Do you have experience within Insurance Claims or the Legal sector?

Come and join our team here at Markel as a Senior Claims Handler

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity

The claims department at Markel aims to be the market leader in the provision of an efficient, cost effective, creative and professional service to our brokers and clients. We strive to be pro-active and flexible in management of claims whilst maintaining our integrity. The claims team works with the underwriting teams in order to facilitate close communication and exchange of ideas, and is an integral part of the product and customer service delivered to our clients.

We have a great new opportunity for a Senior Claims Handler Claims to join our Complex Claims Team in Leeds. The team provide an excellent claims service to our clients/brokers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Take full responsibility and accountability for your workload of claims covering varied classes of business but with a focus on Professional Indemnity, Employers Liability, Public Liability and Care

• Be able to prioritise work, have good time management skills and be able to work to deadlines to see claims through to final settlement in a proactive manner

• Have a detailed knowledge of policy wordings and their application for Professional Indemnity, Employers’ Liability, Public Liability and Management Liability claims across all classes of business in addition to a working knowledge of all UK Retail wordings

• Ensure good and regular lines of communication exist with key brokers and ensure that relationships are maintained

• Contribute to team projects as required by the Complex Claims Team Leader and the Head of Insurance Claims

Our must haves:

• Have either a claims background or legal background / experience

• Experience in care claims, professional indemnity, social welfare would be desirable

• Good Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Access and Outlook and must become fully competent with our in-house systems.

• Studying towards or having a real desire to study towards CII qualifications (Markel funded)

• Have excellent written and oral communication skills

• Excellent organisation skills

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.