Division: Life & Health
Office Location: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, WV 25302
***This job opportunity is not in the classified service and is not covered by the West Virginia Division of Personnel merit system***
The Life & Health division of the WV Offices of the Insurance Commissioner helps oversee state-level efforts to implement federal health care reform and assists in the development of health-related initiatives.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for performing the following duties:
- The selected candidate will act as a liaison between consumers, providers, insurance companies, and various stakeholders.
- Review and analyze consumer complaints to determine if insurance companies are following policy language and state laws, as well as review medical records, identify violations of regulations, and escalate complex cases to senior staff or legal counsel for further action.
- Under limited supervision, the selected candidate will answer phone calls and meet with walk-in consumers to determine the level of investigation required and will maintain thorough documentation of every call and complaint investigation through a cloud-based system.
- Will perform other duties as assigned.
The following knowledge, skills, and abilities will be beneficial to the selected candidate:
- The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, problem-solving and organizational skills, a high level of emotional intelligence, and the ability to be adaptable, as he or she must serve as a mediator between parties to bring complaints to resolution.
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Training:Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university.
Substitution: Experience as described below may substitute for the required training on a year-for-year basis.
Experience:Two years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid employment as insurance agent, broker, examiner, adjuster, or investigator with an insurance company or governmental insurance regulatory agency in the areas of life, accident and health or property and casualty or in a technical capacity in an insurance regulatory agency.
Important Note: Preference will be given to a candidate with a communications background or degree.
Come join our team!
We believe our employees deserve the best to make sure they have a great work-life balance. The WV Offices of the Insurance Commissioner offers a great benefit package that includes:
- Holidays - Minimum of 12 paid holidays
- Leave Accrual - Ample Annual (starting at 4.61 hours a pay period) and Sick Leave (5.55 hours a pay period) Accrual
- Medical Insurance - Insurance through Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) with several plan options and Flexible Benefits through Mountaineer Flex Benefits to cover additional needs
- Life Insurance - Free $10,000 Basic Life Insurance and additional life insurance offered at a low cost to you
- Retirement - Mandatory retirement where the employee contributes a portion of their annual salary and the employer also contributes, in addition to an optional 457 deferred compensation retirement plan
