Claims Counsel
1 month ago
Create impact as a **Liability Claims Counsel.**
Join the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia.
**Mō te Tūranga | About the Role**
Are you ready to take charge from the first notification to the final resolution? As a liability claims counsel, you’ll manage end-to-end claims across a variety of policies, including professional indemnity, D&O, employment practices liability, general liability, and statutory liability.
You’ll tackle claims from diverse professions and trades, using your expertise and talent to achieve successful outcomes. Your role will also involve instructing solicitors and loss adjusters, assessing indemnity, liability, and quantum, and maintaining appropriate reserves.
If you’re passionate about navigating complex claims and delivering exceptional results, we want you on our team
This is a permanent full-time hybrid role open to our offices in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) & Ōtautahi (Christchurch), New Zealand.
Applications close **Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 11:59pm.**
**Ōu Pūkenga | About You**
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally meet the below criteria:
- Strong insurance litigation experience with a good understanding of insurance law and key policy response considerations for financial and casualty lines of liability business, along with a sound appreciation of negligence concepts.
- A current NZLS practising certificate is a requirement for his role as well as having a law degree.
- Excellent personal skills to maintain strong relationships with key broker partners.
- Ability to think strategically to achieve optimal outcomes for insured customers.
- Ability to work as part of a team, make timely decisions, and use sound analytical and judgment skills to manage claims efficiently.
**Mō mātou| About us**
IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilience design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest.
You’ll know our brands - AMI, NZI, State Insurance, NRMA Insurance, CGU, WFI and ROLLiN’ to name a few. Together they turn our IAG purpose of making your world safer into action by helping, supporting ambitions and making insurance accessible.
We acknowledge Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa and are committed to growing Māori prosperity and well-being in Aotearoa through He Rautaki Māori (IAG’s Māori Strategy).
We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. We expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual.
We're passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter, including women in senior leadership, Indigenous empowerment and creating inclusive environments. We’re proud to be an accredited family-friendly workplace and are committed to being a safe and supportive space for all our employees. We do this because we’re ready for you.
All this shows up in what we offer:
- Boosted Kiwisaver with 4% employer contribution and life insurance as standard
- Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance
- Annual $500 Health & Wellbeing payment
- 5 myLeave days per year on top of annual leave
- Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex
- Dedicated career growth programs, including the award-winning IAG Academy
- Partner discounts on every day and special occasion items
- A certified Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM
Learn more about who IAG is here.
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