Jesse Lopez

**** ******* *****, *** ***

Grapevine, TX 76051

Phone: 972-***-****

Email: adzzap@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

. I am a career minded, motivated employee who excels in all aspects of

claims adjusting, & technical supervision in multiple jurisdictions, with

emphasis in 3rd party claims recovery, claims litigation & litigation

management.

. I am a proven leader with excellent people & mentoring skills.

. I am eager to encompass, learn & conquer new challenges.

. I am focused on achieving all goals & objectives set by management.

. I am a loyal team player.

. I am dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in customer service for the

sole purpose of establishing long term customer relationships, both

inside & outside the company.

. I am Bilingual in the spoken & written Spanish. I am knowledgeable

regarding multiple Latin dialects & mannerisms'.

. W/C Licenses: Texas, Arkansas, Indiana & Oklahoma (License Information

available upon request).

Work Experience

10/06-Present Broadspire a Crawford Company

Senior Claims Specialist/Workers Compensation

. Dedicated to eight specific accounts in approximately eight

jurisdictions, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Louisiana,

Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas and U.S. L & H / P & I - Jones

Act Seaman.

. Average case load - 180 - 200 files.

. 60% of my case load consists of litigated claims and / or,

are of a large loss nature due to catastrophic injury

resulting in a Permanent & Total status or death. My

remaining case load is made up of new losses in the multiple

jurisdictions as noted above.

. Of the 60% case load mentioned, approximately 95% of those

losses are reserved at or above account retention levels

thereby necessitating carrier correspondence on a 90 day

basis consisting of status updates with action plans to bring

files to closure.

. The U.S. Longshore & Harbor accounts I handle have on average

a Self-Insured Retention or Large Deductible Plan of $750K to

1 million per incident.

. I currently report to the following carriers for excess

coverage; Chartis/AIG, XL Specialty, ACE American, Zurich,

Old Republic, Liberty Mutual, Texas Guaranty Fund & The

Louisiana Guaranty Fund.

. Provide font line safety managers and supervisors with

continuing education regarding changes in the workers

compensation law: Clayton Homes, Trinity Industries (USL&H),

Boeing, SeaBoard Foods, Kaiser Aluminum, Sam Sung, Roll

Global - Paramount Citrus, and Tuesday Morning.

12/01-06/06 Federated Mutual Insurance Company

Workers Compensation Technical Supervisor

. Responsible for the technical supervision of four Claims

Adjusters, and two Nurse Case Managers.

. Maintained claims case load for six jurisdictions including

Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arizona, Mississippi, and New

Mexico (Resident State).

. Other responsibilities included scheduling continuing

education seminars for adjuster licensure.

08/97-12/01 Liberty Mutual / Helmsman Insurance & TPA Company

Senior Case Manager/Workers Compensation

. Responsible for the supervision of two teams consisting of

four Case Managers.

. Duties included the opening, settling, and closing of workers

compensation claims case load for four jurisdictions

including Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Colorado.

. Other responsibilities also included scheduling and

conducting yearly seminars on current events in workers

compensation for International Paper, MBNA, Morgan

Stanley/Dean Witter and 3M Account Managers.

. Worked closely with Liberty Mutual Team Managers to ensure

that the Case Managers were properly trained pursuant to

Liberty Mutual's Best Practices Guidelines for handling

workers compensation claims.

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08/96-08/97 Gates McDonald (TPA)

Senior Case Manager/Workers Compensation

. Responsibilities included opening, settling and closing of

workers compensation claims in Texas and Oklahoma for a

dedicated account, Albertson's Food Stores.

. Other duties included coordinating and conducting quarterly

Continuing Education seminars for Albertson's front line

supervisors.

06/06 -10/06

06/95-08/96 Insurance Overload Systems

Contract Claims Adjuster/Workers Compensation

. Worked while looking for permanent employment.

03/93-05/95 AIAC/AIG/CHARTIS

Senior Case Manager/Hearing Representative/Workers Compensation

. Responsibilities included opening and closing workers

compensation claims for multiple accounts under Texas workers

compensation jurisdiction

. Other duties included the attendance of Benefit Review and

Contested Case Hearing as a hearing representative for AIG.

03/90-03/93 Insurance Overload Systems

Contract Claims Adjuster/Workers Compensation

Also worked during 8/06 - 10/06 while looking for employment;

. Responsible for opening, settling and closing of workers

compensation claims for insurance companies, and third party

administrators at a Sr. Claims Adjuster level. My experience

allowed me to handle multiple statutory jurisdictions

including U.S. L & H and Protection & Indemnity (P. & I.) -

Jones Act Semen, first and third party claims.

09/87-03/90 CIGNA Insurance Company

Workers Compensation Claims Examiner Trainee

. I was promoted to Claims Adjuster within my first year of

employment with CIGNA.

. Responsibilities included the opening, negotiating and

closing of statuary workers compensation and U.S. Longshore &

Harbor claims (U.S. L & H) / Protection & Indemnity (PI)

claims.

Education

01/77-05/78 St. Edwards University, Austin, TX

08/85-05/89 Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX

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