Hybrid Senior Claims Counsel, Financial Lines

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About the role

  • Senior Claims Counsel managing complex claims in Financial Lines at CNA. Requires extensive legal experience and a proactive approach to claim resolution.

Responsibilities

  • Handles complex, high severity Financial Lines claims requiring legal analysis of complicated liability, damages and coverage issues.
  • Drafts coverage letters, memos and reports.
  • Represents CNA in settlement negotiations with independent authority to commit CNA.
  • Interacts with multiple parties (e.g., insureds, brokers, counsel, claimants and mediators).
  • Directs and manages coverage counsel and coverage litigation against CNA.
  • Partners with underwriters, product counsel and actuary to effectively respond to policy wording and/or claim related inquiries.
  • Collaborates directly with brokers and customers to address similar issues.
  • Meets with brokers and existing or prospective clients as part of business marketing, growth and retention strategies.
  • Works with senior claim, underwriting and product leadership to develop and analyze new products and to identify, evaluate and track claim trends and issues.
  • Provides technical guidance to and oversight of junior staff members.
  • Develops and presents training on key legal and industry issues/trends for the Financial Lines team (claims, underwriting, product and actuary).

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree with JD, and admission to the bar of at least one state
  • Typically a minimum of twelve years of claims and/or legal experience with a proven track record of exceptional claim results

Benefits

  • comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals

Job title

Senior Claims Counsel, Financial Lines

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$97,000 - $189,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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