Good Hands Repair Network Administrator REMOTE

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. 

Job Description

Under general supervision, the Good Hands Repair Network Administrative Consultant is responsible for monitoring the activities of area Good Hands Repair Network (GHRN) shops, providing status updates, responding to customer or shop questions, managing moderately complex and occasionally complex issues, and collaborating with leadership maximize production ensuring favorably impact loss adjustment expenses. This individual can negotiate moderate-level pricing for parts & repairs, determine appropriate shop location to do work, and make recommendations and/or decisions to ensure quality control is met.

You’ll wear a few hats to fill a few roles throughout your day that all require a level of experience.

The Customer Service Expert– you’ll live into Allstate’s Claims Culture by caring, empowering, and restoring, and you will accomplish that by being compassionate, clear, and a committed partner in each Casualty claim. You lead with empathy, always. 
 
The Investigator– you’ll confidently and independently investigate casualty (and applicable LOB (line of business)) claims by performing detailed reviews of damage and interpreting policies to determine coverage. 
 
The Effective Communicator– you’ll use phone, emails and sometimes even video chat with customers to help them through a fast, fair, and easy claims process. You’ll also incorporate a specific approach to claim handling to offer the customer their preference of communication to efficiently discuss their claim needs and keep them updated on the claim progress. 
 
The Negotiator– you will evaluate and negotiate claims settlements with customers, vendors, third party carriers and claimants, in accordance with all legal and business standard methodologies. With negotiations, you will incorporate tactics in handling challenging and complex situations.
 
The Problem Solver– you’ll utilize multiple tools to get the job done in a fast-paced environment, including estimate tools, job aids, and additional settlement platforms, all while using your sharp critical thinking skills. 
 
The Recorder– you’ll protect the company financially by executing policies along policy agreements, and you keep a clear record of your work in a claims system that you will be trained on. You’ll accomplish this by ensuring timely and accurate documentation is completed as you work on each claim. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must have auto technical repair knowledge in a collision repair setting, including an understanding of repair methodology, repair processes, and the ability to discern related and unrelated damages
• You have prior experience using an auto estimating program such as: CCC One and a strong auto damage analysis background
• Prior experience writing estimates for an insurance preferred shop or as an auto damage adjuster is preferred
• Familiarity with insurance policies, coverage, and repair processes

Additional Responsibilities

• Serves as primary liaison between the GRHN shops, customers, and adjusters, negotiating appropriate actions to resolve customer issues and/or repair needs; assists with shop questions and helps determine appropriate actions to resolve moderately complex coverage and repair quality issues; processes claim payments
• Review, analyze, and determine actions needed to resolve moderately complex agent and vendor inquiries relating to claims
• Summarizes documents and enters into claim system notes
• Documents a claim file with notes, evaluations, and decision-making process
• Generates and analyzes system reports to identify trends or issues and provides quality control recommendations, information, and observations to management
• Researches, recommends, and explains alternative parts in a basic and occasionally moderately complex claim

Notice of Licensing Requirement:
•   As a condition of employment, your office/area may require you to obtain an adjuster and/or an appraiser license.  If applicable, you will be required to secure license(s) within 60 days of hire.
•   If required, the Hiring Manager will work with you along with the Centralized Licensing team to ensure that you are properly licensed.

Sign On Bonus:
You may be eligible for a $1,000 Licensing Sign on Bonus if yo