Heriot Brown is supporting a large, well-established insurance group on a new opportunity for an experienced insurance lawyer to join their in-house team in a senior, business-facing role.

They’re looking for someone who understands how insurance products reach the market particularly through broker relationships, schemes, and delegated authority arrangements.

*This role can be based in any of the following locations, London, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester or Bolton*

The role

You’ll work closely with the distribution and underwriting teams, advising on all legal aspects of product placement, customer routes and partnership models. The work will include:

• Supporting distribution teams on broker-led deals, schemes and delegated authority arrangements
• Drafting and negotiating distribution and placement agreements
• Advising on legal and regulatory risk tied to new propositions or partnerships
• Playing a leading role in projects that affect the wider portfolio
• Guiding junior lawyers (where needed) and helping shape standards across the team
• Managing external counsel in a cost-effective way
• Keeping the business informed of relevant legal or regulatory developments

You’ll be the person the commercial teams turn to when assessing how a new relationship, arrangement or product structure should work.

About you

You’ll likely bring:

• Solid experience as an insurance lawyer, either in-house or from a specialist practice
• Knowledge of broker distribution, schemes, delegated authority or related product routes
• Confidence dealing with senior business stakeholders
• A pragmatic, commercial approach able to simplify risk and move decisions forward
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams

If you’ve worked closely with distribution, brokers or delegated authority arrangements before, this will be a natural step up.

Interested?

For an informal call, click ‘Quick Apply’ or reach out directly to Stephanie Jones — stephanie@heriotbrown.com.