Risk Managemet Oportunity
Musco Lighting, the leader in the sports lighting industry, has career opportunities for people who want to work with a team that has unique worldwide growth opportunties but is small enough you can personally make a difference.
We are seeking candidates for a Risk Manager, who will direct global risk management efforts, loss prevention/safety, claims, business continuity and insurance programs.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and supervision of Risk Management Analyst or other Risk Management staff.
- Manage both the global and domestic corporate, and Musco family insurance programs, including property, casualty, executive risk, international liability, aviation, professional liability and applicable terrestrial lines of coverage.
- Work directly with domestic and global insurance brokers and carriers, negotiate premiums, policy wording, agreements and direct claims processing, including maintenance of existing broker and carrier relationships.
- Provide oversight and administration of all claims activities.
- Direct compilation of data for renewals and benchmarks of both domestic and global insurance coverage to ensure appropriateness and competitiveness with our peers.
- Perform review of insurance and indemnification provisions in business contracts for compliance with applicable lines of coverage.
- Identification and mitigation of risk exposures, in terms of frequency, severity and cause of loss, at all worldwide locations.
- Oversee the administration of company’s worldwide, worker’s compensation program, including claims management, quarterly claims reviews and directing the investigation of accidents and injuries.
- Provide risk management consulting to internal customers throughout the company, including loss control expertise.
- Direct the ongoing management of the business continuity program.
- Budgeting, reporting and administration of departmental budget for risk management
- Other special projects, as assigned.
Requirements and qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in Insurance/Risk Management, Business, or a related field, and 3-6 years experience in risk assessment and management, insurance placement, policy review, claims processing, and other insurance issues
- Experience with global, large deductible and self-insured programs is preferred.
- Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks
- Ability to work with a variety of people at all levels, both within Musco and outside the company
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
- Ability to meet critical deadlines in a timely manner
For more information and to apply, please visit www.musco.com. Musco Lighting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Following is the resume of a former member of one of our Chapter's Associate Member companies. I am sure Paula will appreciate any assistance that you may have in assisting her in gaining new employment.
PAULA GIBSON DENISON 1370 Doe Run Drive
North Liberty, Iowa 52317
(319) 530-9184
PGibsonDenison@hotmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- Self-disciplined and dedicated to follow through.
- Detail oriented, organized, accurate, efficient, and professional.
- Able to work as a team player and independently.
- Thorough knowledge of claims management processes and procedures
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Accounts Managing/Sales
- Serve as a primary business contact for the client and maintain client satisfaction.
- Review all major deliverables to ensure quality standards and client expectations are being met.
- Awareness and pursuit of opportunities for account growth and new business.
- Understanding of company capabilities and service, and effectively communicating all offerings to the client.
- Report to the Director of Business Development, providing regular input on all account activity, including status and call reports on a weekly basis.
- Provide strong aggressive marketing leadership to meet ever changing business development goals.
- Represent firm/company at events such as: claims association meetings, firm seminars, client seminars, chamber and community events as well as Junior Achievement fund raisers.
Paralegal
- Identify and pursue potential third party subrogation recoveries associated with workers compensation claims and excess recovery reimbursements.
- Review multi-jurisdictional workers compensation claims to determine potential for third party subrogation recovery.
- Provide guidance and direction to claims staff for obtaining any additional investigation/information necessary to identify or pursue subrogation; provides subrogation training to claims offices.
- Contact client to discuss and obtain authorization to pursue third party subrogation, assignments to subrogation counsel, and settlement authority.
- Gather information necessary to support viable subrogation claim; documents claim notes with appropriate information.
- Send appropriate subrogation lien notices to appropriate parties.
- Maintain a diary on all active claims with subrogation potential and claims meeting excess reporting criteria; pursues excess reimbursements.
- Secure recovery from responsible parties; enters recoveries into claims management system.
- Prepare status reports for client as required.
- Interview victims and witnesses, prepared summaries of those interviews for use in charging decisions, as well as plea negotiations or trial.
- Conducted employee grievance investigations for final administrative remedy, including but not limited to: sexual harassment, invasion of privacy, employee performance evaluations & disciplinary actions.
- Assist in civil litigation involving Johnson County Departments including Board of Assessment Review, Planning and Zoning Commission Decisions, Secondary Roads, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Department and Jail Administration.
Legal Documentation
- Prepare documents for all phases of practice primarily in workers' compensation and family law
- In-depth memorandum concerning compensability issues, medical treatment and status.
- Correspondence to medical practitioners, nurse case managers, mediators, attorneys, claims adjusters and employer representatives.
- Legal documents regarding all phases of administrative and settlement proceedings; discovery pleadings, responses to written discovery requests, mediation statements, exhibits and witness lists, hearing reports and dispositive motions.
- Prepare calculations of weekly benefit rates, duration of payments and any interest accumulated on late payments.
- Perform legal research and prepare reports thereon.
- Prepare Child Support Obligation Worksheets, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Trial Information and Minutes of Testimony.
- Subpoena and Subpoena Duces Tecum.
- Enforced Court Ordered Obligations through monitoring and ultimately Rule to Show Cause action
- Prepare victim/witness travel coordination/accommodations.
Computer Skills
- Utilization of case management software: Amicus.
- Maintenance of database of clients, physicians, surveillance professionals, nurse case managers and prospects.
- Utilization of Workers’ Compensation Commissioners’ Website, Hot Docs, Iowa Child Support Software.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Health Systems International 9/2009 thru present
Account Manager
SedgwickCMS 7/2009 to 9/2009
Recovery Specialist II
Scheldrup Blades Schrock Sand Aranza, P.C. 1/2004 to 7/2009
Legal Assistant
Johnson County Attorney’s Office 1/1998 to 12/2004
Legal Assistant
Law Offices of McMurray & Becker 8/1995 to 12/1997
Paralegal
Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Administrative Counsel 2/1993 – 6/1994
Legal Secretary/Assistant
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Associate of the Arts- May 1992
Paralegal Studies Program, A.B.A. Approved
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Bachelor of Liberal Arts-May 1991
Political Science/Psychology
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Claims Association
Central Iowa Claims Association
Iowa City/Coralville Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Claims Association
Risk Insurance Management Society