In House - Insurance Litigation

Location
England, London, City of London
Salary
Negotiable
Posted
17 Jan 2019
Closes
12 Feb 2019
Ref
68686IH
Contact
Lucy Boyd
Job Title
In House Counsel
Practice Area
Insurance, Litigation
PQE Level
5-7
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time

OUR CLIENT

A leading insurer seeks to recruit a Solicitor c 5 PQE with Insurance Litigation to join the city HQ on a FTC for 12 months

The Role

As a member of an established in house legal team, you will be expected to advise on disputes, investigatory and underwriting matters

You will be responsible for managing a contentious workload covering a broad range of issues of a legal and regulatory nature as follows:-

Provision of commercial and legal support on a contentious caseload including fraud claims, coverage issues, major projects with reputational aspects

IT / IP disputes and complaints.

Advising on Policy /contract interpretation in both a legal and regulatory context

Data Protection Act

Working knowledge of civil procedure and experience of handling litigation and ADR .

THE CANDIDATE

To be considered for this role; candidates must have relevant technical skills, a litigation background with an insurance focus capable of dealing with insurance, reinsurance and regulatory matters.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.