VP & Associate General Counsel - Specialty & Financial Lines

Min 15 yrs required

Full-time

No

VP & Associate General Counsel - Specialty & Financial Lines:

- Responsible for providing comprehensive legal services to the Financial Lines Business Unit
- Reports to the Senior Vice President, Head of Legal for . Businesses
- Direct oversight of the Specialty Legal team, including 8 attorneys
- Strategic partner to the Head of Specialty and Specialty business unit leadership
- Provides legal, regulatory, and transactional support to all Specialty business units
- Requires a Juris Doctor (JD) degree and a license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Minimum of 15 years of related legal work experience with deep expertise in Financial Lines
- In certain jurisdictions, national base pay range is $182,000 to $290,000 annually
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package offered
- Commitment to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process

Key Responsibilities:

- Strategic and tactical legal counseling for Specialty underwriting and operational teams
- Product development guidance and support
- Management and mitigation of legal, compliance, and regulatory risks
- Timely and accurate responses to business regarding legal, regulatory, and transactional issues
- Leadership and talent management of lawyers supporting Specialty business units
- Review of external communication materials and training development
- Maintaining current knowledge of legislative, regulatory, and compliance developments
- Participation in market conduct exams and investigation of consumer complaints
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with third party service providers
- Collaboration and partnership with internal business clients and leadership team
- Effective communication and presentation of complex topics
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to interpret, negotiate, and draft complex contracts
- Prioritization, management, and delegation of assignments

Skills and Experience:

- Demonstrated leadership and change management skills
- Significant experience in the insurance industry and related disciplines
- Knowledge of CNA products and services, as well as competitor products and services
- Ability to partner with and support the growth and development of the Specialty business
- Experience as a trusted advisor with internal business clients and sophisticated leadership team
- Effective communication and relationship building with internal and external partners
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to interpret, negotiate, and draft complex contracts
- Prioritization, management, and delegation of assignments
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software
- Ability to model CNA's leadership behaviors and value diverse opinions and ideas
- JD and a license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction required
- Minimum of fifteen years of related legal work experience in key specialties
- Prior experience managing a sizeable team strongly preferred

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Comprehensive and competitive benefits package

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legal counseling, product development, risk management, leadership, change management, contract law, litigation, regulatory compliance, negotiation, problem solving, team management

JD degree

Interested candidates can apply through the company's website or by contacting for accommodations.

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctor (JD) degree and license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction

Legal