BESS Senior Field Service Engineer

Annually Cost To Company (Market related)

Brief:

Short terms insurance concern is seeking a law degree candidate to join their team.

Detail:

Responsibilities:

• Appointing attorneys on matters authorized for Instituted or Defended litigation
• In appointing attorneys to clearly communicate expected / acceptable settlement negotiations as directed by Management in both Instituted and Defended matters.
• Attending timeously to attorney / Key Clients requests for information, documents and tracing
• Request updates as required /specified from attorneys on record and deliver updates to Key Clients free from Jargon
• Manage expectations of Key Clients in relation to possible outcome of litigious matter
• Processing payments of attorney invoices in a timeous manner
• Monitoring Attorney invoices to ensure fair and reasonable
• Ensure that attorneys are in possession of all relevant and required documents / information to best represent the interest of Key Clients
• Summarizing and Referring files to Management with opinion/ recommendations on settlement proposals as received from attorneys and relaying recommendations to Attorneys
• Monitoring legal costs on ongoing Instituted and Defended litigation matters
• Manage a large portfolio effectively, ensuring correct reserving as well as timeous and regular updates on matters that have turned dormant and matters that are coming up for trial
• Re-imbursement of Excesses on successful Instituted claims
• Timeous payment of Defended claims as agreed on Offer of Settlement
• Timeous signing and commissioning of Discovery Affidavits and communicating with Attorneys for collection of same

• Matric
• Regulatory Exam
• Formal Degree in Law – Preferential
• Higher Certificate in Short term Insurance -NQF 5 or Full Qualification NQF 4 – highly advantageous
• Class of Business certification (Personal Lines & Commercial Lines) – Highly advantageous
• 3-5 years short term insurance experience.
• Work experience within a legal department dealing with recoveries, third party claims and litigation processes – highly advantageous.
• Work experience in client service (dealing with clients / brokers and other stakeholders)