Claims Adjuster chez Hylant

The Opportunity:

The Claims Adjuster is responsible for providing partners with exceptional claims handling services. Partners include, but are not limited to, public entities, public schools, agents, reinsurers, and fellow employees. The ideal candidate will be able to apply prior claims handling knowledge from experience in the insurance industry as well as experience with claims for public entities and public schools. This position can be located in one of Hylant's Ohio office locations (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus or Toledo) with remote work flexibility.

In This Role You Will Execute On:

• Investigate to confirm coverage, determine liability, establish damages, report status, document activities, discern immunities/defenses available and negotiate settlement of all types of assigned claims in a supervised learning environment.
• Determines, reports on, and initiates subrogation and salvage recoveries.
• Settle and make payments on assigned claims within prescribed authority level.
• Effectively plan and schedule work needed to properly handle assigned claims.
• Performs most duties on an individual bases, with assistance of other senior staff or supervisor if needed.
• Make timely contact and interview customers, claimants, and witnesses while being responsive to messages, phone calls, emails and correspondence.

In This Role You'll Need:

• A bachelor’s degree (or work experience equivalent) and valid state driver’s license are required.
• Claims experience required; public entity and/or public-school claims experience is preferred.
• A well-qualified applicant has exceptional attention to detail; communicates clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; is a team player; and is organized and efficient with his/her time.

Why Hylant?

A multi-year recipient of Best Places to Work in Insurance, Hylant is a full-service insurance brokerage with over 20 offices in seven states. And since the founding of our family-owned business over 90 years ago, we made a promise to strengthen and protect the businesses, employees and communities of our client family by embracing them as our own. We’re more than an insurance brokerage firm and you’re more than a client, employee or neighbor. You’re family. And that’s just the way we treat you. 

Hylant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, Veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Hylant participates in E-Verify.

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