What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Group 1001?
Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.
Why This Role Matters:
This newly created position will work in the Law and Compliance Department and will play a key role in assisting the legal team with board meeting preparation, legal entity management, and insurance regulatory and statue corporate law filings, among other general corporate legal work.
How You’ll Contribute:
Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required. Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.
Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.
Why This Role Matters:
This newly created position will work in the Law and Compliance Department and will play a key role in assisting the legal team with board meeting preparation, legal entity management, and insurance regulatory and statue corporate law filings, among other general corporate legal work.
How You’ll Contribute:
- Provides support for board meeting preparation.
- Maintains corporate minutes books and related databases and file shares.
- Assists with drafting of board materials, including reports, resolutions, minutes and written consents, as well as state insurance department regulatory filings (e.g., holding company act filings).
- Conducts research on corporate governance and insurance regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for annual and ad hoc regulatory filings, such as Certificate of Authority renewals, annual reports, and notifications of changes in officers and directors.
- Prepare annual and quarterly statutory insurance filings, including Jurat pages, interrogatory responses, Schedule Y Part 1 and Part 1A, and organizational charts.
- Provides general corporate governance support, such as maintaining signing authorizations, providing secretary certificates and know-your-client documentation, forming and organizing new legal entities, and due diligence and closing support for mergers and acquisitions.
- Maintains digital database of director and officer appointments across numerous legal entities, and assists with completion of biographical affidavits and fingerprinting requirements.
- Responds to internal and external auditor requests for corporate and regulatory documentation.
- Assist with ad hoc projects, special project work, and various corporate governance, corporate secretarial and corporate regulatory initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred
- Minimum of 3-4 years of corporate paralegal experience, preferably in the insurance industry
- Experience with state insurance department regulatory and licensing filings preferred
- Strong experience with corporate governance work, including preparation of board of directors meeting materials, written resolutions and consents, meeting minutes, etc.
- Strong communication and organizational skills; superior attention to detail required
- Team player; collaborative, enthusiastic, results-oriented
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and online legal research tools; experience with electronic board portals (such as Diligent) preferred
Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required. Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.
Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.