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About the Role
This position will be the acknowledged technical expert responsible for resolving high complexity and high exposure claims, with significant decision-making responsibility and autonomy.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage a caseload of complex environmental, products liability, life sciences, toxic tort, professional liability, and general liability claims.
- Analyze policy language and coverage issues, including reservation of rights letters, disclaimers, and coverage position recommendations.
- Evaluate liability, damages, and exposure to establish and maintain appropriate claim reserves.
- Direct and oversee defense counsel, coverage counsel, consultants, and experts.
- Develop and execute claim handling strategies to achieve optimal claim outcomes.
- Conduct detailed coverage investigations and assess potential coverage defenses and indemnity obligations.
- Participate in mediations, settlement conferences, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
- Negotiate settlements within granted authority and present settlement recommendations for higher authority review when required.
- Collaborate closely with underwriting, product development, and risk management teams on emerging issues and loss trends.
- Prepare high-quality claim summaries, large loss reports, and management updates.
- Monitor litigation budgets and ensure adherence to litigation management guidelines.
- Identify and escalate significant coverage, legal, regulatory, and reputational issues.
- Serve as a technical resource and mentor for less experienced claims professionals.
- Maintain compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and company claim handling standards.
- Support business development initiatives through participation in broker, underwriting, and insured meetings as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Minimum 8-10 years of complex casualty claims handling experience, preferably involving environmental, products liability, toxic tort, life sciences, and/or professional liability claims.
- Demonstrated expertise in coverage analysis and interpretation of specialty insurance policies.
- Strong understanding of environmental liability, product liability, bodily injury, property damage, toxic tort, and life sciences exposures.
- Experience managing complex litigation and overseeing outside counsel.
- Proven ability to evaluate liability, damages, and claim exposure in high-severity matters.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to draft coverage letters and executive-level reports.
- Ability to make sound decisions and exercise independent judgment within designated authority levels.
- Experience handling claims involving multiple parties, contractual indemnity issues, additional insured exposures, and complex insurance programs is preferred.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- Proficiency with claims management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- US Work Authorization required.
- Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.
Skills
- Coverage analysis
- Policy interpretation
- Claims handling
- Litigation management
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Analytical skills
- Written communication
- Independent judgment
- Collaboration
- Claims management systems
- Microsoft Office
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Juris Doctor (JD) preferred
- Advanced degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $97,520 - $167,640
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Professional development and career advancement opportunities
- Multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options
- Optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance
- 401(k) with employer match contributions
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- PTO
- Corporate holidays
- Floating holidays
- Parental leave
About the Company
- Markel is a leading global specialty insurance provider known for its underwriting expertise, commitment to superior customer service, and emphasis on empowering employees to make thoughtful decisions.
- Markel Group (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
Equal Opportunity
- Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic.
- Should you require any accommodation through the application process, please send an e-mail to the rarecruiting@markel.com.