Full Job Description
Position: Claims Service Consultant
Location: Johannesburg, Illovo
Company: SHA Risk Specialists, a division of Santam
Responsibilities
Claims Portfolio Management
- Assist the Claims Specialist with all aspects related to a portfolio of claims, including:
- New claims registration
- Current file diary management
- Correspondence updates to brokers
- Handling basic inquiries on claims
- Payment requests
- General administrative functions
- Draft settlement agreements as instructed.
- Appoint assessors/investigators based on Claims Specialist instructions.
- Monitor service levels according to agreed service level agreements.
- Refer assessor concerns to management within the internal protocol framework.
- Attend to operational duties as assigned.
- Comply with internal and external regulatory frameworks, processes, and procedures.
Analysis
- Critically assess information to ensure all relevant details are received.
System Processing
- Manage all aspects of system processing relevant to a claims portfolio, such as:
- New claims registration
- Updating reserves
- Processing payments
Client Liaison (Internal and External)
- Respond to queries and resolve them to the satisfaction of the affected parties within the scope of authority/responsibility.
General Administration
- Handle daily administrative tasks in line with organizational standards, processes, and procedures.
- Type general correspondence as needed.
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Matric
- Experience: Proven administrative skills
Skills
- Quick learner
- Problem-solving
- Analytical and judgment skills
- Attention to detail
- Client orientation
- Strong communication skills
- Initiative
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational awareness
- Planning and organizing
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Drive for results
- Computer literacy
- Diary management
- Document filing
- General assistance with document management
- Archiving
Core Competencies
- Resilience
- Customer focus
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Results-driven
About The Company
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding, and transforming company. Based in South Africa, we are rapidly entering emerging markets in Africa and Asia.
Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients, centered on delivering Insurance well and properly. We value people, who drive our business, and aim to recruit the best talent, whether for permanent or temporary roles.
At Santam, we are committed to transformation and diversity, striving to achieve an inclusive workforce that represents our society’s demographics. We prioritize applicants from designated groups in alignment with our Employment Equity targets.