Contact Center Specialist-July 2024 Hiring Class

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The Contact Center Specialist Level 1 will provide excellent customer service while responding to inbound calls from borrowers and financial institutions as well as perform outbound calls to insurance companies and agencies to verify insurance information.

Essential Functions:

• Professionally and confidentially respond to incoming calls from borrowers and financial institutions regarding the insurance status of loans

• Quickly analyze account history and provide accurate information to assist in resolving the customer issue, utilizing resources to ensure first call resolution

• Perform insurance verification via outbound phone calls and internet

• Maintain complete and accurate documentation of all customer interactions in a proprietary system

• Meet individual and team performance standards

• Manage multiple priorities and demonstrate strong decision making skills

• Maintain courtesy and professionalism on all calls in order to provide a positive customer experience

• Attendance and dependability: The employee must be depended on to report to work at the schedule time and is seldom absent from work. Employee can be depended upon to complete work in a timely, accurate and thorough manner.

• This position is Monday - Friday 12:00Noon- 9:00PM onsite.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Courteous with strong customer service orientation

• Active listening skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Professional verbal and written skills

• Solve routine problems using existing procedures

• Effectively follow instruction, guidance and direction

• Maintain professionalism with all contacts, both internal and external

• Intermediate computer knowledge and familiarity with navigating the internet

• Ability to key a minimum of 8,000 alpha-numeric keystrokes per hour

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Minimum of one year of customer service experience preferred

• Prior experience with automobile insurance or collateral protection insurance is a plus

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What's in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees' needs at all stages of life.

• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.

• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

• Markel offers hybrid working schedules of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors.

Caution: Employment scams

Markel is aware of employment-related scams where scammers will impersonate recruiters by sending fake job offers to those actively seeking employment in order to steal personal information. Frequently, the scammer will reach out to individuals who have posted their resume online. These "job offers" include convincing offer letters and frequently ask for confidential personal information. Therefore, for your safety, please note that:

• All legitimate job postings with Markel will be posted on Markel Group Careers.

• All legitimate communications with Markel recruiters will come from Markel.com email addresses.

We would also ask that you please report any job employment scams related to Markel to rarecruiting@markel.com.

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Should you require any accommodation through the application process, please send an e-mail to the rarecruiting@markel.com.

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