Established in 1986, SELF is one of the largest and most successful risk pools in the country providing excess liability coverage solely to California’s public educational agencies. Members of SELF include K-12 districts, community college districts, charter schools, county offices of education and regional occupational programs equating to approximately 2.7 million students.
The Senior Claims Adjuster, under the general direction of the Director of Claims, is expected to oversee a caseload of complex liability claims within the SELF Excess Liability program. This person will be responsible for providing guidance and advice in defending claims made against SELF members; assisting in assigning and managing defense counsel and their associated activities and expenditures; developing, in concert with the primary adjusting team and defense counsel, litigation and/or settlement strategies and resources needed to achieve favorable results; providing regular written and oral management status reports; and acting as SELF’s representative in either settlement or trial activities. This position will work with members, defense counsel, the claims adjusting team, and other business partners in a collaborative way and assure that SELF’s activities are conducted with the highest level of diligence, care, integrity, and customer service. SELF offers a competitive compensation package including CalPERS retirement and a generous health and welfare benefit package. Starting salary range is $120,000 to $150,000 DOE. The SELF office is located in downtown Sacramento but offers flexible remote work opportunities.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree and 15 years of increasingly responsible work experience in casualty insurance claims adjusting, reporting, management and settlement work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Candidates with California public entity claims handling experience are preferred. A full description of this position can be found at: https://www.selfjpa.org/empopp. Submit via email. No phone calls please.