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National Indemnity Company

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Good company, but talk to current employees in your particular department before you take a position here - Claims Examiner National Indemnity Company Employee Review

4.0
12 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Insurance and time off benefits are excellent. Strong company with no layoffs, and anyone who gets fired has usually REALLY earned that (that one's a double-edged sword... sometimes people won't be fired when they really ought to be because they're so careful about not firing inappropriately). They give a lot of fun swag and put on nice events, including family-friendly stuff like trips to local attractions for the employee and their spouses/significant others and children.

Cons

I only worked in the claims department, so I can’t speak in great detail about others, and some of my complaints might be limited to claims… and I do know that not all departments are equal. Some get bonuses and/or raises twice a year, while in claims you can expect 2% or less, once a year only and with no bonuses, and they’ll tell you to be grateful for that. I'm not sure how many of the departments are chronically understaffed (I don't think it's every department) but some are, and in those departments no one even pretends anymore that a 40 hour work week is expected. Many folks work 60-70 hours every single week -- salary, so no overtime, and no bonuses for all that extra time -- and they still can't keep up, and management just tells you to do more with less. Your work piles up while you're gone, so you can't actually take advantage of the generous PTO, and the company doesn't allow you to sell it back, so that's a benefit in theory only, at least until/unless they staff appropriately. The turnover the last couple of years is compounding the workload problem, so everyone who's still there just has more to do. There are no clear guidelines for what it means to be successful, or for how to earn promotions, or for what to do to warrant raises that might at least keep up with inflation. There's a habit of bringing in outsiders to fill higher positions, rather than promoting the worthy people already there, which makes it feel like there's no room to actually advance, and certainly makes it feel like any advancement will be 100% out of your control. There are massive pay disparities, and management seems uninterested in addressing those. The lower end of the pay scale is definitely below market rates, which is part of why turnover is increasing. However, the biggest problems are the pervasive lack of respect and support. Resources are mismanaged, and people are treated like they’re fungible.

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5.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay. Happy with the pay.

Cons

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2.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- While the interview process can feel slow/lengthy, there's a reason: They hire with the intention of keeping you on long-term and developing you as an individual. As somebody who's looking for my "forever job" where I can settle down into a lifelong career, I really respect this approach. - Stable. From what I understand, they don't really do layoffs. - Benefits are fine. Not amazing. There aren't any deductible-free point-of-service plans or anything, but the deductibles aren't so bad. PTO policy feels very reasonable. Tuition reimbursement is awesome in theory, but you need to be able to juggle work & school full-time. - Clean office space, free coffee, company kitchen. There's even an attached garage for those with accrued seniority.

Cons

- They send you a ton of surveys to ask how things are going and then they never action upon anything you say. I feel as though they just take feedback to give the appearance of caring. They wanted to do an exit interview with me but never bothered to approach me regarding the ~3 or more surveys I took the time out of my busy day to thoughtfully complete for them. - 50 to 90 phone calls a day wouldn't have been an issue if not for the fact that we were also assigned taskwork in between calls. So, while you're getting back-to-back calls, you're expected to keep up metrics AND complete grunt work from other CS departments. - Extremely archaic systems & procedures. Most of the stuff that you would think is fully automated in 2026, they are still doing manually. If you're somebody who values agility, adaptability, and a tech-forward, user-friendly, modern environment... this ain't it, chief. - Communication is a huge issue. They'll tell you one thing, and then do the opposite. You have to expect the game plan to change the day-of, otherwise you'll be constantly caught off-guard. I'm not stranger to pivoting for customers & clients but having to pivot this frequently for leadership was rough. - Even though most of the work is entirely capable of being done from the comfort of your own home, they force a 50/50 hybrid schedule and there's a 6-month nesting period that is completely in-office. I was able to EASILY find something with equivalent pay, almost entirely WFH, and a nesting period of only ~6 weeks. No question, they're lacking in this realm. - No degree? No movement. They don't consider you for anything unless you have a degree. No amount of hard work, creativity, aptitude, or loyalty could conceivably get you promoted without a degree - the best you could ever hope of achieving is a lateral move. I cannot stress this enough. - In my old line of work, the running joke was "no more pizza parties" because some companies would rather shower you with food than invest in making your job more manageable, comfortable, or rewarding. Unfortunately, this is the type of mindset I see at NICO. They'd rather cater food and shower you with free cups, bags, etc. than just invest in making the role comfortable. I was wildly unimpressed in this regard. - Leadership felt a bit domineering. Everybody is really nice face-to-face, but the office vibe got extremely weird any time I tried to offer a solution to one of our many backwards, inefficient, counterproductive procedures. They'd almost immediately shut it down. Our supervisor also seemed to lash out at people when frustrated and it led to many tears shed across the team.

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