Senior Legal Counsel - Insurance

We have a new role with a leading insurance broker to join as a Senior Legal Counsel, reporting into the General Counsel and leading a small team of lawyers and paralegals. This team fully embrace / support hybrid working with one / two days a week required in their London office.

You will manage day to day business legal matters, while acting as an escalation point for the team on more complex issues. The aim of the role will be to lead and manage the team partnering the insurance and reinsurance business, with technically accurate and commercially focused advice, and to minimise and appropriately manage legal risk and reputational damage to the business.

Key Role Accountabilities:

• Supporting and managing of small team of lawyers and paralegals partnering the insurance and reinsurance broking business, ensuring the smooth handling of business-as-usual legal tasks while providing guidance on escalated matters.
• Act as escalation point for more complex legal queries from the business and the team, both of UK and cross-border origin.
• Ensure the efficient handling of routine legal matters, including improving legal processes and workflows to optimise efficiencies.
• Liaising with Group stakeholders, including the Group legal function, where matters require escalation and further reporting

This is a great opportunity for a UK qualified insurance lawyer (London Market focus) with at least 7PQE and substantial insurance experience gained in private practice and most likely also in-house.

For further information, or to apply, please contact Laura Field at SSQ via email: [email protected]