Loss Control Specialist - Personal Lines/Residential

Verisk


Date: 6 days ago
City: Halifax, NS
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Job Description

The Loss Control Specialists review various properties on behalf of insurance companies and provide loss prevention recommendations to reduce the frequency and severity of losses arising from fire, crime, and liability.

Responsibilities

  • Access the internal systems and take ownership of inspection files
  • Schedule appointments with clients to visually assess the properties (about 10%-time allocation) at a mutually convenient time
  • Travel to the properties, tour, and assess for risk features (about 50%-time allocation)
  • While touring the properties, take photographs, measure rooms, and the structure, and review features such as fire prevention systems, heating equipment, and fuel storage tanks
  • Converse with the owners to understand the history of the property, and any risks, and answer any questions they might have
  • Prepare detailed reports using the internal systems identifying the fundamental construction and equipment details, risk assessment, and replacement cost value (about 40%-time allocation)

Competencies Required To Succeed

  • Strong customer service orientation
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Strong self-initiative, prioritization, and time management skills
  • Well-organized and thorough
  • Curious and inquisitive with an interest in learning

Accountabilities

To the District Manager:

  • Reports have no errors or omissions and provide accurate details of assessment results
  • Contribute to the team’s overall revenue goals
  • Continually expand your expertise so you can assess more complex properties.

To The Owners Of The Assessed Properties

  • You have the tact and professionalism for convenient, excellent experiences
  • You regularly provide value-added services within your role and expertise

Qualifications

  • Education in insurance, construction, or engineering will provide a solid technical foundation to recognize and identify construction and equipment details (College diploma or bachelor’s degree)
  • Experience with building codes, fire services, construction and maintenance will be an asset
  • Very good computer skills including using a database, typing speed & accuracy, use of short-cuts, and word processing is essential to efficiently and effectively creating reports.
  • Skillful communication techniques for customer service and report writing.
  • Experience as an underwriting assessor or in the insurance field preferred.
  • Ability to read, write, and speakboth English and French required/desired

Environment/Work Conditions

  • Ability to work autonomously since most of our Loss Control Specialists are home-based.
  • Extensive travel is involved within a region requiring a valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle (50%). National runs at least once per year.
  • Entering residences requires tact and professionalism and may require appointments to be scheduled in the evenings and on weekends

About Us

For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.

At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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