Published: Oct 03, 2025 - The Insurance Clerk prepares, files, and reconciles insurance claims while ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements. This role involves reviewing rejections, processing denials or overpayments, posting remittance advice, and verifying insurance eligibility for scheduled appointments. The clerk also collaborates with other departments to obtain accurate insurance information, resolve claim issues, and manage patient accounts effectively.

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1. Insurance Clerk, Prairie State Insurance Group, Omaha, NE
Job Summary:
- Works under the supervision of the Business Services Coordinator
- Performs diverse clerical tasks involved in processing billing for services to patients to expedite remittances and minimize outstanding accounts
- Checks for prior stays and charges
- Resolves questions through written correspondence, in person or by telephone
- Greets patients and the public politely
- Composes and types letters
- Verifies information/charges on patient account for accuracy, reconciles discrepancies
- Maintains records and files of account transactions, hard copy and computer system
- Answers inquiries accurately and courteously by phone or in person
- Observant of co-members' desks when vacant
- Enters detailed comments into the computer
- Obtains documents from outside departments to obtain the necessary information to complete the verification/billing process
- Checks admissions for prior stays and transfers charges from outpatients
Skills on Resume:
- Clerical Tasks (Hard Skills)
- Billing Processing (Hard Skills)
- Account Verification (Hard Skills)
- Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Patient Interaction (Soft Skills)
- Information Retrieval (Hard Skills)
- Written Communication (Soft Skills)
- Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
2. Insurance Clerk, River Valley Mutual, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Receives, interprets and processes any incoming mail/bulletins, submits necessary modifications
- Processes late charges and completes the spreadsheet
- Downloads claims to PC from Host systems
- Bills both primary and secondary insurance carriers for inpatients and outpatients, process adjustments, calculate days and deductibles, at the time of billing, calculate expected payments, and adjust balances
- Maintains a system for review and follow-up on unpaid claims
- Completes claim check process to produce bills and enters, corrects, or reverses charges with documentation
- Refers accounts to a self-pay status when collection efforts have been exhausted or denied
- Appears in court and rebills accounts
- Interprets for non-English speaking patients/public
- Communicates with insurance carriers to ensure coverage for services provided
Skills on Resume:
- Mail Processing (Hard Skills)
- Claims Billing (Hard Skills)
- Spreadsheet Management (Hard Skills)
- Payment Calculation (Hard Skills)
- Claims Follow-Up (Hard Skills)
- Court Representation (Soft Skills)
- Language Interpretation (Soft Skills)
- Carrier Communication (Soft Skills)
3. Insurance Clerk, Heartland Coverage Services, Lincoln, NE
Job Summary:
- Set up New and Renewal client records
- Bind New and Renewal policies
- Invoice New and Renewal policies
- Follow up on the missing file documents
- Review applications for accuracy
- Process endorsements, cancellations, reinstatements and non-renewals
- Order loss control reports, follow up for compliance of recs
- Gather and prepare insurance reimbursements for manual or electronic posting to the appropriate office accounts
- Manually post payments and adjustments
- Provide auditors, billers, and other claims tracers with assistance in the follow-up of outstanding claims payments
- Scan paper EOB’s for ERA conversion
- Daily reconciliation of scanned batches
Skills on Resume:
- Policy Processing (Hard Skills)
- Record Setup (Hard Skills)
- Application Review (Hard Skills)
- Document Follow-Up (Soft Skills)
- Payment Posting (Hard Skills)
- Claims Assistance (Soft Skills)
- Batch Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Report Ordering (Hard Skills)
4. Insurance Clerk, Summit Ridge Insurance, Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Investigate denials using appropriate tactics
- Follow the procedure to resubmit bills for reimbursement
- Prepare for resubmission of corrected bills for reimbursement
- Pinpoint the foundation of the denial and resolve the denial
- Assisting service companies in completing claims for warranty repairs
- Processing and submitting claims to the manufacturer for payment
- Tracking claims until completed
- Communicating with vendors, homeowners, and service contractors
Skills on Resume:
- Denial Investigation (Hard Skills)
- Bill Resubmission (Hard Skills)
- Error Correction (Hard Skills)
- Claim Resolution (Hard Skills)
- Warranty Claims (Hard Skills)
- Claim Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Communication (Soft Skills)
- Customer Interaction (Soft Skills)
5. Insurance Clerk, Guardian Policy Associates, Springfield, MO
Job Summary:
- Maintain files, set up files, enter data, organize, classify, and file information/documents
- Retrieve information and files and requested
- Respond promptly to requests in-person, over the phone and/or in writing
- Provide files, documents, photos, reports, and other relevant materials.
- Prepare standard departmental reports, forms, and other documents.
- Use several computer programs to store and organize data
- Process credits and payments
- Reconcile checks, cash and paperwork
- Track and report payments, bills and credits
- Process and distribute mail
- Maintain office inventory and order supplies
Skills on Resume:
- File Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Information Retrieval (Hard Skills)
- Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Payment Processing (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Customer Response (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
6. Insurance Clerk, Blue Sky Insurance Agency, Sioux Falls, SD
Job Summary:
- Collect all Guarantor and insurance details to help assess patient eligibility
- Provide insurance verification for all new patients and reverify benefits and eligibility for existing patients when the plan year renews
- Be the insurance expert for the patient by explaining benefits and coverage
- Enter all patient and insurance information into EMR to ensure accurate and correct billing
- Determine deductible, co-payments and coinsurance for patients in participating insurance plans
- Properly advise patients regarding the need for co-payments
- Collect co-pays and open balances
- Verify student eligibility per semester
- Determine and explain benefit coverage for students
- Interpret plan coverage and coordinate appropriate treatment
- Assist with referrals and be a liaison between participating plan providers and patients
- Answer phones and general insurance questions
- Greet students, patients and visitors
Skills on Resume:
- Eligibility Verification (Hard Skills)
- Benefit Explanation (Soft Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Payment Collection (Hard Skills)
- Patient Advising (Soft Skills)
- Referral Assistance (Soft Skills)
- Phone Handling (Soft Skills)
- Customer Greeting (Soft Skills)
7. Insurance Clerk, Heritage Insurance Partners, Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Handle non-compliance issues with subcontractors, their insurance agents and/or D.R. Horton’s insurance monitoring service (EBIX)
- Request renewal insurance documents from subcontractors and/or their insurance agents
- Assist D.R. Horton’s Purchasing Department with insurance reviews for new vendor setups
- Utilize JDE as a management system to document insurance compliance activities
- Generate OCIP/Wrap-Up Insurance enrollment reports and review them with the Purchasing Department to address any enrollment concerns
- Communicate basic insurance knowledge to subcontractors and/or their insurance agents regarding insurance documents, wording/language and insurance requirements
- Conducts all business professionally and ethically to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
- Monitor OCIP (Wrap-Up insurance program) enrollment reports to ensure subcontractors are enrolled in the OCIPs
- Communicate daily with company personnel, subcontractors, and insurance agents
- Monitor insurance expiration reports to ensure renewal documents are received before expiration
Skills on Resume:
- Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
- Document Request (Hard Skills)
- Insurance Review (Hard Skills)
- System Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Report Generation (Hard Skills)
- Insurance Communication (Soft Skills)
- Ethical Conduct (Soft Skills)
- Expiration Monitoring (Hard Skills)
8. Insurance Clerk, Keystone Claims Solutions, Topeka, KS
Job Summary:
- Process all title work in an accurate and timely manner
- Coordinate title searches and provide necessary documentation
- Ensure all Certificates of Insurance are current and documented
- Update the database with the current insurance
- Update all necessary software and spreadsheets as the title activity demands
- Generate weekly and monthly reporting related to insurance
- Be responsive and provide ongoing support to the leasing team, sales, marketing and business development personnel
- Develop strong working relationships with other operational team members
- Take direction promptly from managerial staff
- Ensure non-disclosure of proprietary carrier information and driver lists
Skills on Resume:
- Title Processing (Hard Skills)
- Title Search (Hard Skills)
- Certificate Management (Hard Skills)
- Database Updating (Hard Skills)
- Report Generation (Hard Skills)
- Team Support (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Confidentiality Practice (Soft Skills)
9. Insurance Clerk, Great Plains Risk Services, Tulsa, OK
Job Summary:
- Responsible for assisting customers with insurance-related issues, such as proof of coverage standards and disputes
- Working with pending physical damage/total loss claims as well as interacting with the Insurance carrier, WNC-First
- Handle a high volume of incoming calls with the bank's customers as well as insurance companies
- Process monetary adjustments and payments to customers' loan accounts
- File GAP claims on damaged vehicles and follow up to ensure receipt of the same
- Responsible for opening and sorting incoming mail
- Prepare customer letters, intake and follow-up on total loss claims
- Assist the department supervisor with incoming phone calls
- Address unmatched documents in HawkSoft from nightly download
- Open Lot program dealer report servicing
- Open lot program dealer certificate requests
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Assistance (Soft Skills)
- Claims Handling (Hard Skills)
- Call Management (Soft Skills)
- Payment Processing (Hard Skills)
- GAP Claims (Hard Skills)
- Mail Processing (Hard Skills)
- Document Management (Hard Skills)
- Letter Preparation (Hard Skills)
10. Insurance Clerk, Cornerstone Coverage Group, Columbia, MO
Job Summary:
- Effectively manage the renewal book of business, including communicating with both the carrier’s renewal team and retail agents
- Review indications, quotes, binders, submissions and policies for completeness and accuracy
- Read policy forms and compare coverages
- Maintain good rapport with both the retailers and the carrier partners
- Examines such documents as application forms, inspection reports, insurance maps, and medical reports
- Determine the degree of risk from such factors as applicant financial standing, age, occupation, accident experience, and value and condition of property
- Work with Brokers and Account Executives when reviewing risks submitted by Producers, rate submissions for premium and terms, and issue written binders
- Review indications, quotes, binders, submissions and policies for completeness and accuracy
- Identify the different types of policies and the common information to request the inspection company to obtain at the time of inspection
- Work with the Brokers and Account Executives to be sure the forms on the policies are the current edition dates used by each Company
Skills on Resume:
- Renewal Management (Hard Skills)
- Policy Review (Hard Skills)
- Coverage Comparison (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Broker Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Document Examination (Hard Skills)
- Accuracy Verification (Soft Skills)
11. Insurance Clerk, Horizon Insurance Solutions, Cedar Rapids, IA
Job Summary:
- Work with the Binding Authority Underwriter or Broker when reviewing risks submitted by Producers, rate submissions for premium and terms, and issue written binders
- Provide full assistance and support for the sales and production process in the department
- Issue binders and invoices
- Review indications, quotes, binders, submissions and policies for completeness and a high degree of accuracy
- Become thoroughly familiar with the use of all agency management software systems and suggest labor-saving uses to the Department Leader
- Identify the different types of policies and the common information to request the inspection company to obtain at the time of inspection
- Carefully review inspections used to obtain underwriting information, quoted rates, and ensure adherence to company underwriting guidelines
- Issue and re-issue Certificates of Insurance
- Work with the Binding Authority Underwriter or Broker to be sure the forms on the policies are the current edition dates used by each Company
- Answer basic questions a retail agent, finance company or carrier may have
- Ensure compliance with government agencies and corporate policies and procedures
- Attend training sessions, courses, etc., to maintain up-to-date skills
Skills on Resume:
- Risk Review (Hard Skills)
- Sales Support (Soft Skills)
- Binder Issuance (Hard Skills)
- Policy Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Software Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Inspection Review (Hard Skills)
- Certificate Issuance (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Knowledge (Hard Skills)
12. Insurance Clerk, Pioneer Mutual Insurance, Grand Island, NE
Job Summary:
- Prepare and file insurance claims in accordance with the insurance carrier's regulatory and contractual requirements
- Review, correct and reconcile rejections from the clearing house or the CIMOR system
- Review, reconcile and post remittance advices (RA) or explanations of benefits (EOB) as received for insurance carriers
- Process, correct or adjust denied claims and overpayments for insurance carriers
- Work with other departments in obtaining insurance information to file or correct claims for insurance carriers
- Review and process open items reports for insurance carriers
- Verify insurance eligibility for scheduled appointments
- Process collection of deductibles and co-insurance for insurance carriers
- Work with other departments in obtaining insurance information to file or correct claims for insurance carriers and patient accounts
Skills on Resume:
- Claims Filing (Hard Skills)
- Rejection Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Remittance Posting (Hard Skills)
- Denial Processing (Hard Skills)
- Information Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Report Review (Hard Skills)
- Eligibility Verification (Hard Skills)
- Payment Collection (Hard Skills)