Property & Casualty Associate

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Role overview

The team

The Property & Casualty team spans London and Bristol. We offer unparalleled opportunities to work on high profile and high value claims both domestically and internationally in a friendly and dynamic environment.

Members of the team regularly represent and advise clients on complex coverage including fraud and claims under the Insurance Act 2015 and CIDRA 2012. Team members are involved in all stages of claims, including handling negotiations, trials and mediations in their own right where appropriate.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a number of Partners and lawyers within a vibrant and growing team. You will be given the opportunity to develop as a lawyer, supervisor and manager.

The role

Our Property & Casualty (P&C) team is seeking an experienced lawyer to be part of its vibrant, fast growing property insurance team in London. The P&C team is part of the firm's Insurance Group and has a well-established client base, acting for the vast majority of household and commercial property Insurers in the market.

Fast paced, intellectually stimulating and with considerable autonomy; this role will appeal to practitioners who enjoy dealing with complicated points of law and innovative solutions but have a strong sense of commerciality and enjoy working collaboratively with clients and other members of the team. The role will involve running and assisting senior team members with a case load of high value coverage and/or fraud and/or subrogated recovery claims, as well as:

• Managing a caseload of property insurance claims including coverage and fraud issues.
• Assisting senior team members on coverage and recovery claims.
• Delivering high quality and timely output to clients, ensuring high levels of client service and alignment with agreed working practices and client service level agreements.
• Working to develop an environment of constant improvement: enthusiastically sharing with and helping others; and taking responsibility for aspects of team development, such as intranet pages, training and induction, process improvement etc.
• Capturing and collating required Management Information in accordance with agreed practice for clients.
• Contributing to the development and improvement of the team's service, support, processes and procedures.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Circa 2+ years of PQE or equivalent relevant expertise.
• A strong grounding in Property insurance, including coverage and fraud issues.
• Able to deliver legal and commercial solutions and establishes collaborative working relationships with clients and colleagues to provide an outstanding client experience.
• Supports the team to manage the client experience, develops trusted relationships and interacts with clients confidently to achieve the best outcome for the client.
• Committed to business development to further grow your network and the practice.
• Able to work efficiently and commercially and understands the importance of financial hygiene.
• Collaborative and works effectively in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Understands how to develop junior team members and support their ambitions.
• Committed to being part of a supportive, inclusive and collaborative firm culture.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

We are problem solvers. Whether in front of clients or behind the scenes. To solve problems creatively for clients, we need diverse collaborative thinking; drawing on different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. That means that everyone who either applies to, or works for, the firm is treated equitably. Webelieve in removing barriers to equal access not least because our people define us and define what we do. If you need support and adjustments to do your best work, whether that's during the recruitment process or throughout your time at RPC, we're here to help.

Flexible working that supports your commitments outside of work is an important part of our culture and, where possible, we will support this across all roles. Please get in touch with our recruitment team if you have any questions about our hybrid working approach or flexible working policy.