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About DUAL

DUAL New Zealand is a Lloyds managing general underwriting agency focused on providing innovative insurance solutions for Financial Lines, Liability, Cyber, Property and Motor products. We’re a company committed to having fun at work while getting the job done. As a company we’re known in the industry as a group dedicated to giving back to the community by partnering with charitable groups and actively participating in fundraising events.

About the role

We are looking for a Legal Counsel who will provide support to DUAL’s legal team and support the continuing growth of DUAL ANZ’s compliance hub and business needs. This fast-paced and detailed role sees internal engagement to provide technical product support whilst responding to external compliance requirements.

Role responsibilities

• Providing high quality, strategic and commercially focused legal and governance advice to DUAL’s business units, including effectively managing external counsel
• Reviewing and drafting policy wording, product disclosure statements, target market determinations, policy documentation and other financial services collateral
• Monitoring legislative/regulatory changes and provision of advice to proactively identify issues which may impact strategy, operational issues or business processes.

About you

As an experienced problem solver, you possess the skill to communicate intricate concepts to stakeholders across all levels of the business, have analytical approach and excellent problem-solving skills. Having completed legal qualifications and hold a current practising certificate, you’ll ideally have at least 5+ (five) years’ PQE experience and knowledge of insurance products, policy wordings and coverages.

With strong written and verbal skills, you communicate confidently and enjoying collaborating with others to deliver business requirements and achieve shared success. While experience within an insurance in-house legal team is preferred, we’ll consider applications from those with litigation or claims backgrounds.

How to Apply

Are you the right fit for this role and the DUAL Team? Tell us why in a short paragraph that you share along with your Resume to our HR Team.

What you might not expect…

At DUAL we value work/life balance, health and wellbeing, family and giving back, which is why our benefits are reflective of this. We provide employees with a competitive salary and benefits, which will be flexible and dependent on the successful candidate’s individual skills and experience.

Our culture: people first

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We’re a group with independence and people at its heart and we’re a home for talent with a unique culture: the biggest small company in the world.

The focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of the group; Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture and one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. And finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the group has been and will continue to be key.

EEO Statement

Help us think differently. As a business we’re on a journey to build an inclusive workplace where our people feel welcome to bring their whole and true self to work, where differences are accepted and where our words and actions are inclusive. Together we are learning, sharing stories, and achieving change.

Get in touch

To find out more about DUAL New Zealand including who we are, what we’re up to and what we’re about, head to the DUAL New Zealand website or visit us on our LinkedIn page.