Insurance Claims Administrator

A vendor's certificate of insurance expired three weeks ago. Nobody caught it. Now there's a slip-and-fall claim at one of the properties, and suddenly everyone's looking for the file. That's the kind of situation this role exists to prevent, and to clean up when prevention fails.

What This Role Actually Covers

The Scion Group operates in the student housing space, and their Chicago corporate office is looking for an Insurance Claims Administrator to sit within the legal and compliance function. It's a broad seat. You're not just tracking claims, you're also helping draft and revise housing agreements and commercial contracts, supporting outside counsel on litigation matters, and keeping vendor insurance compliance from falling through the cracks.

Day to day, you'll coordinate the full lifecycle of insurance claims on behalf of the company and its managed properties, respond to property staff questions about legal and policy matters, and flag resident complaints or regulatory issues that need attorney attention. You'll also support entity and asset acquisition work by coordinating with inside and outside counsel. The role reports into the legal team, with direction coming from staff attorneys, the VP of Legal Affairs, and General Counsel.

This is a corporate headquarters position with standard business hours. No on-call, no weekends managing turns. That's a real differentiator from most property-side roles.

What They're Looking For

• Associate's degree or paralegal certification preferred
• At least one year in a legal, insurance, or administrative role (a plus, not a hard requirement)
• Solid organizational skills and clear written communication
• Comfort with Microsoft Office; familiarity with property management systems is a bonus
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship available)

The salary range is $50,000 to $65,000 base, plus a discretionary annual bonus. Benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, paid parental and maternal leave, and learning reimbursement.

What separates the candidates who thrive in this kind of role from those who struggle is usually not legal knowledge. It's the ability to track a dozen open items simultaneously without letting anything go quiet. Insurance claims have a way of aging badly when nobody's watching them. If you're the person who builds the spreadsheet before anyone asks you to, you'll fit right in.

For someone with paralegal ambitions or an interest in real estate law, this is a legitimate foot in the door at a company with a significant portfolio footprint in the student housing sector.