Travelers Insurance Company
Associate counsel
Travelers Insurance Company, Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66213
Travelers Insurance Company – Overland Park, KS
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years.
Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
What Is the Opportunity?
Bond & Specialty Insurance (BSI) provides management and professional liability, cyber, crime insurance, and surety bonds to or on behalf of businesses of all sizes. The BSI Claim Counsel team conducts thorough investigation, analysis, evaluation, and disposition of claims and claim litigation to achieve superior customer service and to optimize claim results.
As a valued member of our team, you will provide legal advice to our underwriting colleagues and non-attorney claim colleagues, and participate in BSI claim strategic initiatives.
Travelers' Cyber Claim Team is responsible for handling claims focusing on cyber privacy and security breach incident response, computer crime, infrastructure attacks and restoration, notification to affected parties and regulators, business interruption, consumer privacy liability, and identity fraud/theft.
What Will You Do?
Follow operational policies to analyze, investigate, and resolve BSI claims of varying levels of severity with active supervision from claims management.
Prepare and present reports for management that accurately reflect loss development, potential/actual financial exposure, reserve adjustments, coverage issues, and claim and recovery strategies.
Retain, monitor, and manage outside counsel actively utilizing litigation management plans and budgets.
Communicate with underwriting on significant claim exposures.
Travel to and attend mediations, settlement conferences, claim conferences, field office visits, trials and depositions.
Develop the ability to identify all recovery opportunities and coordinate recovery efforts with the Recovery Management Unit and Claim management.
Management Liability specific: Refine policy interpretation/coverage analysis skills including drafting coverage opinions with case law included.
Develop/strengthen the ability to negotiate settlements/resolutions, review releases and settlement agreements, including confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions.
Support underwriting marketing efforts, including participation in broker and account visits and risk mitigation seminars and authoring customer-focused white papers and articles.
Monitor marketplace conditions, conduct research, and draft reference materials to inform claim and underwriting colleagues on law impacting Travelers' underwriting and claim decisions.
Obtain and maintain required adjusters' licenses.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
One to five years of relevant legal or claim handling work experience.
Ability to effectively work through conflict and resolve issues with a professional demeanor.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate coverage determinations.
Time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities with an attention to detail, data and analytics.
Ability to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and business partners.
What is a Must Have?
Bachelor's Degree.
Juris Doctorate Degree.
Properly licensed, registered or authorized, and in good standing, to practice law in the jurisdiction in which you will be working.
What Is in It for You?
Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit
Travelers Benefits .
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Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years.
Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
What Is the Opportunity?
Bond & Specialty Insurance (BSI) provides management and professional liability, cyber, crime insurance, and surety bonds to or on behalf of businesses of all sizes. The BSI Claim Counsel team conducts thorough investigation, analysis, evaluation, and disposition of claims and claim litigation to achieve superior customer service and to optimize claim results.
As a valued member of our team, you will provide legal advice to our underwriting colleagues and non-attorney claim colleagues, and participate in BSI claim strategic initiatives.
Travelers' Cyber Claim Team is responsible for handling claims focusing on cyber privacy and security breach incident response, computer crime, infrastructure attacks and restoration, notification to affected parties and regulators, business interruption, consumer privacy liability, and identity fraud/theft.
What Will You Do?
Follow operational policies to analyze, investigate, and resolve BSI claims of varying levels of severity with active supervision from claims management.
Prepare and present reports for management that accurately reflect loss development, potential/actual financial exposure, reserve adjustments, coverage issues, and claim and recovery strategies.
Retain, monitor, and manage outside counsel actively utilizing litigation management plans and budgets.
Communicate with underwriting on significant claim exposures.
Travel to and attend mediations, settlement conferences, claim conferences, field office visits, trials and depositions.
Develop the ability to identify all recovery opportunities and coordinate recovery efforts with the Recovery Management Unit and Claim management.
Management Liability specific: Refine policy interpretation/coverage analysis skills including drafting coverage opinions with case law included.
Develop/strengthen the ability to negotiate settlements/resolutions, review releases and settlement agreements, including confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions.
Support underwriting marketing efforts, including participation in broker and account visits and risk mitigation seminars and authoring customer-focused white papers and articles.
Monitor marketplace conditions, conduct research, and draft reference materials to inform claim and underwriting colleagues on law impacting Travelers' underwriting and claim decisions.
Obtain and maintain required adjusters' licenses.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
One to five years of relevant legal or claim handling work experience.
Ability to effectively work through conflict and resolve issues with a professional demeanor.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate coverage determinations.
Time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities with an attention to detail, data and analytics.
Ability to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and business partners.
What is a Must Have?
Bachelor's Degree.
Juris Doctorate Degree.
Properly licensed, registered or authorized, and in good standing, to practice law in the jurisdiction in which you will be working.
What Is in It for You?
Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit
Travelers Benefits .
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