Workers' compensation Subrogation Examiner

## Workers' compensation Subrogation Examiner
**POSITION SUMMARY:** Perform Workers Compensation, subrogation and recovery tasks within the claims handling guidelines and in accordance with established Best Practices.

# DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify subrogation opportunities through review of loss information and FNOL data.
• Place carriers on notice of subrogation
• Perfect the lien and manage contact with claimants and their legal representatives.
• Obtain documents supporting subrogation from clients.
• Submit demands for subrogation.
• Affect subrogation recovery.
• Set reserves, post recoveries, track financial elements.
• Tasks as directed by leadership.
• Mentor team members pursuant to subrogation best practices to enhance technical knowledge and efficiency
• Collaborate with leadership and legal counsel on litigation, arbitration, and mediation strategies

**EQUIPMENT OPERATED/USED**: Computer, 10-key, printer, copier, fax/scanner machine and other office equipment.
**SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR CLOTHING:** Appropriate office attire
## Qualifications
# **QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:**

• Education/Experience: High school diploma, GED, 2 years of college or equivalent work experience
• 2-5 Years of Workers Compensation Subrogation Recovery Experience
• Multi-jurisdictional workers' compensation subrogation handling
• Familiarity with New York Labor Law/New York Scaffold Law
• Additional experience with construction-related and complex claims
• Basic proficiency with email applications, as well as common office applications (email, Word, Excel basic, PowerPoint)

# **Preferred Skills:**

• Prefer candidates with auto subrogation recovery experience.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communications skills.
• Demonstrated advanced analytical, decision making and negotiation skills.
• Computer proficiency.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to manage relationships in a fast-paced environment, while demonstrating problem solving and decision-making skills to work with customers.
• Good analytical abilities to review, exercise judgment and evaluate claims in order to make sound decisions with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to carry out detailed written or verbal instructions, ability to respond to requests effectively and efficiently and exhibit good common sense.
• An ability to handle assigned claims following company guidelines and industry best practices with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Time management skills, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize issues and tasks.
• Ability to effectively operate computer equipment and applications.
• Independence, flexibility, and creativity.

Other Qualifications

• None

Mental and Physical Requirements: [see separate attachment for a copy of the checklist of psychological and physical requirements]

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| **MENTAL****AND****PHYSICAL****REQUIREMENTS** |

| 1. **MENTAL****EFFORT** 1. 1. Reasoning development: Follow one- or two-step instructions, routine, repetitive task. X Carry out detailed but uninvolved written or verbal instructions; deal with a few concrete. variables. Follow written, verbal, or diagrammatic instructions, several concrete variables. Solve practical problems; various variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions. Logical or scientific thinking to solve problems, several abstract and concrete variables. Wide range of intellectual and practical problems; comprehend most obscure concepts. |

| b. Mathematical development: Simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting, and recording. |

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| X Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers. Arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages. Arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric calculations. |