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The Claims Manager is responsible for overseeing the administration of the worker’s compensation and liability claims program. The Claims Manager establishes and maintains standards and procedures for “Best Practices” both internally and externally for all aspects of the worker’s compensation and liability claims activities. In addition, the role develops and implements strategies to reduce and/or eliminate the financial exposure through accident and injury reduction. The Claims Manager ensures compliance with local, State, and Federal agencies regarding claims issues and claims handling.

This is Remote opportunity out of any of these US states are: D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Virginia. As your taxes are based on your home address location, you will not be able to move and work to states outside of these.

What You’ll Do

• Manage external vendors in the areas of claims administration, managed care, and litigation through benchmarking, loss analysis, and key performance indicators
• Ensure adherence to best practices as well as company specific claim program goals, directives, initiatives, policies and procedures
• Collaborate on policies and procedures for loss prevention and risk control
• Provide assistance and guidance to departments regarding liability, risk issues, and safety compliance
• Manage handling of lawsuits involving the insured claims program and act as liaison with internal and external attorneys
• Ensure compliance with federal and state safety regulations, and coordinate and present training on worker’s compensation programs
• Partner with Health & Safety and Compliance to identify employee injury trends by providing metrics for HSE to conduct claims prevention actions and to implement policies and procedures for future claims prevention
• Participate in safety and risk committee meetings, and follow up regarding committee actions and recommendations
• Make recommendations to the Senior Manager for changes to safety practices, procedures, and HR policy regarding employee safety
• Conduct and oversee all claims reviews and audits to ensure effective claims handling by external adjusters
• Authorize settlement activity within established authority
• Manage collection of required regulatory and company-specific claim related data to ensure compliance with all recordkeeping, reporting, loss forecasting, and loss analysis requirements
• Manage all OSHA compliance and reporting responsibilities in coordination with the Health and Safety Department
• Research and resolve employee inquiries about discrepancies with Worker’s Compensation benefits
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Need

What You’ll Receive

At Lidl, we know that in order for our people to do their best, they must be at their best. That’s why as a company, we offer one of the most generous benefits packages in the industry.

All our Lidl employees are eligible to receive the following benefits:

Medical | Dental | Vision coverage
Paid Holiday & Paid Time Off (PTO)
401k Plan (+ 5% company match and no vesting schedule)
And so much more, visit our benefits page for more details and the latest updates
In addition to the great benefits above, our Full-Time employees receive these additional benefits: Group Term Life & AD&D Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance, Voluntary Critical Illness and/or Accident Insurance, Parental Leave – 100% pay for birth mothers and non-birth parents, Additional Paid Time-Off & Sick Time.

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