What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Attorney position at Fortegra?
The Vice President, Attorney will be responsible for handling a broad range of insurance, corporate transactional matters. The candidate must be able to provide excellent legal advice and creative business solutions, have demonstrated a high degree of ethics, judgment and independence. Additionally, this person will have excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leaders of the Company, have the intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset to understand the interplay of various constituencies involved in corporate transactions and to keep abreast of the changing insurance climate, be detail-oriented, and have a strong commitment to personal growth and demonstrating leadership.
Primary Job Functions:
- Handles corporate and insurance transactional matters including insurance and reinsurance-related program arrangements, financing, capital markets and M&A transactions; corporate governance; corporate structure optimization; and regulatory engagement.
- Key stakeholder on cross-functional new business onboarding team responsible for collaboration across underwriter leadership, IT, Finance, Reinsurance and Claims.
- Leads commercial contracting team to draft, negotiate, and review, warranty and insurance distribution arrangements, including producer/MGA and other third-party distribution agreements, third party administration agreements, reinsurance transactions, and regulatory matters.
- Provides strategic legal advice on Admitted and Surplus Lines underwriting, product, market conduct, reinsurance, cyber, and/or data governance.
- Reporting to the General Counsel, ensures that organizational legal matters are managed properly, efficiently, and that the relevant and respective stakeholders receive proper advice and guidance to facilitate organizational success.
- Keeps informed of insurance-specific regulations that impact the company and ensures that appropriate risk management strategies are in place and build trust and respect with key stakeholders.
- Prior in-house experience preferred; experience with a specialty insurance program carrier a plus but not required.
- Manages and develops strategies to resolve a wide variety of investigations, litigation and pre-litigation disputes relating to corporate and commercial issues; supports claims function as necessary for complex claims handling and disputed matters.
The above cited duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to the job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that an incumbent may be expected or asked to perform.
Additional Information:
Full benefit package including medical, dental, life, vision, company paid short/long term disability, 401(k), tuition assistance and more.
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