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Legal Counsel
Canopius Group. Provide strategic advice and legal support to Underwriting and Product leads on legal risk relating to the Group’s insurance and reinsurance products .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive legal expertise in insurance and reinsurance products, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations while providing strategic advice to underwriting and product teams. Proficient in contract management, legal structuring, and commercial negotiation, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and communication.
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Legal Expertise & KnowledgeContract ManagementCommercial NegotiationChange ManagementLegal Research & Writing
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Hard Skills
Insurance LawRegulation CompliancePolicy Wording InterpretationLegal Risk AssessmentAdvisory Proficiency Level 3Commercial Acumen Proficiency Level 3Standards Management & Audit Proficiency Level 3Legal Structuring Proficiency Level 3Delegated Underwriting AgreementsReinsurance Wordings
Soft Skills
Communication Proficiency Level 3Stakeholder EngagementRelationship Building
Tools & Technologies
Market Wording Databases
Industry Keywords
InsuranceReinsuranceFinancial LinesCyber InsuranceDigital Assets InsuranceUnderwritingNDA ReviewBroker DiscussionsComplianceEuropean Insurance
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide strategic advice and legal support to Underwriting and Product leads on legal risk relating to the Group’s insurance and reinsurance products
- Ensure insurance policies across the Group comply with law and regulation
- Advise on best practice in the jurisdictions where policies are written and account for evolving case law
- Build relationships with Underwriters and Product leads to mitigate wording risk through amendments, pricing, or exposure changes
- Support Claims in determining coverage questions arising from policy wording interpretation
- Advise on legal risk in insurance policies, wordings, endorsements, NDAs, underlying transaction documentation, and structures
- Establish a policy wording framework and agreed baseline across products
- Advise on structures and documentation for products involving managed third-party capital
- Review documentation or transaction structures outside the framework or produced by brokers or pre-agreed by lead insurers
- Establish an efficient NDA review and approval process in accordance with Group NDA Guidance
- Ensure policy wording triggers reflect underlying transaction mechanics for complex transactions
- Advise on deviations from baseline frameworks, market standards, unusual clauses, legal risks, and jurisdictional issues
- Participate in broker and client discussions regarding disagreements or interpretation
- Record deviations from agreed master terms per client
- Maintain acceptable terms and templates, including NDAs, wordings, and NBIs
- Participate in Lloyd’s/LMA working groups and engage with relevant regulatory bodies
- Highlight legislative and case-law changes and reflect them in documentation where appropriate
- Assist with stakeholder engagement, including Compliance and Procurement
- Educate Underwriters and Product leads through regular communications and training
- Instruct external counsel on specific product matters where appropriate
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5-8 years Post-Qualified Experience, preferably in-house within a re/insurer
- Experience of a diverse range of policyholders, both consumer and non-consumer preferable
- Experience of delegated underwriting agreements and reinsurance wordings preferable
- US, UK and European experience preferred
- Good knowledge of market wording databases
- Knowledge of Financial Lines, Cyber and/or Digital Assets insurance would be preferred
- Sound understanding of general insurance, insurance law, regulation, and market practice as they relate to products is essential
- Advisory proficiency level 3
- Change Management proficiency level 2
- Commercial Acumen proficiency level 3
- Standards Management & Audit proficiency level 3
- Communication proficiency level 3
- Legal Expertise & Knowledge proficiency level 3
- Commercial Negotiation proficiency level 3
- Contract Management proficiency level 3
- Legal Research & Writing proficiency level 3
- Legal Structuring proficiency level 3
Benefits
Comp & perks- Permanent full-time employment
- Hybrid working arrangement