Interim Senior Wordings Counsel

Responsibilities

Wordings & Product:

• To be responsible for the design, technical content and final production of insurance documentation
  
  

including Policy Wordings, Evidence of Cover documents, Certificates of Insurance and Reinsurance,

IPID’s, Proposal Forms and Promotional/Marketing brochures;

• To draft or approve documentation across the full range of products underwritten by W/R/B;
• To provide advice and support to underwriters on all Wordings related matters and to operate
  
  

Wordings advice in line with WRB’s Wordings Protocols;

• To maintain a library of wordings for use by underwriters;
• To act as a member of WRB’s Product Oversight Group providing wordings advice and support to the
  
  

Group on SME Products;

• To develop and maintain clear and simple wordings for WRB’s SME customers;
• To develop good relationships with underwriters, brokers, coverholders and internal stakeholders;
• To communicate market and regulatory guidance in respect of policy wordings/exclusionary language
  
  

to internal stakeholders;

• To provide support to compliance, delegated authority and underwriting management functions in
  
  

drafting insurance specific agreements and documents, such as binding authority agreements; and

• To conduct training for staff as required;
  
  

Commercial

• To review and negotiate commercial agreements;
• To maintain a UK ‘playbook’ to put in place standard requirements for commercial agreements;
• To develop a relationship with selected corporate and commercial counsel to streamline the review
  
  

process.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Professional qualifications: England & Wales qualified practising solicitor (or equivalent);
• Minimum 5 years’ experience of working within an Underwriting, Broking or law firm environment;
• Experience of commercial and SME insurances across different lines of business;
• Experience of regulatory product governance requirements that relate to the set up of insurance
  
  

products, and their policy wordings and other documentation;

• The ability to act professionally at all times with a total dedication to customer service and good
  
  

customer outcomes;

• The ability to work with minimum supervision;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
• The ability to be able to make constructive input to the product specification and design for both new
  
  

and existing business;

• Good administrative skills and time management; and
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  
  

CONDUCT & BEHAVIOUR

WRBSML PERSONNEL

• Act with Integrity (PRA/FCA)
• Act with due skill, care and diligence. (PRA/FCA)
• Be open and co-operative with the FCA, PRA, Lloyd’s and other regulators. (PRA/FCA)
• Act to deliver good customer outcomes