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Job Details
* Job Location: Cardiff
* Job Type: Permanent
* Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
* Hybrid model: Three days in‑office each week
About the Role
As a Paralegal with Sedgwick Legal Services (SLS), you will support the team in handling property damage claims, including fires, floods, building collapses, water escapes and subsidence. Your work will involve updating case management systems, tracking key diary dates, conducting claim investigations, gathering evidence, obtaining witness statements, and ensuring that technical reports support causation. You will work alongside Partners, Associates, and Team Leaders in complex litigation and help develop systems that integrate SLS into Sedgwick’s digital infrastructure.
Responsibilities
* Update case management systems and track key diary dates.
* Assist with claim investigations, gather evidence, and obtain witness statements.
* Ensure technical reports support causation and collect relevant contractual documents.
* Support complex litigation while ensuring compliance with client protocols.
* Contribute to the development of integrated SLS digital systems.
Qualifications
* Professional Qualifications: Preferably a degree or previous relevant legal experience.
* Expertise: Knowledge of the litigation process is desirable.
* Contract and Tort Knowledge: Good working knowledge of general contract and tortious principles.
* Motor Insurance Law: Willingness to learn insurance‑based motor law.
* Technical Knowledge: Willingness to learn the technical aspects of motor claims investigations.
* Team Orientation: Team‑orientated with a willingness to share knowledge and support other members.
* Commercial Perspective: Ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an academic approach to claims settlement.
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* Comprehensive Sedgwick‑specific training to excel in the role.
* Opportunity to apply for a training contract (LPC required) or fully funded CILEX.
Remuneration & Benefits
* Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications.
* A Self‑Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP).
* Incentive (bonus) scheme.
* Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays.
* Flexible working from the office or home.
Health & Support
* Private healthcare plan (including pre‑existing conditions).
* Life assurance.
* Employee assistance programme for wellbeing.
* Group Income Protection.
Other Benefits
* Voluntary benefits – green car scheme, dental cover, cycle‑to‑work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applications.
* Discounts on various products and services.
Career & Development
At Sedgwick you will not only manage substantial claims but also become an architect of tomorrow’s insurance landscape through Sedgwick University, which offers more than 15,000 courses on demand. Our training and development program is the most comprehensive in the industry, enabling continuous professional growth from day one.
Next Steps
Think we’re a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you. If you’re unsure whether you have all the skills needed, still apply – we welcome professionals from all backgrounds.
We have a zero‑tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital or family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview, which may be virtual or in‑person.
Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.
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