Role: Insurance Manager REF 1482412
Contract Length: Until July 2025
Location: Hybrid/Lambeth – mostly remote working with occasional office attendance
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £186.78 per day
Spinwell is recruiting for an Insurance Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSURANCE MANAGER
- To provide advice, support and strategic direction across the council on insurance related matters, including assessing individual departmental insurance requirements, providing interpretation of policy coverage and ensuring that all risks are and remain adequately covered.
- To lead on the development and provision of insurance related training courses tools and materials for use by departments and schools.
- To support and assist the Risk and Insurance Manager in the insurance renewal process including full contract tendering and negotiation and the completion of relevant renewal reports.
- To calculate, advise upon and collect insurance re-charges for departments and schools, including carrying out an annual review of the process and the insurance re-charge methodology recommending any necessary changes where appropriate.
- To provide and manage an effective in-house claims handling service to council departments and schools, ensuring that claim trends are analysed and measures implemented to minimise future losses to the insurance fund.
- To ensure full compliance with the insurance anti-fraud strategy ensuring that all claims are properly investigated and opportunities to detect and prevent fraud are identified and suitable measures implemented.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE INSURANCE MANAGER
- Possession of a recognised insurance qualification such as CII, or five years experience of working in an insurance environment at a management level, and a willingness to work towards gaining a recognised insurance qualification.
- Record of achievement in the direct management of staff.
- Awareness and understanding of the financial, legal and social environments in which an inner London local authority operates.
- Effective development and implementation of insurance claims management systems and processes.
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining internal and external working relationships.
- Excellent IT skills, particularly spreadsheets and databases.
If you are an Insurance Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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