Jeff Davis
Mount Juliet, TN 37122
615-***-**** *********@*****.***
Career Summary
Proven and successful track record as a multi-line insurance claims adjuster with an emphasis on workers'' compensation.
Professional Experience
Midwestern Insurance Alliance, LLC – March 2019 – Current. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
• Workers' compensation claims adjuster for Berkshire Hathaway/Praetorian Insurance company accounts. Logging and Trucking Industry.
• Workers' compensation claims adjuster for multiple States, KY, TN, MS, KS.
• Licensed Independent Adjuster in multiple states.
• Adjuster responsible for claims handling from craddle to grave in every aspect. Claim compensability investigation, coverage determination, 3 Point Contacts to medical management of the injured worker, Temporary Total Disability, Permanent Partial Disability settlements and the management of Litigated files.
Vanderbilt University & Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2006 – August 2018. Nashville, TN 37203
• Claims Manager -- Workers Compensation, Property, General Liability and Auto program.
• Chief Financial officer gives me credit for having "turned the work comp program around" within the first 6 months of employment.
• Actuarial studies showed a five million reduction in work comp claim cost during first year of employment.
• Annual independent benchmark study ranked Vanderbilt's w/c cost the lowest in the State in 3 Key Performance Indicators. Lowest Ultimate Loss Rate, Lowest Lost Time to Non-Zero claims, and Lowest cost on older more developed claims.
• OSHA/Safety compliance – I participated on Vanderbilt's Safety Committees. Responsible for monitoring and addressing safety hazards and responding to OSHA complaints.
• Management of the internal claims staff and day to day operations.
• Experience managing large complex property claims involving minor to catastrophic losses including multi-million-dollar medical equipment.
C N A Insurance Company, April 2004 - January 2006: Nashville, TN 37214
• Senior Workers Compensation claims representative.
• Highest closing ratio among adjusters in the Nashville branch.
• Managed average Indemnity claims pending of 200 plus.
• Licensed adjuster in multiple states, TN, NC, KY, LA and Miss.
• Effective claim management of Litigated files.
TN. Dept of Labor Workers Compensation Division: January 2002 to April 2003: Nashville, TN 37243
• Workers Compensation benefit review specialist III.
• Handled formal complaints brought by injured workers against employers, TPA's and insurance carriers.
• Mediated resolutions to disputes between injured workers, attorneys and the insurance carriers.
• Fielded general workers compensation questions from the public to the TDOL. TABCOMP – Self –insured group of employers within the TN. Manufacturers Association – 1999 – 2002: Nashville, TN 37219
• Marketing Manager for the workers’ compensation self- insured group
• Promoted the work comp self-insured group to prospective manufacturers around the state.
• Developed and expanded a network of insurance agents to help recruit and explain the benefits of a self- insured group.
• Helped the work comp fund grow in both the number of participants and increase in fund premium by several million dollars.
• Formalized and documented the necessary Self-Insurance Government Regulatory requirements and the Excess Insurance requirements needed to form and operate the work comp self-insured group.
Education
• Middle TN State University: B.S. 1993 – Murfreesboro, TN
• TN. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation certified adjuster. (Selected by the State to assist with their development of the TN. Adjuster Certification Program)
• Licensed Independent Adjuster - P&C with work comp - Mississippi license #502409 Skills
• Proficient in Office, Word, Outlook, STARS. Excel, Origami, EPIC, VERITAS, PowerPoint, and the IVOS risk management claim database system.
Professional References:
available upon request