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Lead Casualty and Programs Counsel
Location
United States
Posted
33 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
Liberty Mutual’s North America Legal Team seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and collaborative attorney to support its North America business unit, with specific responsibility for providing legal support to Liberty’s Casualty line of business and Programs portfolio across North America. The role spans both admitted and non-admitted (E&S) products and markets. The successful candidate will partner closely with leaders and teams in Casualty, Programs, Product Development, and Product Management to enable profitable growth while mitigating legal risk.
Day-to-day activities will include:
- Providing advice on time-sensitive transactions.
- Analyzing and advising on issues related to regulatory compliance across admitted and E&S platforms.
- Supporting Product Development and Product Management on new product development and product maintenance initiatives.
- Counseling clients on product distribution arrangements (including programs).
- Coordinating across legal teams to solve complex problems.
Expertise in domestic insurance regulation is required, and familiarity and experience with commercial insurance products, delegated authority arrangements, and claims handling is preferred. Common sense, great judgment, a broad perspective, a willingness to learn, and a good sense of humor are key to the candidate’s success.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary legal advisor to Liberty’s North America Casualty line of business and Programs portfolio—spanning admitted and non-admitted (E&S) products and markets.
- Advise on domestic insurance regulatory issues impacting casualty products and programs across admitted and E&S markets.
- Structure, draft, and negotiate program-related agreements and distribution arrangements (e.g., MGA, program administrator, TPA, and producer agreements).
- Support product filings and related regulatory strategy for admitted products.
- Counsel on pre-dispute matters that may impact casualty portfolios.
- Monitor and advise on trends affecting casualty lines and programs.
- Build and maintain a strong understanding of business clients’ objectives, strategic priorities, and the markets in which they operate.
- Collaborate effectively across GRS Legal practice groups and with stakeholders in various departments.
- Prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Prepare and deliver training for internal clients on relevant legal and regulatory topics.
- Stay abreast of changes to insurance regulations, pertinent case law, and emerging industry trends.
- Work collaboratively with and take direction from senior members of the team.
Qualifications
- JD from an accredited law school and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
- Typically 5+ years’ insurance‑industry legal experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in domestic insurance regulation (P&C).
- Experience structuring and negotiating delegated authority/MGA/program agreements preferred.
- Proven experience partnering with Product and Underwriting on new product development and regulatory strategy.
- Strong drafting, negotiation and client‑facing skills.
- Business orientation, sound judgment, responsiveness, and collaborative approach.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits.
- Workplace flexibility.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities provided through Employee Resource Groups.
Job Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
- Typically 5+ years’ insurance‑industry legal experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in domestic insurance regulation (P&C).
- Experience structuring and negotiating delegated authority/MGA/program agreements preferred.
- Proven experience partnering with Product and Underwriting on new product development and regulatory strategy.
- Strong drafting, negotiation and client‑facing skills.
- Business orientation, sound judgment, responsiveness, and collaborative approach.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits.
- Workplace flexibility.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities provided through Employee Resource Groups.
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