Lead Fee Earner - Industrial Disease

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Description

The Lead Fee Earner will handle own caseload within the Military Disease department, specialising in NIHL claims (noise induced hearing loss claims) and potentially other disease cases. To manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes at appropriate levels of profitability.

Key Responsibilities

Reviewing documents and preparing reports
Developing an assistant fee earner
Dealing with disclosure
Reviewing evidence (Including records)
Conducting investigations with Insured / obtaining witness statements
Instructing Experts
Attending conferences and Trials
Dealing with routine correspondence
Court appointments
Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds
Ensure adherence to Court timetables
To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
Adhere to the Keoghs Values


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Technically proficient in dealing with NIHL disease cases as a minimum.
Other short tail disease experience would be desirable.
Effective negotiator
Ability to use own initiative
Good listening and verbal communication skills
Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
Ability to work under pressure and to target
An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
Good level of IT skills

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan
25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
Simply Health Care Cash Plan
WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
Death in Service
Critical Illness Cover
PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Volunteering Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Tech Scheme
Season Ticket Loan
Gym Flex
Access to Online Discount Sites
Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
Discounts at local retail outlets
after successfully completing probation

About Keoghs
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 8,000 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.