Senior Claims Attorney

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Assesses highly complex claims, including liability determination, coverage analysis, and damage evaluation.
• Assigns cases to outside counsel and evaluates their performance.
• Develops, prepares, and implements Claims Litigation strategy, including affecting settlements/reserves within prescribed limits.
• Works toward the resolution of highly complex claims files and attends arbitrations, mediations or trials as necessary, but is not attorney of record.
• Ensures compliance of claims handling pursuant to all state, legal, statutory, and regulatory bodies.
• May provide oversight and supervision to outside counsel on claims-related litigation.
• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

Education: LLM (Master of Law) or JD (Juris Doctorate) and current attorney license required.

Experience: Generally, a minimum of 14 years of legal or claims experience.

Scope of Job/Qualifications: Works at the highest authority limits on assignments reflecting the highest degree of technical complexity and coordination. Demonstrates expert analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. Demonstrates highly advanced knowledge of insurance policies, coverage, and claims handling procedures. Maintains expert knowledge of industry laws and regulations. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships. Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion. Recognized as a subject matter expert within the company, potentially operating at a peer level to management.

This position does not counsel the company.

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Benefits:

We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs. Your recruiter will provide details about benefits and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process. Learn more at http://www.gaig.com/careers.

*Excludes seasonal employees and interns.