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A insurance claims manager already meets 53% of what the insurance claims handler role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
51.2/ 100
1 Share of the insurance claims handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the insurance claims manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A insurance claims handler role treats 10 of its required skills as things a insurance claims manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse claim files
- apply technical communication skills
- fraud detection
- handle incoming insurance claims
- insurance law
- manage claim files
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance claims handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a insurance claims manager background worth leading with.
- already held handle incoming insurance claims communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage claim files information skills
- already held analyse claim files information skills
- already held review insurance process information skills
- already held insurance market business, administration and law
- already held organise a damage assessment management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the insurance claims handler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held calculate compensation payments required
- required, not held classify insurance claims required
- required, not held maintain records of financial transactions required
- required, not held synthesise financial information required
- optional, not held assess coverage possibilities optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
- required, not held communicate with beneficiaries required
- required, not held interview insurance claimants required
- required, not held provide financial product information required
- required, not held actuarial science required
- optional, not held statistics optional
- required, not held claims procedures required
- optional, not held decide on insurance applications optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a insurance claims handler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 calculate compensation payments skill · occupation specific
- 02 actuarial science knowledge · sector specific
- 03 claims procedures knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse claim files skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held fraud detection knowledge
- already held handle incoming insurance claims skill
- already held insurance law knowledge
- already held manage claim files skill
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held principles of insurance knowledge
- already held review insurance process skill
- already held types of insurance knowledge
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held handle financial disputes skill
- already held insurance market knowledge
- already held manage claims process skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess coverage possibilities optional
- optional, not held decide on insurance applications optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
24 held skills the insurance claims handler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance risk skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role assess customer credibility skill
- not needed by the target role conduct financial audits skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role create insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role enforce financial policies skill
- not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role initiate claim file skill
- not needed by the target role lead claim examiners skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held actuarial science required
- required, not held claims procedures required
- optional, not held statistics optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.