McLarens is a global claims service provider that helps our clients achieve timely and equitable claims resolution. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, McLarens has over 230 offices around the world with more than 1,900 full-time employees.
The McLarens family of brands' goal is to deliver the best in loss-adjusting claims, worldwide. Quality is at the heart of McLarens. The professionals at McLarens live by a set of shared values that guide their actions and behaviours:
McLarens partners with insurance brokers, carriers, and risk managers/corporate entities across the globe to oversee their various claims management needs including loss adjusting and risk management services.
What is Loss Adjusting?
Loss Adjusters investigate and evaluate insurance claims on behalf of an insurer to determine circumstances, damage and/or loss and how much should be paid to the insured.
Day-to-day involves a combination of office and field work, including visiting sites where loss or damage has occurred, and meeting and interacting with people from all walks of life, whether they be the insured, insurer third party or service providers.
Loss adjusting is a varied and rewarding career, requiring you to use initiative, think and act quickly and apply specialist knowledge and skills to each claim. No two insurance claims are the same and Loss Adjusters require a mix of empathy, skill and judgement to determine the validity of an insurance claim and decide on appropriate steps to bring claims to settlement.
Graduate/Traineeship Program
As a Trainee Loss Adjuster, you will work closely with some of the industry’s most experienced and respected Loss Adjusters, learning through a combination of structured training and on-the-job experience over a 12-month period. You’ll work on major and complex claims, developing your skills and commencing your career pathway to becoming a fully-fledged Loss Adjuster. Your traineeship will also involve commencing the learning pathway to professional accreditation with the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters.
Being part of our Traineeship program is a unique and exciting opportunity. Due to the focus on practical training, we only take in a small number of applicants each year, allowing increased support and exposure to our experienced Loss Adjusting team.
At the end of the traineeship year, providing all competencies are satisfied, trainees are offered a permanent loss-adjusting role within the business, continuing their journey on our career pathway.
Our Product Lines
Property
Property Loss Adjusters can cover a wide range of property types and generally work on claims involving buildings (e.g. warehouses, factories, shops, businesses, heritage listed buildings, estate homes etc) and contents (e.g. furniture, electrical items, machinery). Claims may range from relatively small thefts, storm damage or burst pipes to major incidents of fire and flooding.
Casualty/Liability
Working in the arena of Employers Liability, Public Liability, Product Liability and Professional Indemnity claims across these varied disciplines exposes a Liability Loss Adjuster to situations that vary from the simple and unexpected to the complex and demanding.
Ideal candidates would have a tertiary qualification in Law, Engineering, Science or similar.
Construction
Construction Loss Adjusters work on matters including construction liability, construction defects, delayed start-up, plant and equipment, machinery breakdown, engineering and construction risk.
Ideal candidates would have a tertiary qualification in Engineering, Law or similar, however, this is not necessarily required.
Marine
Marine Surveyors conduct surveys of marine vessels and any type of goods transported by land, sea and air. They learn and understand the different methods of securing and transporting cargo and adjust insurance claims resulting from transportation. This can be anything from household goods in transit to an underwater restaurant!
Ideal candidates would have a tertiary qualification in Law, Engineering, Science or similar.
Forensic Accounting
Forensic Accountants investigate claims relating to financial loss associated with an insured event. This may include analysing a business’s financial and other data to compare the performance before and after an incident, advising on policy coverage, quantifying financial loss and providing expert witness opinions/evidence.
Candidates require an Accounting/Commerce/Business qualification and should be prepared to commence their CA/CPA qualification to work towards an eventual career as a Forensic Accountant.
For further information about our traineeship, please contact au.hr@mclarens.com.
If shortlisted, you will be contacted by a member of our HR team for an initial phone screen before interviewing with a senior Loss Adjuster.