About the role
- As an Agriculture/Property Claims Director at Reserv, you will lead a team of claims professionals managing agriculture and property claims. Your expertise will drive operational effectiveness, utilizing technology and analytics to improve efficiencies and outcomes. You’ll play a vital role with the team, clients, and customers, ensuring high-quality standards and compliance with regulatory, internal, and contractual SLAs. This role requires exceptional leadership skills and a strong understanding of claims, ideally with experience managing multi-line portfolios across agriculture and property.
Who you are
- Highly motivated and growth-oriented
- Subject matter expert. You have deep technical and subject matter experience in the world of commercial transportation claims, including coverage and litigation. Experienced in reviewing and analyzing contracts
- Tech-oriented. You are excited by the prospect of building a tech-driven claims organization while delivering an excellent service and have proven results leveraging technology and analytics
- Passionate claims professional who cares about their team, the customer, and their experience
- Empathetic leader. You exercise empathy and patience towards everyone you interact with
- Sense of urgency - at all times. That does not mean working at all hours
- Creative. You challenge existing assumptions and find ways of leveraging technology and the talents of your team to address problems
- Curious. You want to know the whole story so you can make the right decisions early and be decisive when it counts.
- Problem solver. You have the ability to take a ‘deep dive’ into the details of the business while staying focused on the big picture
- Anti-status quo. You don’t just wish things were done differently, you action on it
- Communicative. You are comfortable with and understand the importance of phone communications throughout the claims process
- And did we mention, a sense of humor. Claims are hard enough as it is.
What you'll do
- Lead and manage a team/teams of claims professionals handling agriculture and property claims across diverse accounts.
- Consistently deliver on objectives, overcoming challenges to exceed operational and performance targets.
- Implement and maintain best practices for claims handling, including intake, investigation, evaluation, settlement, and recovery, tailored to both agriculture and property claims.
- Monitor and analyze claims data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for process improvement specific to the agriculture and property sectors.
- Ensure alignment of team performance with client and customer expectations for the claims process.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex or disputed claims, offering strategic direction and resolution.
- Ensure the accuracy and adequacy of claim reserving practices across all managed claims.
- Develop and execute strategies to mitigate fraudulent claims and ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and industry standards.
- Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, promoting teamwork and encouraging professional development within the team.
- Take ownership of performance management; attract, hire, retain, and train high-performing claims professionals with expertise in agriculture and property claims.
- Collaborate with internal teams such as Account Management, Compliance, and Claim Operations to resolve escalated or high-complexity claims issues.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders, including farmers, landowners, policyholders, agents, brokers, and legal representatives.
- Prepare and present detailed claims reports, metrics, and analysis to clients, offering expert advice on claims trends and risk mitigation strategies specific to agriculture and property.
Qualifications
- Chartered Institute Qualifications minimum of DIP CII or equivalent (we will consider those working towards)
- 10+ years in insurance claims management experience in multiple lines of business, preference for property, general liability and/or motor with bodily injury experience
- 8+ years management experience with preference for experience managing in a remote environment
- Comfortable with technology and the ability to evolve the claims systems and processes to drive better efficiencies and outcomes
- Demonstrated commitment to quality, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Integrity, ethics, and a strong sense of accountability in handling confidential and sensitive information
Benefits
- Generous health-insurance package with nationwide coverage, vision, & dental
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
- Competitive PTO policy – we want our employees fresh, healthy, happy, and energized!
- Generous family leave policy after 8 months of continuous work
- Work from anywhere to facilitate your work life balance
- Apple laptop, large second monitor, and other quality-of-life equipment you may want. Technology is something that should make your life easier, not harder!
Additionally, we will
- Listen to your feedback to enhance and improve upon the long-standing challenges of an adjuster and the claims role
- Work toward reducing and eliminating all the administrative work from an adjuster role
- Foster a culture of empathy, transparency, and empowerment in a remote-first environment
At Reserv, we value diversity in backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences and believe that diversity in viewpoints and critical thinking drives innovation, first-principles thinking, and success. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from all walks of life to apply. If you believe you are a good fit for this role, we would love to hear from you!