General Counsel (Must Have P&C)

About the role

We are currently seeking a General Counsel to join our dynamic pre-IPO Property and Casualty client. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced legal professional to oversee all legal and regulatory aspects of our organization. The successful candidate will provide legal advice, guidance, and strategy to ensure that our business practices, policies, and dealings meet all legal requirements and standards.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior leadership and the Board on a broad range of legal, strategic, and governance matters, balancing risk and growth.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, prepare board materials, ensure fiduciary, statutory, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor evolving insurance law, licensing, and regulation across states; manage relationships with state insurance departments and regulators.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad spectrum of agreements (vendors, tech, reinsurance, distribution, strategic alliances).
• Lead risk identification and mitigation: design processes and controls to protect the business as it scales.
• Provide legal counsel on employment matters, internal policies, executive contracts, and HR related risks.
• Oversee dispute resolution, manage external counsel, and direct litigation strategy cost effectively.
• Support corporate transactions including capital raises, joint ventures, partnerships, and M&A.

Requirements

This role will require a full relocation to Florida to sit with the executive team.

Benefits

• Significant autonomy and ownership — you will build the legal function and shape how it operates.
• A pivotal leadership seat — you will be advising and influencing at the executive and Board levels.
• Fast growth trajectory — your impact will scale with the business.
• Strategic complexity — operate across regulatory, commercial, and transactional dimensions.
• Mission and innovation — join a company focused on leveraging technology to modernize insurance.
• Broad exposure — from corporate law and governance to regulatory, disputes, employment, and M&A.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in corporate law and governance.
• Experience in regulatory, disputes, employment, and M&A matters.
• Ability to advise senior leadership and the Board on legal, strategic, and governance matters.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

Skills

• Strong legal knowledge and understanding of insurance law.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating complex agreements.
• Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Benefits

• Significant autonomy and ownership.
• Pivotal leadership seat.
• Fast growth trajectory.
• Strategic complexity.
• Mission and innovation.
• Broad exposure.

Pay

Details TBD.

Schedule

Details TBD.

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