Introduction
Join our growing team of dedicated professionals at Gallagher Bassett, who guide those in need to the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing. You'll be part of a resilient team that works together to redefine the boundaries of excellence. At our organization, we value collaboration and making a positive impact in the lives of our clients and claimants, offering you the opportunity to join a team where your skills and dedication can truly make a difference. GUIDE. GUARD. GO BEYOND.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
We are recruiting for a Large Loss Solicitor to join growing our team based in Tamworth.
You will manage a caseload of pre-litigated and litigated large loss claims, primarily related to Road Traffic Accidents (RTA). This role requires the ability to travel nationwide to conduct site visits, prepare locus reports, and perform comprehensive investigations.
You will be responsible for reporting to clients on the prospects of success, liability, quantum, reserves, and strategic tactics. The litigated claims will mainly involve multi-track cases with values exceeding £200,000.
How you'll make an impact
- Defending pre-litigated and litigated motor claims on behalf of large corporates from issue to trial; claims to include personal injury/property damage; credit hire; LVI and fraud
- Assessing liability and setting and maintaining reserves in accordance with client service level agreements and client KPIs
- Investigation of merits of claims
- Telephone and correspondence negotiation with third parties, third party insurers and third party solicitors to agree the best client outcome
- Valuing General and Special Damages
- Use of the Civil Procedure Rules and relevant Authorities to obtain the best client outcome
- On all own handled claims ensure full compliance with all office protocols, client service level agreements and client KPIs
- Achieving on all own handled claims 100% data integrity compliance on the office case management system
- Working within and supporting the litigation team to achieve and maintain full compliance with all office protocols, client service level agreements and client KPIs
- Delegation and supervision of appropriate tasks to the Claims Administration Assistants
- Full compliance on all financial transactions with the client service level agreements and client KPIs and The Solicitors Accounts Rules
- To support the Head of Litigation and Litigation Claims Manager with acting as the key conduit between the claims handlers and the SSL and GB Management team
- To work with management team in developing and maintaining client relationships and preparing for and attending client service reviews
- To ensure that the data held on the case management system is to a sufficiently high standard and support in the preparation of client reports
- To be responsible for the teams’ delivery on specified targets and controlling the claim lifecycle as well as contributing to financial targets and feeding back to the team in respect of the on-going achievability
- To assist the SSL and management team in recovering outstanding client bills and aged debt
- To act with honesty and integrity at all times, leading by example and promoting a positive and willing attitude to all
About You
- Qualified solicitor or CILEX or FCILEX
- Minimum 5 years’ experience of handling multi-track cases
- Minimum 3 years experience of dealing with large loss claims exceeding £250k in valuation
- Defendant RTA experience
- A pragmatic and pro-active individual with demonstrable examples of prior working methods that evidence the same
- The ability to deliver upon targets and tasks to the required level
- Demonstrable self-motivation and initiative
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Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include:
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
