Legal Counsel

Pure Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

Pure Search in London seeks an experienced insurance lawyer to work closely with underwriting, product and claims teams. You will advise on policy wordings, regulatory issues and risk management across insurance and reinsurance products, including non-standard provisions and delegated reinsurance arrangements.

You will engage with brokers, clients and external counsel, contributing to market discussions while maintaining a practical, commercially minded approach. Hybrid work 2–3 days in office.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with 5–8 years PQE.
• Strong experience within the insurance or reinsurance market, ideally gained in-house.
• Solid understanding of insurance law, regulation, policy wordings and market practice.
• Comfortable partnering directly with underwriting, product and claims teams.
• Ideally experience of delegated underwriting agreements and/or reinsurance wordings.
• UK experience, with exposure to US and/or European markets advantageous.
• Experience in Financial Lines, Cyber and/or Digital Assets.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice around insurance products, policy wordings and the management of legal and coverage risk.
• Develop, review and interpret insurance and reinsurance wordings, including advising on non-standard provisions, jurisdictional issues, underlying transaction documentation and more complex structures.
• Work closely with Claims on coverage questions and help evolve policy wordings based on claims experience, regulatory developments and changes in case law.
• Engage with brokers, clients, external counsel and relevant market bodies; contribute to wider market discussions around wordings, regulation and emerging insurance issues.

Skills

Insurance law

Regulatory knowledge

Policy wordings

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Qualified lawyer (5–8 PQE)

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for an insurance lawyer who enjoys working close to the commercial side of the business. Rather than sitting at arm’s length from the underwriting function, you will work directly with Underwriters and Product Leads, providing legal advice around insurance products, policy wordings and the management of legal and coverage risk.

The role will have a particular focus on the development, review and interpretation of insurance and reinsurance wordings, including advising on non-standard provisions, jurisdictional issues, underlying transaction documentation and more complex structures. You will also work closely with Claims on coverage questions and help evolve policy wordings based on claims experience, regulatory developments and changes in case law.

There is a strong external dimension to the position too, including engagement with brokers, clients, external counsel and relevant market bodies. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to wider market discussions around developing wordings, regulation and emerging insurance issues.

What we’re looking for

Ideally, you will:

• Be a qualified lawyer with approximately 5–8 years’ PQE
• Have strong experience within the insurance or reinsurance market, ideally gained in-house
• Have a solid understanding of insurance law, regulation, policy wordings and market practice
• Be comfortable partnering directly with underwriting, product and claims teams
• Ideally have experience of delegated underwriting agreements and/or reinsurance wordings
• Have UK experience, with exposure to US and/or European markets advantageous
• Bring experience within areas such as Financial Lines, Cyber and/or Digital Assets

This would particularly suit someone who combines strong technical insurance knowledge with a commercial mindset and enjoys building relationships with underwriting teams rather than operating purely as a technical legal adviser.

Hybrid working is 2 – 3 days in the London office.