What are the responsibilities and job description for the Claims Technical Director position at Great American Insurance Group?
Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 35 specialty property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.
We value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.
At Republic Indemnity, we've been helping businesses in the western U.S. manage their Workers' Compensation costs for over 50 years. Headquartered in Calabasas, California with additional offices in San Francisco and San Diego, we write workers compensation primarily in CA with significant business in AK, AZ, NV, and other western states. Whether it's helping a broker, policyholder, injured worker, or a colleague, Republic is all about creating a clear way forward so people can reach their goals. If you share that vision, we'd love to talk with you about our exiting opportunity for Workers' Compensation Claims Specialist.
This position is based in our Calabasas office with a hybrid schedule of a minimum 1 day in the office per week.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
- Serves as a technical liaison between Home Office Claims (Calabasas) and the three field offices. Responsible for setting appropriate parameters, executing strategies, and training as needed.
- Reports directly to Assistant Vice President, Home Office Claims.
- Oversees a significant inventory of complex and / or high value workers' compensation claims.
- Responsible for conducting thorough investigations, critically assessing coverage and liability, and formulating strategic approaches to claim resolution.
- Analyzes and negotiates settlements / reserves within prescribed authority.
- Develops and implements strategic coverage decisions, determining outcomes, and formulating negotiation strategies for stakeholders.
- Oversees the issuance of payments within assigned authority limits, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Ensures all correspondence, reports, and settlement agreements are accurately documented and strategically managed.
- Serves as the technical expert on a product(s).
- Evaluates and makes recommendations to executive management on internal and external issues of strategic importance to a product(s).
- Accountable for achieving performance targets / business results.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Company :
RICA Republic Indemnity Company of America
Salary Range :
123,000.00 -$150,000.00
Benefits :
Compensation varies by role, position level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by skills, education, training, certifications, experience, and the role's scope and complexity, along with business needs.
We offer a competitive Total Rewards package, including medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one, PTO, paid holidays, commuter benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, education reimbursement, paid parental leave / adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. These benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees.
Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process.
Salary : $123,000 - $150,000
