Financial Services Insurance Associate

About the practice

The practice represents global, national, and regional insurance companies, private equity sponsors, healthcare systems, and other enterprises on sophisticated regulatory and transactional matters across the insurance industry. The team advises clients on the full spectrum of insurance regulatory issues, providing strategic guidance on compliance, corporate transactions, and business initiatives in a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of the highest-quality legal services to insurance industry clients including as related to complex commercial and corporate transactions, responses to regulatory inquiries, regulatory reporting, and day-to-day regulatory compliance issues.
• Have a working knowledge of state and federal insurance laws, rules and regulations.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Possess a JD from an accredited law school and a strong academic record
• Admitted to practice law in the State Bar of the Associate's primary Office

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Three to five years' of relevant experience
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others on complex matters
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and sound judgement
• Increase client contact and demonstrate ability to perform independently with less supervision from senior attorneys
• Excellent client-relationship skills
• Ability to complete assigned tasks with meticulous attention to detail
• Motivated, organized, self-starter who is ready to assume responsibility on challenging matters with an intellectual curiosity and desire to grow and develop
• Flexibility, composure and the ability to prioritize and handle urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy; the ability to remain composed and professional under stressful circumstances
• Ability to work without constant supervision, demonstrating initiative in seeking work and managing workload
• Strong technical drafting skills and experience with complex commercial transactions such as mergers, acquisition, joint ventures
• Experience drafting agreements, opinion letters, regulatory filings, policies and procedures, and other corporate documents
• Working knowledge of the laws applicable to the business of insurance
• Experience working with regulatory agencies having authority over the business of insurance
• Experience working for insurance companies or other enterprises involved in the business of insurance

Benefits

The salary range for this position is $245,000-$290,000 per year, depending on skills and experience. We offer a professional and friendly work environment with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, life, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits.