Full-Time

Construction Claims Advocate

Marsh

Marsh

10,001+ employees

Global insurance brokerage and risk advisory

No salary listed

Melbourne VIC, Australia + 1 more

More locations: Sydney NSW, Australia

Hybrid

Hybrid role; must be in-office at least 3 days per week; anchor day to be identified.

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Requirements
  • All around a high level of experience across construction insurance policies/claims including but not limited to contract works, industrial special risk, and liability claims
  • Good level of experience across Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Strong technical knowledge around construction claims
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to act proactively to drive relationships and manage a range of stakeholders with a clear customer focus
  • Mature in outlook and strength of character to discuss complex issues with senior leaders and carry out meetings with confidence
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure
Responsibilities
  • Provide coverage and claims strategy advice to clients on claims with major coverage issues in order to assist with claims preparation
  • Identify appropriate policies and/or coverages on less complex coverage issues and analyses notification against the same in order to provide solutions to clients against future risks
  • Facilitate claims process (with less complexity) for clients, with supervision in order to ensure progress from notification through to closure
  • Monitor insurer response and engages with insurers and their professional advisers on less complex issues in order to support smooth review of claims for clients
  • Draft communication documents for clients, such as correspondence letters, claims calculations and reviews documents prepared by the clients in order to support the less complex claims process for clients
  • Provide claims related data such as loss statistics, key trends, cost reduction opportunities and other data in order to assist development of action plans to manage client's total cost of risk
  • Interacts with individual CEs, Claims Advocacy colleagues and Claims Operations colleagues to provide support to the team in making the claims process smooth

Marsh is a diversified professional services firm that helps clients manage risk, secure insurance, and design risk-transfer programs. Its core work combines risk advisory with insurance brokerage, acting as a buyer of coverage and placing policies across multiple underwriters. It includes Mercer (HR consulting), Guy Carpenter (reinsurance brokerage), and Oliver Wyman (management consulting) under a holding structure. Its goal is to lower clients' financial risk and total cost of risk by combining risk transfer with advisory and consulting services across insurance, reinsurance, HR, and business strategy.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$110K

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1871

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Mercer consulting revenue grew 11% in Q1 2026, outpacing traditional brokerage and driving higher margins.
  • EMEA division surged 14.1% year-over-year in Q1 2026, signaling strong European and emerging market expansion.
  • Niche insurance products like Port Blockage Insurance and Micassure capture underserved segments as commoditization pressures traditional lines.

What critics are saying

  • Aon's $13B Willis Towers Watson acquisition enables aggressive pricing that erodes Marsh's 30% global brokerage share.
  • Guy Carpenter's 2% organic growth in Q1 2026 trails Arthur J. Gallagher's 15% YoY, signaling reinsurance market share loss.
  • Sentrisk AI platform faces class-action lawsuits alleging misuse of client supply chain data for competitive intelligence.

What makes Marsh unique

  • Sentrisk AI platform maps supply chains with geospatial satellite imaging, uniquely addressing geopolitical and climate risks.
  • Holding company structure enables separately managed businesses: Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, Oliver Wyman.
  • Broker-as-advisor model since 1905 spreads client risk across multiple underwriters, not single insurers.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

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Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Professional Development Budget

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Paid Holidays

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