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Hi everyone, interview for entry level Allstate claims position. Should I take it being 3 business days since my final interview and no offer. The interviewer said to give it a week and that she was gna give my info to hiring manager to review, but I thought she was the hiring manager since this was the 2 interview outside internal recruiter interview. i sent a thank you email the day after. But i don’t know i thought it was a good interview. Allstate
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Those are two different kinds of firms. Networking will help. Take a look at the PLDF, DRI and the ABA and get involved with some of those. Both coverage and ID firms will be members of one or more of those. What kind of cases are you working on currently?
Started life as a coverage lawyer. I liked it, but left to do something on the business side of the industry. I still have daily contact with that world. But not practicing. So I mostly let the practicing lawyers do the talking, but I can nerd out all day on coverage.
Since you are coming from ID, I assume you’re asking about insurer-side coverage work right? Coverage firms tend to like candidates with litigation experience, even if you don’t have a lot of coverage experience. If you already have some exposure to coverage work, all the better. The key would be to focus on firms that do more coverage litigation than non-litigation/advising (analyzing coverage, evaluating the insurer’s exposure, etc) because your litigation skills will be a good selling point. Coverage litigation can be fairly complicated and involve numerous parties, and most insurers don’t want to be involved in litigation, so there aren’t as many opportunities to learn litigation skills (at least that’s been my experience). If you are a senior attorney, it might be more difficult to transition only because it’s hard to justify giving someone with higher rates (rather than a junior or mid level) work that would allow you to learn the substantive law. Lastly, it might be worth looking at firms that do coverage and defense work. You could get a foot in both practice areas which might be a good selling point depending on the firm’s needs.
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2-Thanks for the tips! Much appreciated.
Is coverage better than ID?
Depends on whether you’re still litigating cases. Coverage schedule is a little easier to manage - you still need to show up to mediations etc., but you’re not briefing, deposing, etc.