Contract Property Loss Adjuster
Department: Claims Management
Employment Type: Contract / Temp
Location: Home United Kingdom
Description
New opportunity for a talented and expanding team - Great career progression opportunities
Geographical Location : London
As our next Property Loss Adjuster, you’ll handle a range of claims of varying complexity and value; and you’ll enjoy working to a broad and busy caseload. You will also be motivated by every day being different. So, you’ll need to come to us with a strong background in both Domestic and Commercial claims, and the appetite to operate in a remote team within a fast-paced and continually evolving environment.
What will your day look like:
- Work to achieve agreed activity levels with the intention of continuously reducing WIP throughout the year.
- Process all invoices and approve estimates within 5 working days of receipt/agreement.
- Take responsibility for issuing interim fees during the claim life cycle as highlighted centrally.
- Full completion of all prepared site notes templates and associated documentation within set SLA’s.
- Reduce elapsed timescales by providing and fostering a pro-active approach to file management.
- Identify cases of possible fraud and recoveries and refer as appropriate within set SLA’s.
- Work to ensure correct policy interpretation and validation.
- Prepare, check and approve where appropriate, reports for clients in accordance with agreed SLA’s and formats.
- In conjunction with designated colleagues pro-actively update customers and clients where necessary in accordance with agreed client SLA’s.
- Take responsibility for following agreed/documented procedures when dealing with problems and complaints.
- Build good working relationships with clients and staff, internal and external to the Davies Group.
- Maintain an awareness of business opportunities and refer all identified opportunities to Davies Group.
- Responsible for out of hours calls into the Davies Group via a pre-set rota.
Knowledge and Abilities:
- Previous Property Loss Adjuster experience.
- Already hold or working towards recognized professional qualifications at a diploma level.
- Accuracy, attention to detail and an analytical approach.
- Strong verbal and written communication.
- Demonstrable experience of organizing and managing own workload is essential.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment where flexibility is required to accommodate peaks and troughs in workload.
- Excellent time management to be able to work to short/changing deadlines.
- Being prepared to work nationally on occasion with overnight stays.
- Being prepared to work on standby on a Rota and during busy times at weekends and public bank holidays.
Benefits
Career & Purpose
- Davies Innovation Lab.
- Leadership training programme.
- Funding for professional qualifications.
- Thrive at Davies; learning opportunities.
Environmental & Social
- The Davies Foundation.
- Local charity funding.
- Pennies To Heaven.
- Employee Resource Groups.
- Employee volunteering programme.
Financial Health
- Pension, 5% employee and 5% employer contribution.
- My Choices at Davies provides; High Street discounts and Financial wellbeing hub.
- Life assurance: x4.
- Refer a Friend.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Lease car salary sacrifice.
- Davies Incentive Plan.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
Mental, Physical & Emotional Wellbeing
- Wellbeing centre; move, munch, money & mind focus.
- Discounts with 100's of UK retailers.
- EAP; 24/7 confidential helpline.
- 25 days holiday, increases to 26 days after 5 years and 27 after 10 years.
- Flexible working; hybrid, work from home or join a collaborative office space.
- Dress for your day.
- Inclusive employment policies eg. Menopause, fostering friendly, fertility, sabbatical policy and baby loss and miscarriage.
- Flexible benefits include; holiday purchase plan and a opportunity to purchase health cash plan and BUPA dental plan.