Taylor Root
Head of Legal, Leading Insurer
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The Client:
A leading insurance firm are looking for a 10+PQE* insurance generalist lawyer to lead their legal team. This is an exceptional opportunity to take on a strategically important leadership role within a highly respected business. You will work alongside a high calibre executive team, influence key business decisions and play a central role in shaping the organisation's future growth and success.
The successful candidate will be a trusted adviser to the Executive Team, partnering closely with underwriting, claims, compliance, risk, finance and operations colleagues across the business.
Key Responsibilities
This is a high profile role with responsibility for overseeing all UK legal matters, providing strategic legal advice to senior stakeholders, and supporting the business in delivering its growth objectives within a highly regulated environment.
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You will:
- Lead and manage the UK legal function, providing pragmatic and commercial legal advice across the syndicate.
- Support the business on strategic projects, transactions and new product development.
- Provide legal guidance on UK insurance regulation, including matters relating to Lloyd's, the FCA and PRA.
- Oversee contentious and non-contentious legal matters, managing external counsel where appropriate.
- Advise on corporate governance, board matters and regulatory engagements.
- Partner closely with compliance and risk teams to ensure effective management of legal and regulatory risk.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting the London Market and broader insurance sector.
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Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be a 10+ PQE* insurance lawyer, preferably with experience in a law firm, or insurance firm.
- Proven ability to influence and engage with senior stakeholders.
- Commercially astute, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.
*Candidates outside this PQE range with the prerequisite experience would be considered for this role.
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