New Claims Co-ordinator - Legal Expenses

Customer Service & Claims
Fixed Term Contract

Role overview

About Us

Speed, simplicity, and a common-sense human touch. It’s what we do. And we do it well. We connect our customers with the very best in home, pet, travel, life, over 50s life, cycling, and SELECT Premier insurance – anytime, from anywhere. We’ve been changing the game for insurance since 1985. And with several of the UK’s most trusted brands under our wing, we’ve developed a reputation as one of the UK’s most trusted insurance businesses.

We currently have an exciting new opportunity to join our Legal Expenses team as a New Claims Coordinator. This is a full-time position offered on 12 Months Fixed Terms Contract based, that will be based from our Bristol office (hybrid working).

The role

Our Legal Expenses policies give our customers protection when they need to take legal action against someone, in order to get compensation or other legal remedy. The types of claims our customers make range from personal injury following car accidents, disputes with employers or contractors, to neighbour disputes.

Our role in the New Claims Team is to contact our customers by phone and by letter, to discuss the decision made on their new claim enquiry. We'll also discuss legal representation with them and send their details to solicitors. We give an excellent experience to our customers at a time when they are often in a difficult or sensitive situation.

What you'll be doing

  • Assessing and processing legal expenses claims enquiries and acting as the first point of contact for new and existing customers

  • Speaking with our customers about their new claim, specifically in relation to appointing legal representatives to act for them

  • Helping customers understand the next steps in their legal claim journey and relaying meaningful regulatory notices, and providing decisions in writing

  • Appointing legal representatives to act for our customers and collaborating closely with our preferred law firms

  • Interacting with our other technical claims handling teams and business areas to progress claims or resolve customer concerns

  • Providing an excellent customer experience throughout the claims process on both incoming and outgoing calls

What we’re looking for

  • Excellent customer service skills

  • Previous experience in a customer facing environment would be desirable

  • High attention to detail

  • Ability to organise and prioritise workloads

What we’ll give you
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office working, varying with the nature of your role.

Core benefits include:

9% Private Pension

50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.

Generous holiday allowance

Buy as you earn share scheme

Employee discounts and cashback

Plus many more

Life at Direct Line Group

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we're committed to making DLG a truly inclusive place to work.

We recognise and embrace that people work in different ways and we'll always adapt as much as possible so you have the best and most comfortable working environment that we can offer. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, can bring real potential to DLG.

If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Location: Bristol

Remote Working: 2 days in the office

Contract: 12 Months FTC/Secondment

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Locations

Bristol

Life in Customer Service, Sales and Claims

Working in our Customer Service, Sales and Claims teams means making sure sure our customers feel valued, understood and supported at every stage of their journey. Whether it’s home or motor plans, these teams do the demanding but rewarding job of making our customers’ experience a smooth and positive one.

Benefits

Our benefits are about more than just the money you earn. They're about recognising who you are and the life you live – and supporting you with the things that matter both in and outside work.

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The Basics

Holidays

22 days holiday rising to 30 days depending on your role. Plus the chance to buy and sell up to 5 days

Pension

Company contributions of 9% of your salary towards your pension

Income protection

Income protection on 50% of your salary for 5 years

Life assurance

Life assurance cover at four times your salary

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Discounts

Breakdown cover

Free Green Flag breakdown cover

Insurance

50% off Direct Line Group products in Motor, Home and Pet insurance when you’re named on the policy

Shopping

Discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of other well-known brands

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Flexibility

Flexible benefits scheme

Adjust your income protection, life assurance, and benefits package through our flexible benefits scheme

Salary sacrifice

Salary sacrifice scheme for fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars, and for private dental and medical cover

Parental leave

Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and emergency dependant leave

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Wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering information on financial and mental wellbeing as well as emergency support and advice

Mental health first aid

Trained mental health first aiders (MHFA) for support whenever you need it

Volunteering opportunities

Volunteering opportunities through our partnership with Neighbourly

Donation matching

Up to £50 a month to match any contributions you make to your local community

OUR PEOPLE

What our people are saying in Customer Service, Sales and Claims

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In previous roles, I dealt with a much broader range of issues. Here, it’s much more focussed, detailed and logistically challenging.

My passion is investigation. It might sound boring to some people, but I wake up thinking about what I’m going to encounter that day.

Every day I get to help people going through difficult situations. It makes them happy, and it just gives me a good feeling.

I love helping people and solving problems for customers. It gives me satisfaction to know that I have made a difference to someone.