Why join us?:
Our Commercial Insurance team at DWF are currently hiring for a Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive or Senior Paralegal to join the Property Damage team based in Bristol.
The Commercial Insurance team are instructed by our insurer clients to pursue subrogated property damage recovery claims, working to recover insurers’ outlay where damage has been caused to their customer’s property, be it commercial or domestic premises.
This role involves handling a range of insurance claims, for a number of different composite and London Market insurers across the UK, ranging from £25,000 to £100,000 in value (but with the opportunity to progress to higher value work depending on performance. The work mainly involves Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) property damage subrogated recovery and product liability work, with some defence and coverage cases.
You will be expected to manage your own case load of property damage recovery claims, as well as assisting Senior Associate and Partners.
Responsibilities:

As a Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive or Senior Paralegal in our Insurance team, you will engage in a wide range of activities, such as:

• To manage a caseload of pre-litigation property damage claims and litigated cases.
• Understand client requirements and manage cases in line with service level agreements and best practice.
• Prioritise work effectively and to maximise efficiency in working practices.
• Understand individual role in the context of the practice group and pro-actively seek to contribute to increased efficiency in developing a case load appropriate to level of technical, legal knowledge.
• Build working relationships internally and externally in order to develop business networks and create a solid understanding of the Firm’s direction and client needs.

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