Senior Technical Claims Specialist, Energy Complex

Description

Fortune 100 stability! Front-line impact! Be the calm in someone's chaos! Liberty Mutual has an immediate opening for an experienced claims professional to join our Complex Energy Team as a Senior Technical Claims Specialist! This role manages commercial third-party bodily injury and property damage claims for energy accounts across all 50 states, including litigation and high-dollar exposures!

Company :
Liberty Mutual Insurance

Location :
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted On : 8/22/2026

This role offers a limited return-to-office schedule just two days per month and only if you reside within 50 miles of one of the following offices:
Boston, MA;
Hoffman Estates, IL;
Indianapolis, IN;
Lake Oswego, OR;
Las Vegas, NV;
Plano, TX;
Suwanee, GA;
Chandler, AZ; or Weatogue, CT. If you don't live near one of these locations, this is a fully remote role. (Please note this policy is subject to change.)

• Take ownership of technically complex, high-exposure Energy claims from first notice through resolution. Youll be the trusted subject matter expert on matters that demand advanced coverage analysis, strategy, and litigation management.
• Influence outcomes on high profile matters (operators, contractors, utilities, midstream/downstream, power generation, pipelines) and work cross-functionally with underwriting, reinsurance, in-house counsel, and outside defense teams.
• Use your deep technical knowledge energy operations, catastrophic loss dynamics, multi-party liability, third party property damage, bodily injury, and coverage nuances to shape claims strategy, control cost, and protect our insureds and the company.

We're seeking candidates with a strong background in complex General Liability, Auto, Energy claims, or other specialty Commercial claims handling ideally with experience navigating multi-party liability, catastrophic loss, and litigated high-exposure files. Energy-sector claims experience is a strong plus, but candidates with comparable complex commercial GL, Auto(add), or specialty lines experience are encouraged to apply.

• Lead full lifecycle handling of complex Commercial Energy claims: conduct coverage analysis, supervise investigation, determine liability, set and adjust reserves, and negotiate or litigate settlements.
• Act as the claim owner with authority to authorize payments, approve reserving strategy, and recommend or execute claim denials when warranted.
• Review and drive response to complaint, suit documentation, discovery, expert reports, and technical files; develop litigation plans and settlement strategies.
• Assemble and manage the appropriate internal and external teams (Home Office Legal, Defense Counsel, technical experts, Home Office Claims, underwriting, reinsurance) based on loss dynamics and allegation exposure.
• Oversee selection, engagement and oversight of outside Counsel and technical experts, Home Office Claims, underwriting, reinsurance) based on loss dynamics and allegation exposure.
• Serve as subject matter expert for complex coverage and energy-specific issues; advise claims leadership on policy wording implications, emerging legal trends, and potential changes to claims practices or training needs.
• Mentor less experienced claims examiners; provide guidance on technical investigations, negotiation, strategy and litigation handling.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of financial and claims file information; comply with company policies, regulatory requirements and security standards.
• Participate in special projects (e.g., claims process improvement, litigation strategy initiatives, cross-functional task forces).

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience, with 57+ years of progressively complex Commercial Casualty claims experience, emphasizing litigated Commercial General Liability/Auto and/or Energy claims involving oil & gas, power generation, renewable energy and/or energy-adjacent contractors
• Demonstrated expertise managing Energyspecific litigation, including upstream, midstream, and downstream exposures such as well blowouts, pipeline incidents, refinery operations, energy construction, transportation, catastrophic injury, and multiparty losses
• Demonstrated strength in litigation management, including oversight of defense counsel, evaluation of pleadings and motion practice, development of discovery and deposition strategy, and participation in mediations, arbitrations, and trials
• Advanced proficiency in coverage analysis within a litigation context, including interpretation of complex policy language, reservations of rights, coverage defenses, indemnity and additional insured disputes
• Strong experience setting and managing high exposure indemnity and expense reserves aligned with litigation strategy and evolving case posture
• Proven ability to assess liability, causation, damages, and venue risk, and to develop effective resolution strategies…