Paralegal assisting in property damage recovery claims for major insurers at a leading UK law firm. Collaborative environment with flexible work encouraged.
Responsibilities
The team has a particular focus Claimant recoveries and the work that the team does will involve advising a number of well-known insurers on issues of funding, prospects of success, evidential matters arising from fires, floods and other perils.
This is an assisting role and you will not be required to handle a case load in your own right.
You will be working on delegated tasks on files belonging to the wider team.
Key accountabilities for role will include:
Chasing documents
Collating documents for lawyers needed to consider strategy
Diarising Court orders and other critical dates
Arranging conferences
Arranging Counsel and other expert attendances
Legal research & completing factual chronologies
Ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
Dealing with routine correspondence
Investigating claims and considering prospects of recovery
Communicating effectively with lay and insurer clients
Completing investigations including obtaining fire brigade reports, MID searches, loss adjuster reports and further evidence
Liaising with loss adjusters and experts
Requirements
Degree level education and/or Post graduate
An ability to prioritise workload
Ability to pay attention to detail
Ability to work with case management systems
The personal skills to deal with competing demands of your team of lawyers
****Desirable**
Previous experience of working in a team which handles insurance claims
Knowledge of the sorts of disputes dealt with by the PRC team
Benefits
Davies Incentive Plan
25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
Simply Health Care Cash Plan
WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Volunteering Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme*
Tech Scheme*
Season Ticket Loan*
Gym Flex*
Access to Online Discount Sites
Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
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