Job Title: Litigation Technician
Company:Manpower
Job description: Job Summary Responsibilities:
- Appointing attorneys on matters authorized for Instituted or Defended litigation
- In appointing attorneys to clearly communicate expected / acceptable settlement negotiations as directed by Management in both Instituted and Defended matters.
- Attending timeously to attorney / Key Clients requests for information, documents and tracing
- Request updates as required /specified from attorneys on record and deliver updates to Key Clients free from Jargon
- Manage expectations of Key Clients in relation to possible outcome of litigious matter
- Processing payments of attorney invoices in a timeous manner
- Monitoring Attorney invoices to ensure fair and reasonable
- Ensure that attorneys are in possession of all relevant and required documents / information to best represent the interest of Key Clients
- Summarizing and Referring files to Management with opinion/ recommendations on settlement proposals as received from attorneys and relaying recommendations to Attorneys
- Monitoring legal costs on ongoing Instituted and Defended litigation matters
- Manage a large portfolio effectively, ensuring correct reserving as well as timeous and regular updates on matters that have turned dormant and matters that are coming up for trial
- Re-imbursement of Excesses on successful Instituted claims
- Timeous payment of Defended claims as agreed on Offer of Settlement
- Timeous signing and commissioning of Discovery Affidavits and communicating with Attorneys for collection of same
Requirements:
- Matric
- Regulatory Exam
- Formal Degree in Law – Preferential
- Higher Certificate in Short term Insurance -NQF 5 or Full Qualification NQF 4 – highly advantageous
- Class of Business certification (Personal Lines & Commercial Lines) – Highly advantageous
- 3-5 years short term insurance experience.
- Work experience within a legal department dealing with recoveries, third party claims and litigation processes – highly advantageous.
- Work experience in client service (dealing with clients / brokers and other stakeholders)
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.Manpower GroupRecruiter
Expected salary: R7000 – 8000 per month
Location: Gauteng
Job date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:40:54 GMT
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