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Unrepresented Casualty Adjuster
Allstate
Houston, TX, United States
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Job Description
Allstate Insurance Company has an exceptional career opportunity for
an Inside Unrepresented Casualty Claims Service Adjuster in Houston, TX!
Combine your skills of working with people and investigation!
As an Inside Unrepresented Casualty Claims Service Adjuster you are responsible for investigating moderately complex, unrepresented claims. The individual takes recorded statements, resolves loss of use claims, makes payments to appropriate parties, and negotiates and settles or refers bodily injury issues that cannot be resolved. The individual delivers compassionate service that is fast, fair, and easy, to ensure customer retention while verifying coverage, investigating and determining liability, and negotiating and settling moderately complex claims.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Service
Makes and maintains a connection with the customer by understanding and meeting their needs; serves the customer with empathy; and follows up to ensure that customer needs have been met
File Documentation and Reporting
Summarizes documents and enters into claim system notes
Documents a claim file with notes, evaluations and decision making process
Coverage, Liability and Evaluation
Determines and explains minimum coverage limits in basic and occasionally moderately complex claims involving single or multiple claimants
Sets initial reserve, updates reserve, documents rationale and claim summary notes
Obtains photos and/or conducts scene investigation
Takes recorded statements from claimants, insureds, witnesses, medical providers, etc., conducts investigations into minor and moderate auto accidents, determines liability, and prepares summaries
Determines claim value
Negotiation and Settlement Guidance
Negotiates and settles claims in accordance with business unit best practices
Reviews medical reports in preparation for claims settlement evaluation
Other Projects and Responsibilities
May serve on a committee or project as appropriate
May participate in one or more basic or occasionally moderately complex special assignments
Job Qualifications
Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience
Ability to interact effectively with internal or external customers and act with empathy
Beginning to apply knowledge of insurance policy, coverage, and regulation
Beginning to apply knowledge of claim processes, policies, procedures, claim systems, coverage, liability, damage estimating, and/or settlement, and adherence to applicable legal compliance standards
Beginning to apply industry knowledge to discipline practices, including best practices, to support the business unit
Beginning to apply knowledge of basic analytical procedures to reconcile, manipulate, and recognize patterns of data
Beginning to apply knowledge of standardized problem solving and preparation of basic reports for analysis
Beginning to apply ability to leverage learned technical skills in support of team objectives
Beginning to apply negotiation and/or arbitration skills
Beginning to apply conflict management and problem resolution skills in managing internal and external customer relationships
Ability to investigate, evaluate, negotiate and settle basic and occasionally moderately complex claims
Provides individual decision making within authority limits
Has and maintains all appropriate licenses and registrations for the role per state requirements
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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