Sr. Claims Counsel, Environmental and Design Professional Liability
About the role
Sompo has a unique opportunity for a Sr. Claims Counsel, Environmental and Design Professional Liability in our North America Insurance Claims team. The successful candidate will provide insight and analysis on complex high profile/high exposure Architects & Engineers (Design Professional Liability) and Environmental (Contractors Pollution and Professional Liability, Site Environmental Liability and Excess Environmental Liability) claims.
Responsibilities
- Provide coverage, liability, and damages analysis for complex environmental and professional liability claims, including Architects & Engineers, Construction Professional, and Pollution.
- Proactively identify exposures and claim trends affecting the portfolio, and provide written assessments to the Sompo Pro and North America Environmental business units.
- Resolve coverage issues and respond to questions from underwriting, senior management, and other internal functional groups.
- Aid with Environmental and Professional Lines policy drafting.
- Represent the Company effectively at client meetings, mediations, external meetings, industry events, and conferences, including speaking, presenting, and publishing on claims trends and issues as appropriate.
- Contribute to the success of the Global Sompo Claims Team by collaborating on complex claims, cross-functional initiatives, special projects, travel, and other duties as directed by management.
Requirements
- Law degree required.
- Minimum three years of claims, insurance supervisory, and/or relevant law firm experience.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze coverage, liability, and damages for complex professional liability claims, particularly Architects & Engineers and/or Environmental lines.
- Experience handling complex primary and excess claims, attending mediations, and negotiating settlements.
- Strong ability to build effective working relationships with underwriting, actuarial, and legal partners, with a strong commitment to client service.
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, communication, organizational, and computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office; familiarity with Guidewire and ImageRight is a plus.
Qualifications
Salary Range: $125,000 – $175,000. Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.
Benefits
We offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees. Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.
Pay
Salary Range: $125,000 – $175,000. Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.
Schedule
Location: This position may be based out of any Sompo US office location.