Commercial Property Claims Handler - NIG

Manchester - Hybrid (2 days a week in the office)

Full Time, Permanent Position

Let’s be brilliant for our customers

Join us as a Commercial Property Claims Handler, where you'll drive fair resolutions, maximise opportunities, and redefine the standard of customer care in every claim. Make your mark and shape the future of commercial claims handling with us today!

About us

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance, and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

It always feels good, helping people when they need it most. Taking calls, helping customers with queries, finding the right insurance product for their lifestyle. Helping to keep people safe on the roadside when their vehicle breaks down. Being a reassuring presence when someone needs to make a claim. Our contact centre teams give customers all kinds of support. It can get busy, but the culture, training and friendly teams are great here.

What you'll be doing

Reporting directly to the Commercial Claims Team Leader, you'll be integral in guaranteeing that our Commercial clients receive fair and efficient claims handling. Your duties will encompass validating, investigating, negotiating, and fulfilling Commercial Property Claims within a specified handling authority limit. With complete ownership and accountability for each claim, you'll manage the entire claims process, including investigating, negotiating indemnity and liability, and identifying recovery opportunities. You'll also oversee indemnity spend and reserving, manage customer and third-party expectations, maximise revenue generation and recovery opportunities, and adhere to regulatory guidelines. Additionally, you'll serve as a technical mentor, ensure adherence to customer fairness principles, and strive to achieve all business targets outlined within departmental measures.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience in end-to-end claims handling, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the Commercial Property Claims process

• The ability to negotiate effectively to achieve optimal claim settlements

• Proven experience working within Insurance Claims

• A passion for delivering good customer outcomes

• Competent in using Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel

What we offer in return
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Core benefits include:

• Generous 9% employer pension contribution

• 22 days holiday allowance (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days each year)

• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance

• Free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

• Plus, many more

There’s no-one else like you. No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills and thoughts. That’s why you could belong here. As part of a team of brilliant individuals, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be.

We’re proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every single one of us brings. Every person, team, Squad, Tribe and Chapter, across every business that makes our Group. And we’re happy to say we’re customer obsessed.

Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything. To be an insurance company of the future. When we work together, we can all achieve great things. Inspiring, challenging, and supporting each other to aim higher.

Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at directlinegroupcareers.com

Together, we’re one of a kind

Hours: 35 hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)

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