Senior Counsel - Global Auto

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specialty insurance • extended service products and related services • renters insurance • lender-placed homeowners insurance • flood insurance

10,000+

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-02

Description

• Primarily supporting Assurant Global Auto’s Third-Party Administrator and Strategic Accounts business • Serve as business counsel for an innovative ever-changing business line operating in over 21 countries • Strategic legal advisor to the Global Auto Business, advising on game changing initiatives • Enable sustainable growth and proactively manage legal risk • Work on a team of skilled lawyers and other professionals in providing general and contractual legal advice

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and Law Degree (JD) from an accredited law school • Membership in good standing in the bar of at least one state • A minimum of 8 years of experience practicing in a law firm or corporation providing legal counsel on general business and contractual issues • Experience in directly representing clients in contractual negotiations • Prior experience in property & casualty insurance and reinsurance; background in service contracts (and related protection products) a benefit • Prior experience dealing with internationally based business and legal counterparts preferred • Accounting/Finance/Reinsurance/Risk Management experience or education preferred • Understanding of the laws governing the products and operations of Assurant Global Auto including insurance, service contract, warranty, reinsurance, and similar risk transfer products and methodologies • Highly autonomous and self-motivated work ethic; demonstrating sound judgment, initiative, and an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency • Ability to understand business strategy and basic financial aspects of business ventures • Ability to quickly evaluate complex legal and regulatory issues and recommend appropriate and defensible courses of action • Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization internally and externally • Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Office, Word), Westlaw experience • Ability to influence without direct authority • Ability to communicate and negotiate with senior leaders • Ability to evaluate complex facts, identify legal issues and risks, locate applicable legal authority, analyze and understand changing statutes and legislation and case law

Benefits

• U.S. benefit information available at myassurantbenefits.com • Benefit information outside the U.S. provided by recruiter