Legal Leader - Nominal Insurer

at  EML Group

Legal Leader - Nominal Insurer
EML is a leading Workers Compensation and Personal Injury Claims Management business. Our goal is to help people get their lives back through ongoing support during their return-to-work journey . We continue to experience ongoing growth and now have over 4,000 dedicated employees . We foster a learning culture that allows for us to continually invest in our employees ensuring a long-term career here at EML.

• Lead, supervise and support the Dispute Resolution Officers ensuring their capability and capacity to attend the Personal Injury Commission in-person events to confidently and efficiently instruct the legal panel provider and barrister as EML’s representative with the aim of maximising positive outcomes and early resolution.
• Manage a portfolio of litigated matters, working closely with the external legal panel providers to ensure a high level of legal advice, and effective litigation strategy to drive optimum outcomes.
• Support the claims team by providing legal advice on legislative, regulatory, legal, policy and guidelines affecting workers’ compensation claims to enable sound, evidence-based and legally accurate decision making.
• Support the claims team by assisting with stakeholder liaison regarding litigated and contentious claims.
• Attend legal proceedings as EML’s representation together with the external legal provider representative.
• Participate in strategic review of claims portfolio, including presenting to employers about general legal concepts or individual cases.
• Keep up to date with case law and precedents affecting claims, premium and the scheme.
• Strive for continuous improvement in operations as part of the Support Services leadership team.