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Beazley · 4 hours ago

Coverage Litigation Solutions Leader

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$175K/yr - $185K/yr

5+ years exp

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years’ experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk. The Coverage Litigation Solutions Leader is responsible for facilitating a collaborative approach to coverage litigation, ensuring consistency in claims management, and developing best practices across the team.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Assist with the execution of the Beazley claims vision

Work with the GCMT to develop, oversee, and contribute to the group claims coverage litigation strategy and vision

Share and develop coverage litigation best practices both within your team and across Group Claims

Maintain a current knowledge of legislative and regulatory changes and assess the operational impact on the management of claims in coverage litigation

Responsible for developing and executing a strategy to share information and collaborate with GCMT and CTLs to ensure consistency in coverage litigation management

Leverage specialized knowledge of coverage litigation to lead, influence, diagnose and develop recommendations to achieve an integrated and seamless claims coverage litigation approach across Group Claims

Responsible for developing a uniform strategy to address coverage litigation to drive best practices both within the claims team and, where relevant, to other teams

Identify, provide and cascade market intelligence on the overall coverage litigation environment, emerging exposures and litigation trends that may impact overall business strategy

Oversee the structure and organizational methods for coverage-litigated claims to ensure an effective, efficient and consistently applied approach for handling of coverage litigation across Group Claims

Act as resource and, when requested, lead cross-functional claims initiatives to ensure collaboration and consistency with respect to monitoring coverage decisions that impact the various teams

Set the strategy for and oversee central coverage litigation resources for Group Claims to provide consistent information on mandatory disclosures, litigation guidelines and processes, and discovery processes

Responsible for identifying coverage litigation training needs for Group Claims and developing and executing training programs

Responsible for creation and oversight of a system of management to track cases in coverage litigation and ensure alignment on progress and resources needed to support the Group Claims coverage litigation process

Responsible for managing and running eDiscovery requests for production, initial disclosures, and coverage investigations on behalf of Group Claims

When necessary, liaise with Claims Business Management Team (“CBMT”) and Compliance on regulatory enquiries including market examinations, supporting any requests for your team’s coordination or production of documents, the answering of questions, and making staff available for interview

Coordinate with GCMT and CTLs to ensure optimization of Beazley’s spend on legal, litigation vendors and claims adjustment support services

In coordination with CBMT, proactively review data regarding all third-party professionals working on coverage litigation to ensure claims service requirements, claims best practices and cost efficiency

Ensure that own staff have terms of reference setting out their responsibilities and reporting lines

Ensure that people are recruited, deployed and developed to anticipate and meet current and future needs

Ensure that all employees have the knowledge and the skills necessary to perform effectively in their given roles and responsibilities

Review employees’ performance and conduct biannual performance appraisals

Identify and address training needs across the team

Mentor team members and provide input into longer-term career planning and progression

Ensure Beazley’s “Treating Customers Fairly” policy is understood and adhered to by all team members

Identify and promptly address any performance issues within the team, with Beazley Group guidelines, as required

Work with GCMT to imbue a continuous improvement culture within the team leveraging standardized processes and shared service functions as appropriate

Support Head of Claims Service and Strategy in preparing report to relevant management groups

Work with the GCMT and Group Claims in the continual development and implementation of Beazley’s claims controls standards

Adhere to Beazley’s Conflicts of Interest policy, alert the appropriate person to any potential conflicts of interest and take steps to resolve them promptly

Immediately advise Chief Claims and Litigation Officer if any Beazley employee seeks to exert undue influence on you or any other team member to act improperly in the management of any claim

Qualification

Juris DoctorateCoverage litigation experiencePolicy wordings knowledgeProject management skillsAnalytical thinkingInterpersonal skillsStrategic thinkingTeamworkProblem solving

Required

Juris Doctorate

Experience litigating coverage disputes

Knowledge of policy wordings

US/international business or legal experience

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and motivate colleagues

Demonstrable process/project management skills

Strong communication skills - able to communicate at all levels, both verbally and in writing

Able to understand and articulate the strategic 'big picture'

Strong focus on time management, able to manage and complete several diverse and concurrent projects

High energy and hands-on implementer, able to drive through change where appropriate

Achievement oriented with an ability to act decisively and work under pressure to tight deadlines

Problem solving

Team work

Decisiveness

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Technical competency and expertise

Managing resources effectively

Strong interpersonal skills

Task focused completer/finisher

Minimum 5+ years of experience in coverage litigation, dispute management, or related legal roles, ideally with exposure to US and international insurance business

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, combined with strong project/process management capabilities and proficiency in managing complex litigation strategies across multiple teams

Benefits

Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus

Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance

Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance

401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting

22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs

Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup

Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance

Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice

Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams