Senior Claims Specialist - IL & WI Workers' Compensation

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Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group.

We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results.

We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality.

Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

Currently we have an opening for a Senior Claims Specialist in your territory. Are you innovative, high energy, resilient, determined, assertive, clever, and competitive?

Do you see each new claim as a puzzle to work and a challenge to be won? If so, this might be the right job for you.

Here’s what you would be doing if hired for the Senior Claims Specialist position. Your role would be to investigate and adjust workers' compensation claims with high potential exposure.

We take an extremely aggressive and pro-active approach in claims adjusting and are looking for the person who not only knows their territory’s comp laws but also enjoys the role of putting that experience to good use.

Because we focus on outcomes and not just processes, we look for the adjuster who is very skilled at developing strategies to bring claims to resolution.

The person hired for this position will work from an office in their home with occasional travel to claims reviews and meetings.

Responsibilities :

• Investigating losses
• Analyzing coverage, determining compensability and benefits
• Establishing reserves and negotiating settlements
• Conducting meetings on the phone with insureds and claimants
• Preparing large loss reports to both internal and external audiences
• Attending settlement conferences as assigned
• Working closely with defense attorneys and other vendors including medical case management, surveillance, etc.

Qualifications :

• A minimum of 10 years of Illinois workers' compensation claims adjusting experience with higher exposure claims is required
• Additional experience adjusting Wisconsin workers’ compensation claims is preferred
• Strong consideration will be given to candidates with industry designations including Associate in Claims
• You must be a great communicator, in both written and verbal form, and be able to work with a variety of internal and external contacts

Salary Range : $95,000.00 - $105,000.00

Benefits : The wage range for this job is based on role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay takes into account a variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skills, education, training, licensure and certifications, experience of the candidate, the role's scope, complexity, and other business and organizational needs.

In addition to the base compensation, we offer a competitive Total Rewards package, which includes but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401(k) plan for full-time and part-time employees who are eligible for benefits.

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