What are the responsibilities and job description for the A&H Counsel [NYC] position at Oliver James?
A&H Counsel
Our client, a prominent leader in the Insurance industry, is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Legal Counsel specializing in Accident and Health (A&H) to join their robust legal department. This is a permanent position offering the successful candidate an opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, driving legal strategies and solutions that contribute to the company’s business goals and regulatory compliance.
Role and Responsibilities
Our client, a prominent leader in the Insurance industry, is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Legal Counsel specializing in Accident and Health (A&H) to join their robust legal department. This is a permanent position offering the successful candidate an opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, driving legal strategies and solutions that contribute to the company’s business goals and regulatory compliance.
Role and Responsibilities
- Serve as a business-facing insurance specialist embedded across A&H, Travel, Pet, Stop Loss, and other specialty lines.
- Advise senior stakeholders on insurance regulatory matters, regulatory exposure, and regulator interactions.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and insurance agreements, including vendor, MGA/MGU, TPA, and delegated authority arrangements.
- Advise on claims, product, and state regulatory matters, including benefit clarifications and claims communications.
- Support product, advertising, consumer, and broader legal matters across the specialty insurance portfolio.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
- Active bar membership in good standing.
- 3-5 years of dedicated A&H, Travel, Pet, Stop Loss, and more specialty P&C insurance lines.
- Wider P&C insurance experience within regulatory, claims, product, corporate insurance, etc. (Regulatory preferred)
- Up to $200k base
- Performance bonus
- 401k match
- Generous PTO
- Wider benefits
- NYC, NJ, Atlanta GA, or Chicago IL
- Hybrid (3 days/week in office)
- This is an exceptional opportunity for an insurance attorney looking for a broad, highly business-facing in-house role with the ability to build out their niche insurance lines knowledge within A&H, Life, Pet, Stop Loss, and more. There will also be significant exposure across regulatory, product, claims, contracting, and specialty insurance matters, rounding out this attorneys in-house business experience.