insurance fraud investigatortoloss adjuster
A insurance fraud investigator already meets 54% of what the loss adjuster role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
54%
51.6/ 100
1 Share of the loss adjuster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the insurance fraud investigator 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 loss adjuster role treats 12 of its required skills as things a insurance fraud investigator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- actuarial science
- analyse claim files
- claims procedures
- document evidence
- insurance law
- interview insurance claimants
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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A loss adjuster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a insurance fraud investigator background worth leading with.
- already held interview insurance claimants communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held classify insurance claims information skills
- already held manage claim files information skills
- already held analyse claim files information skills
- already held assess customer credibility communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held claims procedures business, administration and law
All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the loss adjuster role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 3 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 assess coverage possibilities required
- required, not held estimate damage required
- required, not held initiate claim file required
- required, not held check for damaged items required
- required, not held compile appraisal reports required
- optional, not held determine cause of damage optional
- optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
- optional, not held investigate occupational injuries optional
- required, not held propose settlements required
- required, not held handle incoming insurance claims required
- required, not held negotiate settlements required
- optional, not held advise on insurance policies optional
- optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held listen to the stories of the disputants optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held provide information on properties optional
- required, not held organise a damage assessment required
- optional, not held create a financial plan optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a loss adjuster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 propose settlements skill · occupation specific
- 02 assess coverage possibilities skill · sector specific
- 03 estimate damage skill · 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held actuarial science knowledge
- already held analyse claim files skill
- already held claims procedures knowledge
- already held document evidence skill
- already held insurance law knowledge
- already held interview insurance claimants skill
- already held manage claim files skill
- already held manage claims process skill
- already held present evidence 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 assess customer credibility skill
- already held classify insurance claims skill
- already held collect property financial information skill
- already held conduct financial audits skill
- already held fraud detection knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on insurance policies optional
- optional, not held create a financial plan optional
- optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
- optional, not held determine cause of damage optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held identify damage to buildings optional
- optional, not held investigate occupational injuries optional
- optional, not held listen to the stories of the disputants optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held provide information on properties optional
6 held skills the loss adjuster role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
- not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role detect financial crime skill
- not needed by the target role interpret law skill
- not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
Other moves recorded from insurance fraud investigator
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.