Senior Liability Claim Specialist

    Location: Onsite in Jacksonville, FL Schedule: Monday – Friday 8-5 Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000 annually based on experience, some flexibility       What work will you perform? As a Senior Claims Adjuster, you will investigate, evaluate, and resolve complex commercial auto claims involving bodily injury and property damage. Working with attorneys, vendors, and internal stakeholders, you will determine liability, assess damages, manage claim reserves, and develop effective resolution strategies through settlement or litigation. Your experience handling litigated casualty, transportation, trucking, or commercial auto claims who enjoy investigative work, critical thinking, negotiation, and decision-making in a fast-paced environment will be the ground work for success with Landstar. The role offers excellent opportunities to deepen your litigation and claims management skills while contributing to the successful resolution of complex claims and protecting the organization's financial interests. Essential Responsibilities:  Review initial information and identify involved parties and potential exposures after confirming insurance coverage available Obtain, verify, and preserve documents and discovery items to formulate liability and damages decisions while considering applicable rules and laws of the accident venue Assign vendors and experts for specific assignment as needed. Monitor adequacy of all claim reserves; adjusting within authority level or notify management of needed increase Make timely liability decisions and set appropriate strategy for resolution Work closely with defense counsel to direct litigation activity, adequacy of resolution strategy, and respond timely to litigation discovery requests. (Requests for Admission, Request for Production and Interrogatories). Participate in arbitrations, mediations, settlement conferences and trials when requested, which may include out of state and overnight travel Ensure claim activity, reserves, and payments are timely documented within the claims management system Work closely with management on potential high exposure claims and files in litigation, and timely identify and report high exposure files to senior management and excess insurers Submit information timely to CMS/Medicare, ISO, OFAC, MVTIS, etc and identify fraud indicators for submission to SIU   Required Minimum Experience and Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience 3 years of litigation claims experience Current 6-20 all lines license   Preferred Experience and Education: 5 years litigation claims experience   Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to interpret contracts and Commercial Auto/Trucking policies relating to Auto, GL, UM/UIM, and PIP/No-Fault claims Understand and apply tort and contractual law and moderate to superior understanding of legal terms, civil procedures, and concepts Proficient with technology to include all Microsoft Office products, claims management systems, and external sites such as ISO, ExamWorks, ARMS, etc. Ability to quickly recognize potential risk exposures resulting from accidents and demonstrated sound judgment and decision-making abilities  Ability to write captioned management reports that conform to prescribed style and format Ability to effectively present information to senior management, claims committees, or other professional groups Ability to analyze monthly key performance indicators and address deficiencies