Insurance Products - Senior Counsel

Location: New York

GEICO .
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Hybrid locations:
Chevy Chase, MD:
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Beachwood, OHtime type:
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Posted Todayjob requisition :
R0062013
** At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
**** Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
**** When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
** GEICO is looking for an experienced legal professional with a background in insurance products to serve as an embedded
** Product Senior Legal Advisor**. In this role you will support all business lines as they develop new products or ways of doing business and refine their work. The ideal candidate will build a strong relationship with the business units to understand their goals and plans. They will quickly learn the business objectives, the plan for achieving them, and then advise on legal requirements in language appropriate for non-lawyers.

You will also advise on future risks and opportunities taking into consideration insurance compliance, consumer-protection laws, contractual obligations, privacy, and the requirements of the unfair claims practices acts.
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* Primary Responsibilities:

*** Under general supervision, understand all key business objectives and means of accomplishing them for assigned business unit(s)
* Provide legal advice related to the business unit(s) and anticipate future legal needs
* Draft and review policy documents anticipating litigation exposure
* Coordinate support for assigned business units from other parts of the legal department
* Use wide range of legal knowledge to issue spot implications of business choice that could interact with multiple legal subject areas such as, insurance compliance, consumer-protection laws, contractual obligations, privacy, and requirements of state unfair claims practices acts.
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* Basic Qualifications:

*** Strongly prefers candidates with 5 to 7 years of experience at a law firm or in-house serving as a
** legal advisor or coverage counselor for products within property/casualty insurance or an insurance litigation background including bad faith or extra contractual exposure
*** Must have a law degree and an active law license to practice in the United States of America
* Strong listening and communication skills
* Strong research and writing skills, and an eagerness to be involved in a dynamic company
* Ability to quickly digest and understand business plans, processes, and procedures
* Ability to provide legal advice with incomplete information
* Refined judgement about legal and legal-adjacent risks as well as mitigation opportunities
* Must be solution oriented with strong analytical and decision-making skills
* Must have demonstrated experience solving business problems and advancing business metrics
* Experience working with cross-functional teams, both legal and non-legal.
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* Location:

Hybrid** – This position requires the individual to work 3 days onsite at our Chevy Chase, MD, New York, NY, or Cleveland, OH locations.#LI-HB1
** Annual Salary**$ - $The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
** The GEICO Pledge:
**** Great Company:
** At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and…