Chartered loss adjuster : Employers and vacancy sources

Loss adjusters are traditionally employed by independent firms. The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)  allows its fully qualified members to work directly for a wider range of employers including brokers, insurance and reinsurance companies.

Companies have broadened their scope beyond taking instructions from insurers to investigate and validate claims. They now seek to offer comprehensive claim and risk management services to corporate clients, a service where demand is driven by increasing insurance premiums and these organisations' desire to keep these costs under control.

Firms of loss adjusters can also take instructions from policyholders, advising them on preparing and negotiating claims through to settlement. These range in size from sole practitioners to hundreds of staff and are located around the country. In-house loss adjusting teams within large insurance companies are also located nationwide.

Firms can cover many fields, such as:

• construction and property;
• commercial and industrial;
• motor vehicle;
• marine;
• petrochemicals.

Major employers include McLarens Young International, GAB Robins and Cunningham Lindsey.

It is also possible to work directly for a broad range of companies outside insurance. This reflects an increasing emphasis within the profession to minimise and manage the risk of incidents which lead to claims in the first place.

Sources of vacancies

• Post Online
• Independent Appointments
• Insurance Day - list of specialist recruitment agencies.
• Online Insurance Jobs
• Insurance Times
• Insurance Jobs
• Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)
• Lawes Insurance Recruitment
• Financial Times - Executive Appointments
• Local and national press.

See the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) for further details about specialist recruitment agencies.

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