AVP, Claims Client Services

About the role

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the achievement of both short-and long-term business objectives by driving the development and implementation of strategic and operational objectives designed to promote CNA Claim value proposition, enhance and expand claim services, increase customer retention and positively impact the customer experience.
• Delivers distinctive value to customers by developing, building and maintaining profitable partnerships with CNA’s largest commercial casualty accounts, ensuring ongoing satisfaction with products and services and identifying opportunities to enhance service offerings that meet or exceed customer needs.
• Acts as a key point of contact both internally and externally at senior levels for National Brokers, Agencies and CNA Branch Vice Presidents by representing CNA Claims, communicating claim strategies, and initiatives, promoting product and service capabilities, establishing proactive touchpoints, ensuring timely responses and problem resolution and gathering and sharing feedback throughout the organization.
• Leads, directs and has full management accountability for Client Service organization with an emphasis on coaching, talent development, communication, effective expense management, driving a high performance culture, and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction.
• Owns overall Client Services budget and is accountable for managing all expenses by selectively and actively managing all resources while efficiently delivering high quality service.
• Participates in the development and communication of claim corporate or LoB strategies, goals, initiatives, products, capabilities, organization changes/issues that impact large account clients and brokers.
• Serves as a point of contact for CNA to obtain feedback of our claim service and customer reaction to changes.
• Raises expectations of self and others by continuously learning and broadening industry and technical knowledge, expanding competitive intelligence and attending and/or participating at industry events and forums.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Mastery of the commercial insurance industry and risk management marketplace and products and services
Strategic thinking skills such that individual is able to develop and execute on both a short and longer term operational plan
Advanced communication skills (including both written and verbal) and demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility
Demonstrated ability to collaborate, and to develop and build strong partnerships both externally and internally
Strong leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism
Ability to drive results by identifying and resolving significant problems within scope of responsibility
Extensive high level customer service experience and capability to provide superior solutions to internal and/or external customers
Creative thinking skills and ability to use diverse and innovative ideas to solve problems
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with Master’s preferred in a related discipline, or equivalent
• Typically a minimum of twelve years of related work experience, with seven years management experience
• Applicable certifications preferred

Benefits

CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals. For a detailed look at CNA’s benefits, please visit cnabenefits.com.

Pay

In certain jurisdictions, CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. In District of Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, the national base pay range for this job level is $152,000 to $242,000 annually.

Schedule

CNA utilizes AI-enabled technology during the recruiting process. For more information, please visit our careers page.