Senior Legal Counsel - Insurance Litigation

We have a new permanent opportunity for a UK qualified solicitor years PQE),with substantial insurance litigation experience gained in private practice or in house, to work as a Senior Legal Counsel (Litigation) for a high profile Lloyd\’s Insurance market brokers in the City of London.

They are offering a salary of upto 140,000 plus an excellent range of benefits – This is a hybrid working role – with the expectation you would be in their London office at least 1 day per week. They is also the possibility of only working 4 days per week ( pro rata)

This role requires experience in the insurance industry as you will be providing legal advice to the senior leadership team specifically around Errors and Omissions claims (E&O) and commercial disputes.

The aim of the role will be to minimise and appropriately manage legal risk and reputational damage to the business.

A general overview of your duties 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
• Managing and supervising external legal counsel as required and controlling and minimising external legal spend.

It is essential that you have in-house experience in the London Insurance market including:

• 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, as our client is a London Market Lloyd\’s broker.
• Ideally, additional experience in dealing with E&O claims against insurance brokers and/or other insurance professionals.

Therefore, if you are looking for an exciting challenge is a high profile organisation, please apply today for more details

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.