Professional Indemnity Claims Solicitor

Professional Indemnity Claims Solicitor

Salary: £70,000–£80,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: London

Are you an experienced Professional Indemnity Solicitor with a background in defendant insurance litigation looking for your next challenge?

Our client is a highly respected specialist organisation operating within the insurance and claims management sector. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced solicitor to join their Professional Indemnity team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, high-value defendant professional indemnity claims , acting on behalf of insurers and insured professionals. You'll manage a varied caseload involving claims against SRA and FCA regulated professionals, providing strategic, commercially focused legal advice from first notification through to resolution.

The Role

Working as part of a specialist team, you will manage professional indemnity claims on behalf of insurers and their insureds, ensuring claims are handled efficiently, fairly and in line with policy coverage and regulatory requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload of defendant professional indemnity claims from inception through to conclusion.
• Handling claims involving SRA regulated law firms and solicitors, together with FCA regulated professionals.
• Investigating liability, indemnity, causation and quantum issues.
• Advising insurers and insured professionals on policy coverage, litigation strategy and claims resolution.
• Instructing and liaising with panel solicitors, counsel, experts and other stakeholders where appropriate.
• Negotiating settlements and overseeing defended litigation.
• Building strong relationships with insurers, brokers, insureds and other key stakeholders.
• Maintaining accurate case records and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Qualified Solicitor status.
• Proven experience handling defendant professional indemnity claims .
• A strong understanding of insurance law and professional negligence.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation and communication skills.
• The ability to manage a technically challenging caseload with minimal supervision.
• A commercial, solution-focused approach and exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience working with insurers, claims handlers or within the insurance sector would be highly desirable.
• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to build credibility with clients and stakeholders.

Apply now for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.

HOW TO APPLY:

Contact Pasquale Agatiello at eNL on or email with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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