In-House Insurance Litigation Counsel I

Intact Financial Corporation; San Juan de Terranova; Hybrid; CAD 102,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share plan

Pension

Telemedicine & wellbeing benefits

Hybrid work model

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Intact Financial Corporation is seeking an In-House Legal Counsel I to join our growing team. You will handle insurance litigation files, draft opinions and pleadings, and independently manage applications, mediations, and trials.

You will educate the claims department and collaborate across departments to address inquiries. The role requires Law Society membership, at least 2 years in insurance litigation, strong research and writing skills, and proficiency in ADR.

Qualifications

• Member in good standing of the Law Society.
• Minimum of 2 years of insurance litigation experience.
• Experience in legal research and writing, including authorship of legal opinions.
• Experience in drafting pleadings, conducting discoveries, mediations, application documents and pre-hearing memoranda.
• Proficiency in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes.
• Trial experience, particularly independent trial experience, is a definite asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, combined with research and negotiation experience.
• Have superior organizational skills, including the ability to handle multiple case files simultaneously.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Handle insurance litigation files of varying complexities from beginning to conclusion.
• Draft opinions, pleadings, affidavits and other legal documents to support applications, mediations, judicial settlement conferences and trials.
• Independently prepare and conduct applications, discoveries, mediations, arbitration, pre-trial conferences and trials.
• Prepare and present legal educational seminars to the claims department and help your Intact colleagues from other departments on inquiries.
• Maintain productive and effective communications with claims department and adjusters.

Skills

Communication skills

Legal research

Writing opinions

ADR proficiency

Multi-file management

Interpersonal skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Law Society member

Job description

Intact Financial Corporation is seeking an In-House Legal Counsel I to join our growing team. You will handle insurance litigation files, draft opinions and pleadings, and independently manage applications, mediations, and trials.

You will educate the claims department and collaborate across departments to address inquiries. The role requires Law Society membership, at least 2 years in insurance litigation, strong research and writing skills, and proficiency in ADR.