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Property Adjuster - Agriculture & Rural Network

The role:

Property Adjuster - Agriculture & Rural Network, Worcestershire / Warwickshire / Birmingham Area

We now have an excellent opportunity for a talented Property Loss Adjuster to join our Agriculture & Rural Network Team, ideally based in the Worcestershire / Warwickshire / Birmingham (West Midlands) Area

At Sedgwick, our Agriculture and Rural Network deals with a wide range of property claims coming from the rural community.

As either an experienced or trainee Loss Adjuster, we`ll provide you with the tools and training required to investigate and agree losses on behalf of specialist rural insurance companies. You will meet their customers and assess their property and financial losses. These claims could range from damage to domestic homes, commercial claims, agriculture and potentially anything in between.

You`ll work as part of a specialist team of Loss Adjusters and Claim Professionals. You will be supported by a dedicated, local team of experienced staff, all focused on delivering an unrivalled customer experience.

You will be responsible for effectively managing a caseload and meeting all client expectations as well as maintaining and developing support from specialist rural Insurance Brokers and Agents.

You`ll be given full autonomy to use your initiative, empathy and understanding to customers - literally putting yourself in their shoes, but also using your business acumen to provide the right outcome.

Many of our colleagues now benefit from working flexibly between the office and home, which helps support a healthy work/life balance. When you do spend time in our offices, you’ll experience bright and open surroundings which offer excellent areas for collaboration as well as desk space. It’s an ideal environment for working alongside and interacting with fellow colleagues.

You will have/will be:

• DIP CII would be advantageous

• Knowledge and experience within Insurance, Claims Management or Loss Adjusting

• An effective and confident communicator with the ability to forge strong working relationships

• Conscientious and hard working to achieve and exceed the required results

• Flexible and adaptable during busy periods particularly as a result of major weather events

• Committed to strive toward the delivery of "Absolute Customer Satisfaction"

• A full UK Driving Licence is essential

• As a global business, we are always interested in hearing from candidates with bi-lingual or multi-lingual skills

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• The opportunity to work flexibly, whether from office and/or home

• Healthcare scheme

• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme

• Discounts on various products and services

• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing

• Life assurance

• Group Income Protection

• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP apps

Working at Sedgwick

Our company is a place where creative and caring people of all backgrounds can be challenged, grow as individuals, and feel a higher purpose in the unique value they bring and the difference they make in the lives of others. We celebrate our differences; cultivating uniqueness and belonging allows us to connect with our consumers on a personal level, understand our clients’ needs, support the communities in which we operate, and perform at our best.

We’re passionate and understanding about our colleagues – so we have built flexibility into our colleague working model. If you wish to work from home, split your working time between the home and office or change your hours so you can collect your children or care for someone in your family, we’re supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we’re happy to discuss options that take into consideration your personal needs for this position during your interview.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to: ID document verification, credit check, address verification, employment verification, employment gap verification, UK DBS, UK financial regulator search, anti-money laundering search, directorship search and global watch list check.

Sedgwick is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.

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Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do. Caring counts

Sedgwick is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. Every day, in every time zone, the most well-known and respected organizations place their trust in us to help their employees regain health and productivity, guide their consumers through the claims process, protect their brand and minimize business interruptions. Our more than 30,000 colleagues across 80 countries embrace our shared purpose and values as they demonstrate what it means to work for an organization committed to doing the right thing – one where caring counts. Watch this video to learn more about us. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxedjBGSfA)