Technical Claims Handler - Personal Injury
About Marshmallow
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The Claims Team
Most claims teams move slowly. Processes, sign-offs, and outdated systems get in the way of good decisions. At Marshmallow, we move faster. We’re commercially strong, tech-powered, and built to give claims experts the tools, insight, and freedom to make sharper calls for customers.
We look for people with deep expertise who are restless for a better way of working. If you’ve ever felt held back by bureaucracy, you’ll find the autonomy, pace, and stretch at Marshmallow that let you do your best work — and keep learning as you go.
Role Description
We are seeking an exceptional candidate to join us as a Personal Injury Claims Handler and contribute to the expansion of our in-house capabilities in claims processing. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be involved in various aspects of our claims journey. Initially, your responsibilities will include making liability decisions, processing payments, and managing the progression of each claim.
Your expertise will be crucial in handling claims related to Personal Injury (via OIC, MOJ, PAP and Scottish claims) and associated Litigation. It will be important for you to identify potential fraud, large loss, and credit hire exposure, and report them to the appropriate team.
What you’ll be doing
Politely and calmly dealing with escalated customer queries, always enabling the best outcome for both the customer and Marshmallow
You will have your own caseload in support of achieving team targets
Actively demonstrating and promoting the importance of delivering a high quality, fair and compliant service to our customers. Adherence to our vulnerable customer and data protection standards is vital
Effectively meeting SLAs and achieving targets set by senior members of the team
Managing existing claims and ensuring we are mitigating risks within the claims team, assessing risk and proactively referring to large loss, fraud, credit hire and senior team members where necessary
Managing suppliers and ensuring they are proactively settling cases in Marshmallow’s best interest and challenging decisions made where appropriate
Proactively spotting patterns so we can change processes or adopt new strategies
Raising payments within required time frames and ensuring all information is accurate
Instructing suppliers and dealing with any in-house portal work.
Who you are
You’re someone who enjoys the challenge of understanding complex situations and making sense of them
Naturally empathetic, you know how important it is to deliver exceptional customer service
You have a great eye for detail
You can make decisions quickly and know when to refer for a second opinion
You are a quick learner and embrace change
You are a self-starter who likes to take ownership but is also able to thrive in a team while ensuring quality output
You always seek ways to improve processes
You’re able to see the bigger picture and support any aspect of the team to achieve our larger goals
What we're looking for from you
2-3 years of relevant experience in the third party motor claims space
Experience dealing with liability and quantum disputes across the OIC, MOJ and PAP
You’ve seen first hand what it’s like to be part of a fast-growing team and are open to the challenge of developing new teams in a new and exciting team
A desire to further develop your skills in training, coaching and process improvement
Experience working towards and achieving KPIs and SLAs
Perks of the job
Hybrid working - Spend 1 day per fortnight with your team in our new collaborative London office, the rest is up to you!
Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance 🌟
Flexible benefits budget - £50 per month to spend on a Ben Mastercard meaning you get your own benefits budget to spend on things you want. Whether that’s subscriptions, night classes (puppy yoga, anyone?), the big shop or a forest of houseplants. Pretty much anything goes 💰
Mental wellbeing support – Access therapy and mental health sessions through Oliva 💚
Learning and development – Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset 🤓
Private health care - Enjoy all the benefits Vitality has to offer, including reduced gym memberships and discounts on smartwatches 🏥
Medical cash plan - To help you with the costs of dental, optical and physio (plus more!)
Tech scheme - Get the latest tech for less 🖥
Plus all the rest; 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, cycle to work scheme, monthly team socials and company-wide socials every month!
Our process
We break it up into a few stages:
Initial call with a member of our Talent Acquisition team (30 mins)
An interview with two members of the Claims team, to discuss your experience and the working environment at Marshmallow (1 hour)
We’ll let you know if you’re invited to an interview or not. But, as a small team with a lot of applications to consider, we can’t give individual feedback on each application.
We are not in a position to offer sponsorship and/or a visa for this position.
Background checks
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and trustworthy environment, we’ll carry out standard background checks, including a DBS and a Cifas check. These help ensure there are no ongoing criminal proceedings and support the prevention of fraud and other forms of serious misconduct. If anything of concern is identified, it may affect your eligibility for certain roles or services. Feel free to ask our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions about this!
Everyone belongs at Marshmallow
At Marshmallow, we want to hire people from all walks of life with the passion and skills needed to help us achieve our company mission. To do that, we're committed to hiring without judgement, prejudice or bias.
We encourage everyone to apply for our open roles. Gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or background does not affect how we process job applications.
We're working hard to build an inclusive culture that empowers our people to do their best work, have fun and feel that they belong.
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