Lexington Health · 11 hours ago
Exec Director-Risk & Insurance
Columbia, SC
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expLexington Health is a comprehensive network of care, and they are seeking an Executive Director for their Risk Management and Insurance Services Departments. The role involves reducing risk exposures, managing liability, and collaborating with internal teams and external parties to oversee risk management activities.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Stays abreast of current issues in loss prevention, insurance, risk management, and patient safety
Assists in identifying incident/event trends with direction/guidance in implementing improvement actions to prevent recurrence
Provides leadership to staff handling professional liability, general liability, and Workers' Compensation litigated and non-litigated claims
Assists with strategy and oversight for the claims, insurance, and enterprise risk management program
Negotiate settlements under specific direction of Department leader
Assists in obtaining various lines of insurance coverage in order to obtain the broadest coverage for the most cost effective price
Assists in overseeing reporting processes to insurance carriers
Assists in performing captive insurance company business functions
Collaborates and facilitates ongoing development of patient safety and related strategic plans with a focus on development of safe culture
Knowledge and experience in insurance, enterprise risk management, and claims management
Strong financial acumen, as well as understanding the financial impact of decisions and their impact on the captive and the organization
Providing data analysis and preparing and processing reports to Department leaders
Undertaking research on current market/organizational risk initiatives
Other duties as assigned at the direction of Department leaders
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctorate (J.D.)
Seven (7) years of progressive experience in risk management or similar field as approved internally and/or insurance (ideally including medical professional liability and general liability) and/or related field to include but not be limited to legal
Five (5) years of leadership experience preferred in prior areas of related experience, including legal and/or insurance claims management
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization
Expertise and experience in the areas of clinical risk, legal healthcare experience, and claims and litigation management
Preferred
Five (5) years of leadership experience preferred in prior areas of related experience, including legal and/or insurance claims management
Benefits
Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
Adoption assistance
LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan forgiveness
Company
Lexington Health
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tod Augsburger
President & CEO
Recent News
2025-09-04
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