Crop Claims Representative (Eastern Iowa)

About the role

The Crop Division of Great American is seeking a Claims Representative to join our team in Eastern Iowa. This position offers the opportunity to work fully remotely while requiring up to 40% travel.

Responsibilities

• Manages an inventory of crop related claims to evaluate compensability and liability.
• Conducts claim investigations to confirm coverage and determine liability, compensability, and damages, which may include crop field work and knowledge of grain marketing.
• Determines and may negotiate appropriate claim settlements and reserves within assigned authority.
• May attend arbitrations, mediations, depositions, or trials.
• Conveys routine to moderately complex information regarding coverage and settlements to insureds, claimants, and external partners.
• Makes routine payments within assigned authority limit and ensures timely payment.
• Maintains accurate and detailed claim files, including all correspondence, reports, and settlement agreements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A minimum of 6 months of experience in general agriculture, ag business/sales, agronomy, and/or grain merchandising.
• Crop Insurance experience is highly favorable.
• Ability to travel up to 40% within the territory.

Physical Requirements

• Requires continuous and prolonged walking and standing.
• Requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of objects up to 50 lbs.
• Requires frequent climbing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, and crawling.
• Requires overhead reaching and grabbing.
• Requires regular and predictable attendance.
• Requires ability to conduct visual inspections.
• Requires work outdoors, in inclement weather conditions.
• Requires frequent travel.
• May require ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Wellness plans.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Commuter benefits.