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Total Loss Adjuster
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$52.9K - $60K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Total Loss Adjuster
Root Inc.
• Delivers an industry-leading claim experience for all policyholders and claimants • Negotiates and settles total loss situations with policyholders and claimants • Prepares salvage vehicles for auction and oversees the end-to-end salvage process • Consistently makes prompt and courteous contact with every claim customer • Maintains and updates a diary/schedule for each claim in the adjuster’s pending • Responds to claim correspondence in a timely fashion with very high quality • Provides input for continuous development of claims guidelines and best practices • Recommends potential product developments and process improvements • Interacts and communicates effectively with customers, peers, vendors and managers • Engages in learning opportunities to build knowledge of personal lines claims, court decisions impacting the claims function, current guidelines in claims function, and policy changes and modifications.
Job Requirements
- Successful experience handling insurance claims, coordinating rental extensions.
- Experience related specifically to the settling of auto total loss claims preferred.
- Currently licensed in home state if state required is preferred
- Ability to obtain and maintain insurance licenses in several states (including Texas) within three months
- Ability to learn quickly and be adaptable
- High sense of professionalism while remaining empathetic
- Familiarity with claims best practices required
- Curious in nature
- Great attention to detail
- Coachable and committed to professional growth
- Ability to approach problems with an open mind.
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