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Swiss Re · 4 hours ago

SVP, Head of Legal, Corporate Solutions North America

Armonk, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $270K/yr

10+ years exp

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. As Head of Legal for CorSo North America, you will serve as the principal legal advisor, leading a team of legal professionals and providing strategic counsel on business-critical matters to drive business growth while navigating complex regulatory landscapes.

CRMInformation TechnologyInsuranceRisk ManagementWholesale

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of 10 legal professionals across multiple locations, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, and commercial mindset while developing talent and delegating work effectively

Provide strategic counsel to senior CorSo North America leadership, translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance that enables sound business decisions

Enable business objectives by supporting complex insurance and reinsurance transactions, structures, and distribution agreements across primary and excess lines for CorSo's US and Canadian portfolio

Design and implement comprehensive risk management strategies that identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and reputational risks

Navigate complex regulatory frameworks across multiple US and Canadian jurisdictions, anticipating regulatory changes, assessing implications to provide timely steer to stakeholders, and ensuring organizational readiness

Foster cross-functional collaboration with Compliance, Risk, Finance, Underwriting, Operations, and regional/global legal teams to drive integrated business solutions

Qualification

Commercial insurance expertiseLeadership of legal teamsRegulatory compliance knowledgeComplex insurance transactionsCommunication skillsOperational managementLearning agility

Required

10+ years of senior commercial insurance legal experience in an environment of relevant scope, scale, and complexity

Proven track record of leading inclusive teams, developing talent, and enabling high performance

Deep knowledge of primary and excess domestic and international insurance, including distribution networks, MGA relationships, and complex insurance transactions, e.g. captives / fronting, alternative risk transfers, and M&A/ transactional liability

Extensive experience with US state and national insurance regulatory frameworks and filing requirements, including engaging with a lead domestic regulator of international insurance operations, e.g. Missouri

Excellent communication skills, able to communicate with clarity and conviction at all levels and across geographies and cultures, equally effective presenting to the Board or Executive Committee and communicating complex legal issues to cross-functional stakeholders

Operational management skills and proven ability to allocate resources and work to meet objectives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Learning agility, comfortable with change and change management, including embrace of new technology or tools for continuous improvement