Description
The department deal with pursuing subrogated recoveries on behalf of a number of insurer clients. The litigated Motor File Handler will sit in our post-litigation team. The purpose of the role is to effectively manage a portfolio of delegated (DA) litigated cases where a defence has been received to ensure that damages and costs are recovered and in appropriate cases judgment is requested in a timely manner and if necessary referred to enforcement.
This is an ideal role for someone with litigation experience as they are handling the claim once it is litigated and with the courts - you may be a Paralegal who has handled their own caseload of RTA claims or even someone who has recovery litigation experience such as financial miss-selling.
Key Accountabilities
- Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved:
- Adhering to all Court deadlines
- Drafting of court documents
- Liaising with the policyholder and other witnesses including drafting witness statements.
- Negotiation of quantum on appropriate cases
- Ensuring prompt payment of damages and costs by the defendant.
- Instructing enforcement
- Effective use of the case management system to ensure:
- Reserving and all other key information is accurate and updated in a timely manner.
- Critical dates are met
- All actions/strategies are documented by way of a file note
- All documents in the history are clearly labelled.
- Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures to ensure that critical dates are met and KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved.
- Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards.
35 hours per week
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch.
One day a week in the office, primary location for this role is Parklands, Bolton.
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Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- Previous legal experience
- Litigation experience
- Experience in drafting legal documents such as witness statements, bundles and court order applications
- Preferably experience of quantum negotiations
- Demonstrate experience of and the ability to:
- Work to set deadlines
- Deal with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
- Organise and prioritise their workload
- Work as part of a team
Values
Our culture is focused on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do:
Our Values
- We are connected
- We are Dynamic
- We are Innovative
- We succeed together
Benefits
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Tech Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loan*
- Gym Flex*
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
*after successfully completing probation
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.
Our global team of more than 6,500 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.
