Litigation Manager

4 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Sanlam Full time

Career Opportunity

Legal Claims Solutions (LCS) has a position available for a Litigation Manager who will be based in Alice Lane, Sandton.

Job Description

This position requires an individual to investigate the merits of a matter, determine policy response and instruct and manage external attorneys. Monitor and manage legal costs and ensure that the external attorney adheres to the prescribed Santam Memorandum of Understanding.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine if the policy needs to respond to the claim lodged by applying the policy wording to the facts
• Appointing and managing of resources
• Ensure correct payment of costs
• Effective diary management
• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders – which may include, brokers, administrators, underwriting
• Service: provide excellent professional service to all relevant parties, both internal and external
• Authorisation of claims payments in accordance with mandate
• Manage the relationship and performance of the attorney

Qualifications and Experience

• Matric/Grade 12
• BCom LLB or LLB degree
• Thorough knowledge and practical experience in Civil Litigation
• Being an admitted attorney will serve as an advantage
• Product Knowledge: Short Term Insurance
• Expert knowledge of process flow systems

Skills

• Excellent client service orientation
• Information acquisition and investigation skills
• Time management skills

Competencies

• Driving strategy
• Commercial orientation
• Decision making
• Enabling innovation
• Change leadership
• Continuous learning
• Talent-focused leadership
• Talent enablement
• Emotional intelligence

About the Company

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia. 

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees. 

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.


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