Description:
Description:The Role:
- Providing advice across all business segments on legal and insurance regulatory issues
- Negotiate numerous standard and complex corporate and commercial agreements, specifically focusing on producer agreements and related agreements with carriers while balancing appropriate legal and business risks.
- Work with cross functional teams (corporate development, sales, strategy, marketing, IT, HR, finance, etc.) to achieve business objectives.
- Undertake effective engagement with the company's business clients, government regulators, vendors, outside lawyers, trade bodies and other parties.
- Rapidly assess potential legal risks, benefits and consequences of decisions, present alternatives and propose solutions to achieve business objectives while skillfully managing legal and practical business considerations.
Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
Qualifications:
The Requirements:
- Minimum of 5-10 years relevant corporate and commercial experience in a fast-paced dynamic culture; prior in-house experience a plus but not required; level is flexible based on experience.
- Licensed attorney with outstanding academic credential from a nationally recognized law school and work experience (business experience and/or in-house legal experience is a plus).
- Experience with insurance regulatory law relating to property casualty insurance (including surplus lines) or health and benefits (including employee benefits) required (both preferred but not required).
- Experience with reinsurance laws and regulations a plus but not required.
- Must be a business-oriented team player, with a desire and ability to learn about the company's various businesses and understand the business operations and legal needs.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills, with special emphasis on excellent negotiation skills.
- Ability to think critically, spot issues in and negotiate improvements to transaction documents.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- Strong interpersonal skills to foster teamwork and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, with excellent judgment regarding when to elevate issues.
- Ability to summarize key legal and business issues and alternatives for executive decisions.
- Results-focused; able to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- Self- starter and independent/strategic thinker.
- Strong technical skills and knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.