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Robert Messina

Wilmington,DE

Summary

Motivated Claims Manager specializing in personal, property and casualty loss and damages. Negotiates peaceful resolutions of all claims with emphasis on fairness and thoroughness. Trustworthy and dependable.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Claims Manager

The Ferraro Law Firm
08.2022 - Current


  • Amplify processes and operations to provide the best customer value
  • Investigates and maintains claims specialty such as environmental (asbestos, toxic tort and/or pollution)
  • Coordinates assigned claims service to litigants or complex cases in a specialty area
  • Provides technical advice to lower level special claims staff and other functional areas.
  • Championed asbetos claims process by providing expert knowledge and building positive, trusting relationship to support clients during challenging times.
  • Handled claims consistent with client and corporate policies, procedures, best practices and regulations.
  • Interviewed agents and claimants to correct errors or omissions and investigate questionable claims.

Senior Claimant Relations Manager

Delaware Claims Processing Facility
07.2008 - 08.2022
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive claim management plan for all tort claims in litigation
  • Investigated and maintained claims specialty for asbestos, toxic tort and/or pollution
  • Coordination of assigned claims services with claimants and litigation firms with high technical complexity
  • Provided technical support to key stakeholders claims staff, audit department, litigation firms and other functional areas
  • Conduct analysis to ensure timely and accurate case reserve according to policies and procedures
  • Manages litigation by interacting with and closely monitoring counsel work product
  • Delivers exceptional customer service experience to all internal, external, current and prospective Nationwide customers
  • Proven superior knowledge and best practices in claims review process.


Legal Customer Relationship Manager

Bank of America
06.1997 - 06.2008
  • Managed secured loans going through the legal process for repossession and unsecured credit cards
  • Approved repossession action against bank property
  • Traveled as a bank witness for lawsuits that went to trial
  • Provide overview to adjusters on status of certain litigation claims as a teaching mechanism


Fraud & Risk Analyst

  • Monitoring bank accounts, financial transactions, accounting paperwork, and other financial documents
  • Analyzing the data to identify any potential fraudulent activity
  • Tracking and monitoring all of a bank’s transactions and activity that passes through individual accounts
  • Identifying and tracing any suspicious or high-risk transactions
  • Completes thorough review and analysis of claims of the highest levels of complexity and investigates liability and damages


Credit Analyst

  • Evaluate financial statements and credit requests to determine the likelihood of a borrower's ability to repay the loan.
  • Analyzing financial data assets, liabilities, and earnings history to evaluate the suitability for credit terms.


Anti-Money Laundering

  • Monitoring and reporting suspicious activities and reporting them to authorities.
  • Ensured compliance of laws and regulations.
  • Analyzing the risk of money laundering associated with different clients and transactions.
  • Upheld customer due diligence (CDD) by verifying the identity of clients and assessing their risk profile.

Education

Diploma -

Cliffside Park High School
Cliffside Park, NJ

Skills

  • MS Office Suite
  • CRM
  • Trust Online
  • MIS/CentreVue
  • Bank Proprietary System
  • Office Equipment

Timeline

Claims Manager

The Ferraro Law Firm
08.2022 - Current

Senior Claimant Relations Manager

Delaware Claims Processing Facility
07.2008 - 08.2022

Legal Customer Relationship Manager

Bank of America
06.1997 - 06.2008

Diploma -

Cliffside Park High School
Robert Messina