Insurance Products - Senior Counsel

Product Senior Legal Advisor

GEICO seeks 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. You will build strong relationships with business units to understand their goals, quickly learn business objectives, and 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 unfair claims practices laws.

• Understand all key business objectives and means of accomplishing them for assigned business unit(s) under general supervision.
• 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.
• Issue spot implications of business choices that could interact with multiple legal subject areas such as insurance compliance, consumer‑protection laws, contractual obligations, privacy, and state unfair claims practices acts.

• Strong preference for 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.
• Law degree and an active law license to practice in the United States of America.
• Strong listening, communication, 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 judgment of legal and legal‑adjacent risks and mitigation opportunities.
• Solution‑oriented with strong analytical and decision‑making skills.
• Demonstrated experience solving business problems and advancing business metrics.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams, both legal and non‑legal.

Hybrid – required to work 3 days onsite at one of our Chevy Chase, MD, New York, NY, or Cleveland, OH locations.

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The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary, including scope and responsibilities, candidate’s experience, education, training, work location, and market considerations.

• Comprehensive total rewards program offering personalized coverage tailored to you and your family’s overall well‑being.
• Financial benefits including market‑competitive compensation, a 401(k) savings plan vested from day one offering a 6% match, performance and recognition‑based incentives, and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits such as mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance.
• Workplace flexibility, including the GEICO Flex program which offers ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability.

We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.