Loss Adjustor (KZN)

Join TIH, home to some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose.

Job Purpose

Deliver and support sound quality of claims decision making, prevent fraud and manage expenditure through the validation of claims by using expert abilities in various fields of investigation.

Responsibilities

• Needs Assessment Explore issues or needs, establishing potential causes and barriers as well as related issues. Validate claims by investigating, applying expertise, utilising resources (e.g. police, supplier etc.) and interviewing customers as well as other parties. Analyse specific problems and issues to find the best solutions. Solutions could be technical or professional in nature.
• Data Collection & Analysis Ask questions, collect data from a variety of sources, analyse information and investigate claim. Ensure effective costing of claimed items through ensuring professional, thorough investigation of claims. Make decisions according to established criteria to ensure standardisation across the organisation by accurately administrating and underwriting claims. Use appropriate tools (ITC, supplier contract and / or negotiation) to accurately cost applicable claims on a day to day basis.
• Customer Service Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems. Uphold agreed service level agreements (set turnaround times) and ensuring customer satisfaction and retention.
• Stakeholder Engagement Effectively build, maintain and manage relationships with service providers and suppliers, colleagues, internal and external customers.
• Work Scheduling and Operational Compliance Contribute to optimise work practices and procedures by maintaining an acceptable workload in order to get the job done, coordinating with support services. Ensure claims are finalised within the set parameters (turnaround time, terms and conditions applied accurately).
• Administration Produce, update and provide best practice support to customers on the claims administration process and other departmental systems, in line with claims policy, rules and SLAs. Ensure accurate administration and underwriting of claims. Maintain an acceptable claims expenditure ratio by finalising and adjusting claims accurately.
• Compliance Identify shortcomings in compliance processes, systems and procedures, and develop ad‑hoc solutions to problems within an assigned unit or discipline.
• Up‑Sell Customer Propositions Identify a selection of products or services that may meet the customer’s requirements, explain the product / service features and influence the customer to add additional cover.
• Personal Capability Building Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences and reading specialist media. Remain up to date with current and new quality standards and product knowledge to enable effective decision making.

Education

Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); Regulatory Examination (Essential); Science (Mechanical / Physical), Mathematics and African Language (Advantageous); Forensic Investigation Diploma / Insurance Institute qualification (Advantageous)

Experience

2 to 3 years’ work experience within one or more of the following fields : insurance / police / forensic / audit / legal (Essential).

5 years' work experience in any investigative work environments (Advantageous).

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