Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Assistant Vice President - Casualty Claims will report to the Vice President - North American Casualty Claims and will assist in providing vision, leadership, and direction on the handling and resolution of all first party medical and third-party liability personal and commercial policies. This will include but not limited to auto, general liability, and aviation. This role will support the development and implementation of the casualty claims strategy, ensure adherence to performance standards and industry best practices, and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. The Assistant Vice President will collaborate closely with the Vice President to achieve departmental goals, drive operational efficiency, and deliver exceptional claims servicing.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Vice President in establishing and implementing clear goals for the Casualty discipline to align performance outcomes and transformation efforts.
• Collaborate with the Vice President and cross-functional teams to establish effective business processes and ownership for Auto claims, other Casualty departments, ensuring alignment with Contact Center, Compliance, Enablement, Product, and Technology functions.
• Assist in building strong daily working relationships across claims, connecting people, processes, and technology to deliver exceptional claims experiences at every stage of the claim journey.
• Support the Vice President in ensuring that the Casualty discipline meets or exceeds all claim service and quality standards, as well as annual financial and operational performance metrics.
• Assist in overseeing vendor relationships and ensuring their adherence to strategic goals and performance standards.
• Collaborate with the Vice President in leading the team through transitions and change management activities, fostering continuous improvement and team development.
• Assist in the implementation and ongoing management of claims settlement techniques, best practices, and monitoring to deliver excellence in claims handling and customer experience standards.
• Directly manage Casualty Managers through assisting, coaching, and developing their technical and leadership skills.
• Support talent management efforts, including ongoing leadership of the Casualty team and proactive development of team members.
• Develop, analyze, and report on casualty trends to identify opportunities and develop/implement action plans.
• Identify processes and efficiencies and then help implement these processes with clearly stated goals and objectives to measure.
• Foster and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external customers.
• Assist in the effective management of the Casualty budget.
• Monitor reserve adequacy of loss and expense reserves, as well as trending.
• Promotor of Best Practices and works close with the Audit team in developing clear objectives and feedback to enhance our file quality.
• Supports managers and ensures managers compliance to the Casualty Best Practices through calibration sessions with managers and attending feedback sessions between manager and adjuster.

Requisition #: 27898

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