Crop Claims Supervisor (Eastern Kansas)

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.The Crop Division of Great American has been helping generations of farmers take control of their risks since 1915. The D ivision is also one of a select few private companies authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency (USDA RMA) to write MPCI policies. With six regional offices throughout the U.S., the teams provide tremendous expertise in the specific needs of farmers and crops.http://www.greatamericancrop.com/Great American's Crop Division is looking for a Claims Supervisor in Eastern Kansas. This individual will work fully remote in this territory and will be required to travel up to 40%. Our ideal candidate will have generally 3-5 years of crop claims experience and/or supervisor experience.Essential Job Functions And Responsibilities

• Manages an inventory of crop related claims to evaluate compensability/liability.
• Conducts claim investigations to confirm coverage and to determine liability, compensability and damages. This includes crop field work and knowledge of grain marketing.
• Analyzes and negotiates appropriate claim settlements/reserves within prescribed authority. May attend arbitrations, mediations, depositions, or trials.
• Conveys complex information regarding coverage and settlements to insureds, claimants, and external partners.
• Authorizes payments in accordance with assigned authority limit and ensures payments are made in a timely manner.
• Maintains accurate and detailed claim files, including all correspondence, reports, and settlement agreements.
• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Generally, a minimum of 5 years of experience handling crop insurance claims.
• Typically manages 2 or more reports. Responsible for setting the priorities and day-to-day tasks for the team. May spend portion of time performing the work of those they supervise. Decisions guided by policies and procedures under limited supervision.

• Requires continuous and prolonged walking and standing.
• Requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects up to 50 lbs.
• Requires frequent climbing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling and crawling.
• Requires overhead reaching and grabbing.
• Requires regular and predictable attendance.
• Requires ability to conduct visual inspections.
• Requires work outdoors, in inclement weather conditions.
• Requires frequent travel.
• May require ability to operate a motor vehicle.

• Excludes seasonal employees and interns.