Manage and oversee complex property/casualty coverage and bad faith litigation and arbitration, including outside counsel selection, discovery, depositions, mediations, trials, pre-litigation review, strategy development, trend identification, and cross-functional engagement with Claims, Underwriting, Actuarial and Reinsurance. Provide training and present materials as needed.
This Senior Coverage Director position is an individual contributor role on the Coverage & Complex Claims coverage litigation team and requires a high degree of specialized and technical competence managing coverage and bad faith litigation and arbitration. This position requires some travel, as well as coordinating with and servicing both internal and external business partners.
Responsibilities:
- Selection of and management of outside counsel with respect to coverage litigation and arbitration.
- Management and oversight of all aspects of coverage litigation and arbitration including development of litigation and resolution strategies.
- Management of discovery requests.
- Attendance at deposition prep, depositions, mediations, arbitrations, settlement conferences and trials.
- Pre-litigation review of complex coverage issues.
- Identifying litigation trends and developing opportunities to address these trends.
- Developing and maintaining a productive engagement and business relationship with Claims, Underwriting, Actuarial and Re-insurance partners.
- Proactively participate, and occasionally lead, in the development of training opportunities, including preparing training materials, and coordinating/presenting presentations.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as an attorney or claim professional with a high degree of specialized and technical competence in property/casualty coverage issues, litigation management and the handling of complex coverage issues, and coverage litigation.
- A law degree is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Demonstrates strong self-reliance by working independently with minimal guidance.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate efficiently and effectively.
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
- Must be both service and results driven, highly analytical and detail-oriented with the ability to make timely and appropriate decisions.
- Advanced organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent collaboration, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
- If you do not already have one, you will be required to obtain an applicable resident or designated home state adjusters license and possibly additional state licensure.
The pay range for the role is $101,600 to $172,700. The specific offer will depend on an applicant’s skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website. The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.
Travel ranges from approximately 10% to 25%, but it could be more as dictated by business needs.
About Us Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.
At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.
Chubb Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
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