Legal Counsel- Insurance Litigation
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Purpose of the Role This exciting new litigation Legal Counsel opportunity has arisen to join our team to provide expert and strategic legal counsel to the senior leadership of the Ardonagh Advisory segment and the broking and MGA businesses more generally on Errors and Omissions claims (E&O) and commercial disputes. This role will be to minimise and appropriately manage legal risk and reputational damage to the business. What you will do This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities.Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following and more:
- Assist on and provide timely legal counsel on a wide range of legal / business issues with a particular focus on E&O defence across broking and MGA business teams in the SME and niche consumer insurance product areas.
- Advise the business and senior leadership team on E&O exposures, including the provision of training, monitoring, advising on, managing and resolving notified E&O matters and identifying E&O trends and risk improvement measures.
- Identify, research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations and offer proactive advice on associated legal issues.
- Manage and supervise external legal counsel as required and control and minimise external legal spend.
- Report to the Senior Legal Counsel who leads on E&Os and litigation across the Ardonagh Advisory business segment.
- Participating in the Ardonagh-wide Litigation Cross-Platform working group.
- Expertise in insurance law and insurance coverage disputes.
- Ideally, additional experience in dealing with E&O claims against insurance brokers and/or other insurance professionals.
- Holiday entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays
- Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
- Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
- 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
- 1 day’s paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
- The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group
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