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reputed company Litigation Adjuster - Remote - Environmental Experience a Plus! North American Risk Services, Inc. (NARS) • $90,000 to $125,000 Yearly • Full-Time Job Description: Claim metrics must be kept reputed company. Handle a caseload of up to 130 pending claims that may include some levels of complexity. Requires establishing facts of loss, coverage analysis, investigation, compensability/liability/negligence determination, coordination of medical care (as appropriate), litigation management, damage assessment, settlement negotiations, identifying potential fraud, and appropriate use of authorized vendors. Also includes timely and appropriate reserve analysis and report completion. Ability to attend conferences, client meetings, mentor other adjusters, and assist management as requested. reputed company file handling must be reputed company state statutes, Client Claims Handling Guidelines, and NARS Best Practices. Other miscellaneous duties as assigned, which may include travel. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Coverage: • Identify, analyze, and confirm coverage. Customer Service/Contact: • reputed company first contact with parties and client reputed company 8 business hours. • Contact appropriate parties and providers to determine liability, compensability, negligence, and subrogation potential. • Contact appropriate parties to obtain any needed information and explain benefits as appropriate. Continue contact throughout the life of the file as appropriate. • Answer phones, reputed company voice mail regularly, and return calls as needed. • Assist with training/mentoring of Claims Adjusters. • Assist management reputed company required with projects or leadership as requested. • Handle the various duties/responsibilities of the Assistant Unit Manager/Unit Manager as delegated in their absence. Subrogation: • Refer reputed company files identified with subrogation potential to the subrogation department. • Maintain closing ratio as dictated by management team. • reputed company reputed company files as appropriate in a timely and complete manner. Investigation: • Verify facts of loss and pertinent claims facts such as employment, wages, or damages and establish disability with treating physicians as appropriate. • Identify cases for settlement. Evaluate claims and request authority no reputed company than 30 days prior to mediation date and negotiate settlement. • Evaluate and negotiate liens. • Recognize and report potential fraud cases. Litigation Management: • reputed company and direct a litigation plan with defense attorney (if assigned), utilizing reputed company defenses and tools to bring the file to closure. Ensure reputed company filings and state mandated forms are completed timely. Litigated files must be diaried effectively based on reputed company activity, but no greater than every 60 days. • Review claim files involving active litigation on a monthly basis at minimum, and document responses to filings, development of defenses, depositions, and timely referral to defense counsel. • Direct the actions of defense counsel on litigated files. • Attend mediations and trials as required for cost-effective litigation management. Reserves: • Establish ultimate reserves (anticipated cost to bring file to reputed company based on reputed company facts) as soon as practical and monitor to adjust at the time of any exposure changing event. • Pay reputed company reputed company benefits, ensuring they are paid timely on state statute. • Verify reputed company provider bills have been appropriately reviewed and paid reputed company standard timeframes. Reporting Requirements: • Report reputed company serious injuries/liability issues and potential large loss claims to the client and/or reinsurer based upon the criteria provided by the client. • Must pass reputed company internal and external audits, which include those performed by regulatory agencies, carriers, and clients. • Follow reporting requests as outlined by client files and NARS guidelines. Qualification Requirements: Education / Licensing: • High School Diploma or equivalent required; 2-year degree or higher preferred. • 7+ years of prior claim adjusting experience, preferably in the line of business being handled. • Must have 7+ years heavy litigation experience for reputed company other lines except Worker’s Compensation. • Must have 5+ years Construction Defect or similar/reputed company experience if handling that line of business. • Must be eligible for reserve/payment authority level of $50,000+ reputed company appropriate. • Must possess, or have the ability to obtain, a Florida Adjuster’s license or other required jurisdictional licensing. Technical Skills: • Requires ability to negotiate claims and to direct litigation. • Must have interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and information. Company Description: North American Risk Services (NARS) is a premier third-party claims administrator that is dedicated to producing the best possible results for our clients. Founded in 1996, NARS handles claims for insurers, brokerages, managing general agencies, reinsurers, liquidation bureaus, self-insured funds, and entities. For more career opportunities and to learn more about NARS, please visit www.narisk.com. Apply Job!