About the role

  • Senior Claims Examiner handling New York Labor Law claims at Arch Insurance Group. Overseeing claims, developing strategies, and assessing liability and damages for resolution.

Responsibilities

  • actively manage a caseload and provide oversight to third-party administrator claims handlers for commercial New York Labor Law coverage, liability, and damage claims
  • Identify and assess coverage issues, draft coverage position letters, and retain coverage counsel, when necessary as well as review coverage counsel's opinion letters and analysis
  • Develop and implement strategy relative to coverage issues which correlate with the overall strategy of matters entrusted to the handler's care
  • Develop and implement strategy to resolve matters of liability and damages of a particular case
  • Maintain contact with the TPA claim staff, business line leader, underwriter, and defense counsel, program manager and broker
  • Investigate claim and review the insureds' materials, pleadings, and other relevant documents
  • Identify and review of each jurisdiction's applicable statutes, rules, and case law
  • Review litigation materials including depositions and expert's reports
  • Analyze, and direct risk transfer, additional insured issues and contractual indemnity issues
  • Retain counsel when necessary and direct counsel in accordance with resolution strategy
  • Analyze coverage, liability and damages for purposes of assessing and recommending reserves
  • Prepare and present written/oral reports to senior management setting forth all issues influencing evaluation and recommending reserves
  • Travel to and from locations within the United States to attend mediations, trials, and other proceedings relevant to the resolution of the matter
  • Negotiate resolution of claims
  • Select and utilize structure brokers
  • Maintain a diary of all claims, post reserves in a timely fashion, and expeditiously respond to inquiries from insured, counsel, underwriters, brokers, and senior management regarding claims

Requirements

  • Three to five (3-5) years of working experience with commercial accounts supporting primary and/or excess claims experience handling New York Labor Law claims
  • Exceptional communication (written and verbal), evaluating, influencing, negotiating, listening, and interpersonal skills to effectively develop productive working relationships with internal/external peers and other professionals across organizational lines
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • Ability to take part in active strategic discussions
  • Ability to work well independently and in a team environment
  • Hands-on experience and strong aptitude with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
  • Willing and able to travel 25%

Benefits

  • multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • competitive 401k with generous matching
  • PTO beginning at 20 days per year
  • up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer
  • basic Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks
  • Student Loan Assistance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Backup Child and Elder Care

Job title

Senior Claims Examiner, New York Labor Law

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$123,400 - $166,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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