Associate STD Benefit Specialist career at Lincoln Financial Group in Omaha

Lincoln Financial Group is in need of Associate STD Benefit Specialist on Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:10:54 GMT. About the Company Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions. With a strong focus on four core business areas - life insurance, annuities, retirement plan services, and group protection - our business is built around supporting, preserving, and enhancing our customer's lifestyles and providing better retirement outcomes. Led by...

Associate STD Benefit Specialist

Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Description: Lincoln Financial Group is in need of Associate STD Benefit Specialist right now, this career will be settled in Nebraska. More details about this career opportunity please read the description below. About the Company
Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions. With a strong focus on four core business areas - life i! nsurance, annuities, retirement plan services, and group protection - our business is built around supporting, preserving, and enhancing our customer's lifestyles and providing better retirement outcomes. Led by over 8,000 employees, Lincoln Financial provides the tools and advice to help individuals take charge of their futures

The Role
As an Associate Short Term Disability (STD) Benefit Specialist, you will have the overall responsibility for managing disability claims in an ethical manner, ensuring quality decisions, accurate benefit calculations, and with timely, proactive communication with claimants and employers. You will have the responsibility to facilitate the timely transfer of integrated STD claims to LTD, without interruption or delay in benefits. As an Associate STD Benefit Specialist, you will be expected to deliver a very high level of customer service.

Responsibilities

Claims

• Investigates, evaluates, interpreters ! and makes determination of short-term disability claims with s! ound and impartial claim judgments, using appropriate duration guidelines when necessary.
• Operates with the assistance and mentoring of more experienced Benefit Specialists and supervisory review of selected claims.
• Authorizes payments of claims up to $1000.
• Prioritizes and balances claims in an efficient manner while maintaining productivity, quality, and time service requirements, as outlined by senior management.
• Facilitates effective transition of a STD claim to LTD, utilizing established review procedures and resources.
• Interprets short term disability contract provisions, vocational and medical information using available resources.

Customer Service

• Communicates with claimants, policyholders, attorneys, physicians and brokers directly either orally or written.
• Resolves claim-specific issues while maintaining internal and external customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Educat! ional
High school diploma/GED required; Undergraduate degree or 4+ years of comparable work experience preferred
Educational experience and/or proficiency in medical Terminology preferred.

Experience

0-1+ years of experience disability claims that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position.
A demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and/or exceeding performance expectations.
Possesses a bias for action and avoids workplace distractions
Drives performance targets to completion.
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Lincoln Financial Group ('LFG') is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to
recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in al! l job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion,
sex! (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,
veterans status, or genetic information. Opportunities throughout LFG are available to employees and applicants and are
evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. We have a drug free work environment and we perform pre-employment
substance abuse testing.

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This career will be opened on: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:10:54 GMT

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