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About us

Avencia consulting is partnered with a leading insurer who are looking to hire a Senior Claims Handler in their Construction & Liability team in Leeds.

What you'll be doing

Take full responsibility and accountability for your workload of claims covering varied classes of business but with a focus on Professional Indemnity, Employers' Liability, Public Liability, and Management Liability claims.
Be able to prioritise work, have good time management skills, and work to deadlines to see claims through to final settlement in a proactive manner.
Have a detailed knowledge of policy wordings and their application for Professional Indemnity, Employers' Liability, Public Liability, and Management Liability claims across all classes of business, in addition to a working knowledge of all UK Retail wordings.
Ensure good and regular lines of communication exist with key brokers and maintain relationships.
Contribute to team projects as required by the Liability & Construction Claims Manager and the Head of Insurance Claims.

Must haves

A background working within insurance claims - either Liability & Construction, PI, EL/PL, D&O, or Cyber.
Have either legal qualifications or be a claims practitioner with relevant experience.
Good Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook, and must become fully competent with our in-house systems.
Have excellent written and oral communication skills.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

Hybrid working
Support for qualifications
Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer