Costs Negotiator

Davies
United Kingdom
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceEducation: professionalSkills: ["Client liaison","Telephone negotiation","Communication","Planning","Teamwork"]

Manage your own caseload of complex injury claims costs, from receipt of papers through to resolution. Proactively review cases to set costs strategies and settlement parameters, prepare points of dispute, and negotiate settlements via telephone. Provide client progress updates within SLAs, conduct file reviews, and support advocacy through conferences, hearings, and mediations (remote and in person). Coordinate with a paralegal and meet Keoghs/Keoghs quality standards, KPIs, and MI requirements.

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Davies
5 hours ago

Costs Negotiator

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Job Summary

Manage your own caseload of complex injury claims costs, from receipt of papers through to resolution. Proactively review cases to set costs strategies and settlement parameters, prepare points of dispute, and negotiate settlements via telephone. Provide client progress updates within SLAs, conduct file reviews, and support advocacy through conferences, hearings, and mediations (remote and in person). Coordinate with a paralegal and meet Keoghs/Keoghs quality standards, KPIs, and MI requirements.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Progress each file from receipt of papers to resolution of costs, managing your own caseload.
  • •Proactively review cases to formulate initial costs strategy and settlement parameters.
  • •Prepare points of dispute and consider replies; identify and document strengths and weaknesses of your case and the opponent’s costs claimed.
  • •Use the telephone to discuss cases, put forward meritorious arguments, and negotiate settlement of costs.
  • •Instruct counsel and attend conferences, detailed assessment hearings, mediations, and court application hearings to conduct advocacy (remote and in person), while meeting performance targets and SLAs.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Paid LeaveHealth InsurancePensionGym MembershipOnline Gp

Key Requirements

  • •12 months experience as a minimum in a similar costs negotiator role with own caseload (claimant or defendant).
  • •Degree and/or LPC and/or ALCD.
  • •Experience of client liaison, taking instructions and providing advice verbally and in writing.
  • •Experience of the Detailed Assessment process, including preparing Points of Dispute and considering replies.
  • •Good telephone negotiation skills and understanding of current costs case law and insurance litigation practice/process.
Experience:Insurance litigationComplex injury claimsPersonal injuryLegal services
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.) in LPC and/or ALCD and/or Degree
Skills:Client liaisonTelephone negotiationCommunicationPlanningTeamwork
Tech Stack:Microsoft Office

Company Brief

Davies
Davies is a specialist professional services and technology firm delivering claims, underwriting, and risk solutions to insurers, reinsurers, brokers and regulated businesses globally, with major capabilities in claims management, forensics, and digital transformation.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: City of London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1968
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