Senior Technical Claims Handler

Customer Service & Claims
Permanent

Role overview

Senior Technical Claims Handler

Glasgow – Hybrid (2 days a week in the office)

Full Time, Permanent Position

Let’s make the most of your talent

Join us as a Senior Technical Claims Handler, where you'll deliver excellence in managing intricate property claims, shaping industry standards, and driving innovation for a dynamic and high-impact role in the heart of our progressive team.

About us

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance, and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

It always feels good, helping people when they need it most. Taking calls, helping customers with queries, finding the right insurance product for their lifestyle. Helping to keep people safe on the roadside when their vehicle breaks down. Being a reassuring presence when someone needs to make a claim. Our contact centre teams give customers all kinds of support. It can get busy, but the culture, training and friendly teams are great here.

What you'll be doing

Reporting directly to the Technical & Large Loss Team Manager, you'll collaborate with the Large & Complex Loss management team to achieve service and indemnity cost outcomes for large and complex losses aligned with business objectives. You'll contribute to the claims technical strategy and best practices, ensuring a comprehensive approach to managing intricate loss scenarios.

  • Deliver initiative claims savings, settlement cost performance, large loss emergence, reserve accuracy and run off to agreed targets on own and departmental portfolio of large & complex loss claims

  • Exceed or meet agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs), caseload, and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) targets across all classes by leveraging operational performance data for effective claims servicing

  • Ensure supplier engagement and performance, guaranteeing adherence to policy and contracted terms in the management of large and complex loss claims

  • Serve as the principal Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Large & Complex Loss under the guidance of the Technical Property & Liability Claims Manager. Provide technical expertise and advice to colleagues, participate in internal DLG Forums, projects, and initiatives, and represent DLG at external forums.

  • Take joint responsibility with the team leader for recruitment, performance management, development, and engagement of staff within the property and liability large loss team

  • Support the integration of professional risk management as a fundamental aspect of the organisational culture, aligning with the standards expected of an independent organisation as tested in a due diligence process

  • Identify, own and manage the risks involved in running our business appropriate to your role, following the Direct Line Group risk framework

What we're looking for

  • Experience handling all aspects of large and complex household property claims, such as fire, flood, escape of water, environmental and subsidence claims

  • The ability to manage a caseload of complex and high value household property claims from notification to completion

  • Capable of playing a pivotal role in shaping the development of technical claims strategy and contributing to the establishment of best practices

  • Effective communication skills, demonstrating the ability to engage with both team members and senior stakeholders across the business

What we offer in return

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:

  • Generous 9% employer pension contribution

  • Annual company bonus of up to 10%

  • 25 days holiday allowance (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days each year)

  • 50% off home, motor and pet insurance

  • Free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

  • Plus, many more

There’s no-one else like you. No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills and thoughts. That’s why you could belong here. As part of a team of brilliant individuals, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be.

We’re proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every single one of us brings. Every person, team, Squad, Tribe and Chapter, across every business that makes our Group. And we’re happy to say we’re customer obsessed.

Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything. To be an insurance company of the future. When we work together, we can all achieve great things. Inspiring, challenging, and supporting each other to aim higher.

Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at directlinegroupcareers.com

Together, we’re one of a kind

Hours: 35 hours

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Locations

Glasgow

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.