Litigation Claim Adjuster

We need to output only HTML fragment, no html/body tags, no markdown fences. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, navigation, cookie, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Intro: "Litigation Claims Adjuster Hybrid Work Schedule Melville, New York Merchants Insurance Group is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast and is looking for a Litigation Claims Adjuster to join our growing Claims Legal Team in our Melville, New York office. The Litigation Claims Adjuster will become part of a dedicated team focusing on auto and general liability claims, which includes New York Labor Law, construction defect, premises and/or third-party property damage claims. This position interacts extensively with internal colleagues as well as policyholders, agents, attorneys and a multitude of claim-related service providers." - Then some company honors: "Merchants Insurance Group Is Rated A- (Excellent) With a Stable Outlook By A.M. Best And Is Consistently Recognized As a Top Employer And High-performing Organization. Recent Honors Include Best Places to Work in Western New York (Buffalo Business First, 2023–2026)Fast Track Company (2019–2025) and Top Private Company (2019–2025)Ward’s 50® top-performing property-casualty insurer (2021–2024)Ivans Spark Award for Innovation (2024–2025)Named to Newsweek and Statista’s America’s Most Reliable Companies list (2025), ranked among the top 300 of 1,500 B2B organizations evaluated" - Then: "We offer a hybrid work schedule, requiring two full days per week in the office, with flexibility to work remotely or in office the remaining days. This model supports collaboration while providing flexibility and work-life balance." - Then "Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:" followed by bullet list (though it's a run-on sentence with periods). We need to extract duties as list items. List of duties: - Cultivating relationships with claims and other internal staff, policyholders, attorneys, agents and a variety of service providers and experts all while working towards achieving the most optimal outcomes for Merchants and our policyholders. - Providing a high level of customer service while managing a portfolio of complex and high exposure litigated claims involving complex liability and damage issues. - Evaluating coverage by interpreting/applying policy language to claim facts and preparing appropriate and timely coverage position letters. - Conducting and directing timely and quality claim investigation, evaluation and equitable settlement of all assigned claims. - Ensuring timely and accurate reserves consistent with established reserving philosophy and practices. - Negotiating fair and equitable settlements directly with attorneys. - Identifying risk transfer opportunities through trade contracts and/or applicable law. - Then "Qualifications & Skills" section: bullet list. Qualifications: - Qualified candidates will have a 4-year degree or equivalent work-related experience. - 5 plus years’ experience handling commercial lines claims. - Experience with New York Labor Law, construction defect and/or third-party property damage claims is a plus. - Candidates with JD and insurance defense experience looking for a new career path are encouraged to apply. - Ability to oversee and manage defense counsel, select and retain appropriate experts and develop appropriate resolution strategies. - Professional designations or working towards industry specific designations are a plus. - Exceptional organization, negotiation, verbal and written communication skills are required. - Then "Merchants Insurance Group Pay Information": paragraph about competitive pay scale, estimated salary range $90,000 - $130,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. This range is merely an estimate; actual compensation may deviate from this range based on skills, experience and qualifications. - Then "Merchants Insurance Group Benefits": list of benefits. Benefits list: - Welcoming and positive work environment. - Colleague Appreciation events. - Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours. - Hybrid work schedule. The Hybrid work schedule will require two full days per week in the office, with the option of working the remaining days per week at home or in the office. - Competitive pay scale. - Company bonus program. - Generous paid time off package. - Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars. - Tuition Reimbursement. - And many more exciting company benefits!! We need to include sections only if they have real specific content. We have: - About the role: maybe we can include an "About the role" section summarizing the intro and company honors? The instruction: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Requirements? The posting has "Qualifications & Skills". Could split into Qualifications and Skills sections. But we need to decide based on content. We have qualifications list (education, experience, etc.) and skills list (organization, negotiation, communication). Could separate. We also have schedule info: hybrid work schedule requiring two full days per week in office, flexibility remote etc. That's covered also in Benefits but also schedule. We can include a Schedule section with that detail. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual specifics. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Litigation Claims Adjuster. We must not include Job ID etc. We must remove EEO boilerplate etc. We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use

for headings,

• for lists,

  for prose. We need to decide how to structure. Potential sections: - About the role: include intro paragraph about role, team, interactions, company honors/hybrid schedule? Actually hybrid schedule could go to Schedule section. But we could include hybrid schedule in About the role? Better to separate. Let's extract: About the role: The role description: "Litigation Claims Adjuster will become part of a dedicated team focusing on auto and general liability claims, which includes New York Labor Law, construction defect, premises and/or third-party property damage claims. This position interacts extensively with internal colleagues as well as policyholders, agents, attorneys and a multitude of claim-related service providers." Also maybe include company honors? Those are about the employer, not the role. Could be part of About the role or separate? The instruction says sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. So we can put company honors in About the role as part of description of employer. That's substantive. Thus About the role paragraph: combine the intro and honors. But we must not duplicate content. We'll include:

  Merchants Insurance Group is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast and is looking for a Litigation Claims Adjuster to join our growing Claims Legal Team in our Melville, New York office. The Litigation Claims Adjuster will become part of a dedicated team focusing on auto and general liability claims, which includes New York Labor Law, construction defect, premises and/or third-party property damage claims. This position interacts extensively with internal colleagues as well as policyholders, agents, attorneys and a multitude of claim-related service providers. Merchants Insurance Group is rated A- (Excellent) with a stable outlook by A.M. Best and is consistently recognized as a top employer and high-performing organization. Recent honors include Best Places to Work in Western New York (Buffalo Business First, 2023–2026), Fast Track Company (2019–2025), Top Private Company (2019–2025), Ward’s 50® top-performing property-casualty insurer (2021–2024), Ivans Spark Award for Innovation (2024–2025), and named to Newsweek and Statista’s America’s Most Reliable Companies list (2025), ranked among the top 300 of 1,500 B2B organizations evaluated.

  That seems fine. Next, Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll output

  Responsibilities

  then
  • each duty. Next, Qualifications: education, years experience, experience with NY Labor Law etc, JD etc, ability to oversee defense counsel, professional designations. We'll output

    Qualifications

    then
    • . Next, Skills: exceptional organization, negotiation, verbal and written communication skills required. We could also include ability to oversee etc as skill but it's more qualification. We'll keep skills separate. Thus Skills:

      Skills

      • Exceptional organization, negotiation, verbal and written communication skills are required.
      Next, Benefits: list of benefits. We need to include each benefit as list item. Some are sentences. We'll output

      Benefits

      • Welcoming and positive work environment.
      • Colleague Appreciation events.
      • Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours.
      • Hybrid work schedule. The Hybrid work schedule will require two full days per week in the office, with the option of working the remaining days per week at home or in the office.
      • Competitive pay scale.
      • Company bonus program.
      • Generous paid time off package.
      • Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.
      • Tuition Reimbursement.
      • And many more exciting company benefits!!
      But note that hybrid schedule appears also in Benefits; we may also have a Schedule section. To avoid duplication, we could either keep hybrid schedule only in Benefits or Schedule. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. We have specific content for schedule: hybrid work schedule requiring two full days per week in office, flexibility remote etc. So we should have a Schedule section with that detail. However, the Benefits section also mentions hybrid schedule; we could keep it there but that would duplicate. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is not prohibited explicitly, but we should avoid redundant duplication? It says remove duplicated lines. So we should not duplicate the same sentence. The hybrid schedule description appears twice: once in the "We offer a hybrid work schedule..." paragraph earlier, and again in Benefits list. We should keep only one occurrence. Since we have a Schedule section, we can put the hybrid schedule description there, and maybe remove it from Benefits list to avoid duplication. However, the Benefits list also includes "Hybrid work schedule." as a bullet; we could keep that as a brief label and then detail in Schedule? But that would be duplication of the concept. Better to keep the hybrid schedule description in Schedule section, and in Benefits list we can have a brief item like "Hybrid work schedule" without repeating the detail. But the Benefits list currently