Claims Technical Specialist- E&S Construction Defect (Remote)

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Selective Insurance is seeking a Claims Technical Specialist - E&S Construction Defect.  This is a fully remote position, if desired. Selective has numerous physical offices throughout the country, so the position can also be a work from office or hybrid position as well.

The purpose of this position is to provide direct handling of the company’s moderate construction defect claims.  Responsibilities of this position include coverage analysis, risk transfer, investigation, evaluation, negotiation, and disposition of assigned claims, including tenders from alleged additional insureds and co-carriers.  Candidate must possess strong litigation management skills to aggressively manage litigation activities, budgets and claim outcomes while considering the overall impact to the customer and company.  The individual in this position must process claims within company policies, procedures, and within individual's prescribed authority while providing exceptional customer experience and high standards of performance.  This individual must be strategic in directing litigation to positive cost-effective resolution in the best interests of our insureds and must be highly organized to track and control large loss exposures.  Job duties will include communication and collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders, training, development and mentoring of junior personnel involved with CD claims. The position may require travel to mediations, arbitrations, settlement conferences, trials, or other proceedings.  The individual must execute all job duties and responsibilities in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including possessing proper licensure in the states that Selective works within.

Job Responsibilities:

• Effectively evaluate and identify coverage issues for named insureds and alleged additional insureds facing claims for construction defects. Elevate coverage issues as appropriate to management.
• Investigate claims through telephone, written correspondence, and/or personal contact with claimants, attorneys, insureds, witnesses, and others having pertinent information.
• Identify and enforce risk transfer opportunities to co-carriers of the named insured and for carriers of subcontractors with contractual indemnity and additional insured obligations, as applicable.
• Effectively communicate task and fee/cost expectations with vendors and attorneys and enforce compliance with those expectations.
• Timely analyze information to evaluate and determine the extent of loss, taking into consideration covered v. uncovered damages, liability. risk transfer, time on risk and litigation costs.
• Effectively evaluate, negotiate, and resolve claims within delegated authority.
• Provide required reports to claims, underwriting, reinsurance and actuarial on significant exposure cases.
• Report on all cases going to trial on a timely basis and attend portions of trials when warranted or requested by management.
• Ensure proper referrals and tim