Coverage Litigation Solutions Leader

Job Title

Coverage Litigation Solutions Leader

Group Claims

United States (Preferred: Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia)

As per Beazley’s organization chart

• Group Claims Management Team, including the Chief Claims and Litigation Officer (GCMT), Claims Team Leaders (CTLs), Compliance Risk Management, Internal Audit, People and Culture, and own staff
• Clients, brokers, and key external vendors and partners
• Cross‑functional teams such as Claims Business Management Team (CBMT) and Compliance

Support Beazley’s vision of being the highest‑performing sustainable specialist insurer by facilitating and fostering a collaborative, efficient, and best‑practices‑focused approach to coverage litigation across the team. Provide entity‑level coverage litigation coordination to ensure a consistent approach across the claims team, while developing best practices that fit the Beazley model for dispute management.

• Assist with the execution of the Beazley claims vision
• Work with the GCMT to develop, oversee, and contribute to the group claims coverage litigation strategy and vision
• Share and develop coverage litigation best practices within and across Group Claims
• Maintain current knowledge of legislative and regulatory changes and assess operational impact on the management of claims in coverage litigation
• Develop and execute a strategy to share information and collaborate with GCMT and CTLs to ensure consistency in coverage litigation management

• Leverage specialized knowledge of coverage litigation to lead, influence, diagnose, and develop recommendations for an integrated and seamless claims coverage litigation approach across Group Claims
• Develop a uniform strategy to address coverage litigation, driving best practices both within the claims team and, where relevant, to other teams
• Identify, provide, and cascade market intelligence on the overall coverage litigation environment, emerging exposures, and litigation trends that may impact overall business strategy
• Oversee the structure and organizational methods for coverage‑litigated claims to ensure an effective, efficient, and consistently applied approach for handling coverage litigation across Group Claims
• Act as resource and, when requested, lead cross‑functional claims initiatives to ensure collaboration and consistency with respect to monitoring coverage decisions that impact the various teams
• Set the strategy for and oversee central coverage litigation resources for Group Claims to provide consistent information on mandatory disclosures, litigation guidelines and processes, and discovery processes
• Identify coverage litigation training needs for Group Claims and develop and execute training programs
• Create and oversee a system of management to track cases in coverage litigation and ensure alignment on progress and resources needed to support the Group Claims coverage litigation process
• Manage and run eDiscovery requests for production, initial disclosures, and coverage investigations on behalf of Group Claims
• When necessary, liaise with CBMT and Compliance on regulatory enquiries including market examinations, supporting any requests for the team’s coordination or production of documents, answering questions, and making staff available for interview

• Coordinate with GCMT and CTLs to ensure optimization of Beazley’s spend on legal, litigation vendors and claims adjustment support services
• In coordination with CBMT, proactively review data regarding all third‑party professionals working on coverage litigation to ensure claims service requirements, best practices, and cost efficiency

• Ensure that own staff have terms of reference setting out their responsibilities and reporting lines
• Recruit, deploy, and develop people to anticipate and meet current and future needs
• Ensure that employees have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform effectively in their roles
• Review performance and conduct bi‑annual performance appraisals
• Identify and address training needs across the team
• Mentor team members and provide input into…