Overview
We are seeking a skilled and Qualified Litigation Solicitor to join our corporate client-specific motor claims handling team. This role involves managing a pre and post-litigated caseload, providing support across the department, and ensuring compliance with client service level agreements and key performance indicators. You will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional claims handling services and contributing to the overall success of the department.
How you'll make an impact
* Manage a portfolio of pre and post-litigated motor claims with precision and professionalism, ensuring compliance with client service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).
* Conduct effective negotiations via telephone and written correspondence with third parties, insurers, and their representatives to achieve timely and fair settlements.
* Ensure data accuracy and financial compliance by maintaining 100% data integrity within the case management system and adhering to financial protocols, including The Solicitors Accounts Rules.
* Provide expert litigation support, acting as a key point of reference for litigation-related queries, reviewing and approving legal documents, and overseeing litigated cases listed for trial to secure positive outcomes.
* Deliver training and mentorship, supporting the development of team members through technical progression programmes, conducting progression reviews, and providing litigation training to claims handlers.
* Contribute to departmental success, assisting with auditing processes, participating in ad hoc projects, and offering technical expertise or training to other offices as required.
* Play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional claims handling services, ensuring the highest standards of client satisfaction and contributing to the overall success of the department.
About You
* Qualified solicitor.
* Expertise in motor handling within a legal or insurance setting.
* Demonstrable self‑motivation and initiative.
* Ability to work independently within a structured framework and collaborate effectively with peers and managers.
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Eligible to work in the UK.
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
* Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy extra days.
* Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
* Life insurance, which will pay 4× your basic annual salary, which you can top‑up to 10×.
* Income protection – we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
* Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
Other benefits include:
* Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
* Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
* Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax‑effective, stock purchase plan.
* Critical illness cover.
* Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
* Season ticket loan.
* Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
* Emergency back‑up family care.
* And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long‑term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, colour, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non‑conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer‑employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
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