Manage a block of litigated disability claims at Sun Life with a focus on proactive customer service and financial outcomes. Collaborate closely with legal and claims operations teams.
Responsibilities
Manage your litigated block of cases with a strong proactive customer service focus, exhibiting expert skill in both disability and litigation management and following relevant practices, processes, and guidelines.
Represent Sun Life in a highly professional manner at mediations, examinations for discovery, pre-trials, trials, grievance arbitrations and at any other judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding.
Instruct our legal counsel on the final disposition of litigated claims.
Handle other escalated matters in thorough, timely and effective manner, following relevant practices and processes, again with a strong proactive customer service focus.
Provide leadership in complex case management.
Build a strong knowledge of litigation management strategies.
Work to improve your quality outcomes.
Build strong, effective relationships with your manager, and other members of the litigation management team, working in partnership with them to help the team meet expected business outcomes.
Create and deliver presentations to disability claims operations based on common trends within litigation or on other relevant topics.
Demonstrate an excellent knowledge of group insurance, disability case management strategies and risk management.
Consistently build strong working relationships with members of our legal services department, disability claims operations, and other stakeholders, working proactively and in partnership with them.
Contribute to a dynamic work environment by identifying opportunities to continuously improve processes to better meet our service excellence, quality and financial commitments to our customers.
Identify issues and solutions on litigated cases that require follow-up within the disability operations.
Contribute to the ongoing business retention and growth by building strong working relationships with our customers and by your proactive engagement with plan sponsors.
Help prioritize work to meet customer expectations.
Coach and mentor other team members as opportunities arise.
Requirements
Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada and worldwide.
Stellar customer service skills
Strong organizational, analytical and decision-making skills
Excellent listening skills and capacity for empathy
Ability to deal with stressful situations
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to self-reflect and demonstrate other personal characteristics that positively influence your own engagement and growth
Strong interpersonal and motivational skills
Demonstrated ability to adapt to change
Ability to understand and explain new concepts to successfully transfer knowledge and promote both engagement and implementation
Strong ability to objectively review information taking into consideration all aspects of files/situations
Strong ability to work collaboratively with others
Demonstrated ability to negotiate
Ability to travel (valid driver’s license and access to vehicle are required for travel)
Excellent knowledge of disability case management strategies
Strong computer skills and Microsoft Office knowledge
A bachelor's degree or equivalent business experience.
At least 5 years of recent disability case management experience.
Some knowledge of litigation case management strategies.
Strong negotiation skills.
Benefits
Access to short-term assignments or ‘Gigs’ across the organization, to help you develop new skills and connections.
Charitable giving through our You Give, We Give program lets you give back to your community – and in many cases, we’ll match your contributions.
Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e., family or others you may support) and Sick Days to support your well-being.
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