fixed Term for 18 months

Benefits on offer when you join Chubb Life NZ

• Flexible working

• Group Life Trauma Income Healthcare and Travel Insurance

• Additional annual leave

• Bonus Stock Purchase options

• Wellbeing subsidy and partner discounts

• Endorse my cause & payroll giving

Chubb Life NZs commitment to you

• We will demonstrate care for our people and selflessly support your growth and development.

• We will foster an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and ensures psychological safety and well-being for everyone regardless of location.

• We invest in our people through great work experiences opportunities for projects and assignments and a commitment to formal development.

Why youll love working for Chubb Life

Chubb Life is the international life insurance division of Chubb the worlds largest publicly traded multiline insurer. Chubb Life operates in 31 markets within Asia Pacific Latin America Europe and the Middle East.

At Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand were committed to providing high-quality insurance products and services that help protect New Zealanders.

We aspire to being a people-centred culture. Chubb Life is committed to equal employment and celebrates individual differences by creating a workplace environment where everyone feels welcomed respected and valued where we wear our Rainbow Tick with pride.

We place customers at the heart of what we do. We support our customers by listening and understanding their needs communicating honestly and clearly and striving to make decisions free of personal bias. We take feedback seriously and commit to promptly put things right if we get them wrong.

Learn more aboutLife at Chubb

Our Values

Across the world Chubb is guided by our five key values

• Integrity Customer focus Respect Excellence Teamwork
  

If youre looking for a role where you can apply your experience mentor others and contribute to the ongoing evolution of claims capability within a business that has clear ambitions for growth this is an opportunity to make your mark at Chubb.

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