Senior Legal Counsel, Claims and Underwriting

Senior Legal Counsel, Claims and Underwriting  

London, Hybrid 

Full Time  

 
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Legal Counsel to support our claims and underwriting functions.  The role will have a focus on claims, but the successful candidate will play a crucial role in providing legal advice and support across these functions, delivering business outcomes whilst ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and contributing to the overall success of the organisation. 

Your New Role 

• Support the Head of Legal, Underwriting and Claims in developing and delivering legal strategy and frameworks for managing legal risk. 

• Contribute to the improvement of legal risk management and best practice processes and controls. 

• Promote legal risk awareness and a risk management culture across business and support units. 

• Undertake legal analysis of and provide advice on strategic and material matters related to claims and underwriting. 

• Support the claims function on ad hoc coverage, claims management queries and contract reviews. 

• Advise on non-claims related disputes, driving legal strategy and resolution. 

• Supporting the Legal team and business on ad hoc underwriting matters, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts with legal soundness and commercial appropriateness. 

• Keeping in touch with and analysing legal developments and emerging issues, supporting the Head of Legal manage risks to the business. 

• Represent the legal team in advising senior stakeholders and at all levels of business functions. 

• Support Head of Legal and Chief Legal Officer deliver group, board, and business projects. 

• Ensure the legal team is a trusted and accessible resource for the business. 

• Help develop the legal function to align with business needs. 

• Mentor and support Legal Counsel and monitor their development. 

• Foster strong internal relationships within the legal team. 

About You 

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with a minimum of 7 years’ post-qualification experience. 

• Strong background in (re)insurance law, with experience in insurance coverage and claims related issues. 

• Proven ability to manage complex legal matters and projects independently. 

• Capable of applying legal skills to work comfortably beyond immediate areas of expertise and responsibility.  

• Insurance distribution knowledge and experience. 

• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills. 

• Experience working with senior stakeholders (Head of/Director level). 

• Strong commercial awareness and pragmatic approach to legal issues. 

• In-depth knowledge of UK/EU insurance regulation and its impact on insurance businesses, including underwriting, claims and distribution. 

• Good understanding of company law, contract, agency, competition law, tort and statutory obligations. 

• Capable of working across multiple matters and specialties and maintain pace. 

• Proficiency in MS Office and legal document management tools. 

Why QBE? At My Best   

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.   

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.   

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).  

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.   

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.  

At My Best - QBE Benefits   

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.  FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!   

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.  

• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.  

• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.  

• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.   

• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.  

• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.  

• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.  

• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.  

To find out more visit our  Reward Page