Associate Advocate at Directline Assurance Company Limited

Key Responsibilities

COST MANAGEMENT

• Assist the Head of Firm in effectively managing the budget allocated to the Law Firm and to ensure that the claim expenses are within the Client’s guidelines.
• Manage the allocated legal files stock and ensure that the targets set by the Law Firm on settlement of claims and closure of files is achieved within the set timelines.

CLAIM INVESTIGATIONS AND VERIFICATION

• Conduct a thorough and detailed analysis of claim documents to enable early fraud detection, and effectively address the fraudulent claimsto meet the client’s guidelines.
• Analyze the investigations reports to ensure that all relevant information is captured and to reject incomplete reports or reissue the instructions.

CLAIM INVESTIGATIONS AND VERIFICATION

• Conduct proper and factual legal research required for achievement of the defense or settlement strategy on the legal files.
• Timely attendance in court or tribunals to effectively represent the interests of the client within the approved defense/settlement strategy and while so doing maintain the highest level of integrity and professionalism.

Qualifications

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
• Have at least three (3) years of post-admission litigation experience in a busy law firm.
• Have a current Practicing Certificate.
• Be computer literate.