Senior Insurance Litigation Lawyer 6+ PQE

An opportunity is available for a litigation lawyer to join a leading insurance company, reporting into the General Counsel, providing expert and strategic legal counsel to the senior leadership on Errors and Omissions claims (E&O) and commercial disputes. The objective being to minimise and appropriately manage legal risk and reputational damage to the business.

This team positively embrace hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days / week to be spent in the London office. Responsibilities will include:

• End to end management of E&Os: advising on, managing and resolving notified E&O matters, including reporting to and liaising with insurers, as appropriate;
• Liaising with Group stakeholders, including the Group legal function, where E&Os require escalation and further reporting;
• Working with other functions, identifying E&O trends and risk improvement measures, including the evaluation of different risk factors in business structure and operations ;
• Assisting with the management of their E&O insurance programme;
• Managing and supervising external legal counsel as required and controlling and minimising external legal spend.

Candidate requirements:

• A UK qualified solicitor with substantial insurance litigation (a minimum of 6PQE) experience gained in private practice or in house;
• A proven track record of leading on and managing a wide-ranging portfolio of complex disputes, including cross border jurisdiction;
• Expertise in insurance law and insurance coverage disputes, particularly with a London Market focus.

For further information, please do contact Laura Field via email: laura.field@ssq.com Please be assured of confidentiality in your application.