Description:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Education and Experience:
J.D. required, plus minimum 8 years of relevant multi-state coverage and bad faith experience at a firm and/or at an insurance company, preferably both.
Knowledge, Skills, & Competencies:
- Manage coverage/bad faith litigation by and against the Company countrywide by providing competent legal advice and counsel on claim related matters, mainly on personal umbrella products.
- Achieve optimal results by resolving claim-related coverage litigation fairly, expeditiously and economically.
- Consult with and provide legal advice to the Claim Department on coverage issues, including reviewing coverage letters/documentation.
- Review all company filings and discovery in direct action and uninsured/underinsured litigation.
- Provide training and legal advice to Claim Department on coverage, file documentation, litigation management, excess vs. primary disputes, catastrophe claims and claim handling issues.
- Provide legal advice and consultation on policy language and product development
- Provide legal advice to Claim Department on other issues and disputes that arise from coverage and claim handling.
Education and Experience:
J.D. required, plus minimum 8 years of relevant multi-state coverage and bad faith experience at a firm and/or at an insurance company, preferably both.
Knowledge, Skills, & Competencies:
- Experience analyzing insurance coverage and defending alleged bad faith claims required.
- Experience handling Personal Umbrella Liability (auto, premises and personal liability) claims or litigation preferred.
- Multi-jurisdiction experience preferred.
- Experience with insurance policy drafting preferred.
- Ability to generate innovative solutions within the claim counsel group department.
- Ability to effectively communicate findings and recommendations effectively to management on claim counsel group department matters.
- Ability to communicate effectively on claim counsel matters.
- Ability to collaborate with and develop others to facilitate increased performance.
- Ability to apply a strategic perspective to improve claim outcomes.