[Hiring] Claims Litigation Specialist @Swyfft

Role Description

As a property and casualty Claims Litigation Specialist, Coverage, you will serve as Swyfft's technical resource for coverage analysis on our Homeowner and Commercial Property and General Liability claims portfolio (both litigated and non-litigated), including habitational risks, premises liability, and bodily injury matters. You'll be expected to handle coverage matters with empathy, curiosity, and creative problem-solving to achieve timely, fair outcomes, applying working knowledge of property and casualty coverage issues, including duty to defend versus duty to indemnify.

In this position, you will:

• Review coverage on assigned claims.
• Draft coverage correspondence (including reservation of rights letters and coverage denial letters).
• Communicate tender of defense and indemnification decisions to insureds, claimants, and counsel.
• Review and evaluate large or complex injury demands as they relate to coverage.
• Monitor defense and coverage counsel to ensure accurate, efficient handling of litigated matters assigned to their office.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience handling coverage issues on property and casualty claims.
• 5-7 years of litigation experience in a multi-state environment.
• Experience drafting coverage correspondence (e.g., reservation of rights letters, coverage denial letters, disclaimers) is required.
• Working knowledge of property and casualty coverage issues, including duty to defend versus duty to indemnify.
• Relevant experience with habitational risks, premises liability, and bodily injury matters is a plus.
• Understand basic legal strategies in conjunction with venue particularities.
• Experience directing or monitoring outside defense/coverage counsel on litigated matters is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Reliable high-speed internet connectivity required.
• Designated quiet work from home space.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid).
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Life & AD&D (Company Paid).
• Voluntary Employee, Spouse, and Child Life & AD&D.
• Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit FSA, and Healthcare Savings Account (HSA).
• 401K with a generous matching contribution and no vesting schedule.
• 20 days of PTO annually (prorated based on hire date).
• Company Paid Holidays and 2 “Choose Your Own Holidays.”