Insurance Risk & Compliance Manager

Description

The Insurance Risk & Compliance Manager ensures that the organization conducts its business processes in compliance with laws and regulations, professional standards, and accepted business practices and is responsible for managing the risk insurance programs that ensure that our company remains fully compliant with relevant local, state, and federal regulations, advising leadership on possible risks that might occur, and managing the incident reporting and claims processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversees a range of claims programs including general and liability, auto, and workers' compensation and manages the incident reporting and claims processes.
• Monitors major and critical insurance risks & manages the process for elevating insurance issues to senior management when appropriate.
• Works closely with legal on pending claims and litigation, notifications to insurance underwriters of potential claims under the current and legacy policies.
• Processes requests for Certificates of Insurance (COIs) and responds timely to department requests related to certificates of insurance.
• Facilitates cross-departmental engagement to identify and mitigate existing and emerging risk.
• Manages the insurance and risk budget, including premium forecasting and allocation, and the payment and related accounting interaction for all insurance.
• Processes insurance claims by working with the districts on incident reporting, the insurance broker, and underwriters and partners with all departments regarding incident reports and claims or losses.
• Ensures the timely payment of insurance premiums to the broker and finance & accounting department.
• Identifies and tracks loss trends to recommend and implement policy, procedural and structural changes as necessary.
• Assists with the assessment of risk and provides recommendations on how insurance can mitigate risk to an acceptable risk tolerance level.
• Prepare insurance risk management reports for management based on internal reviews and provide recommendations to management on risk mitigation measures and implementation of adequate compliance programs.
• Identifies potential risk exposures, recommends solutions, implements approved programs, promotes loss prevention, and updates and monitors compliance.
• Works with the company's insurance brokers to respond to requests for certificates of insurance and claims history document.
• Partners with key stakeholders to develop and implement standards, processes, programs, and best practices related to risk management.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field of combination of education and experience.
• Compliance certifications will be considered a plus [CCEP, CISSP, CRCM, etc.]
• 5-7 years of insurance and risk management experience
• 2 years in a managerial or supervisory role
• Strong with MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Superior organization, project management skills and attention to detail
• High level of commitment to quality work product and organizational ethics, integrity, and compliance
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally
• Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.