Corporate Counsel, Insurance

porch; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Porch Group seeks a Corporate Counsel, Insurance to provide legal services to senior leadership and the Insurance carrier's executive team. You will lead the Insurance legal and compliance team and drive regulatory initiatives, risk management, and governance.

You will report to the General Counsel and partner with Finance, Product, Compliance and Claims to support strategic objectives, market launches, and examinations. Texas regulatory experience is essential.

Qualifications

• > J.D. with active bar membership in the US.
• > 3–5 years of experience in Texas (law firm, regulator, or in-house) including insurance regulatory experience.
• > Experience with insurance regulatory matters (state DOI filings, rate and form approvals, market conduct).
• > Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• > Experience managing outside counsel.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal counsel to senior leadership to support objectives and mitigate regulatory risk.
• Lead and develop the Insurance legal and compliance team; set priorities and growth.
• Own complex strategic legal initiatives tied to company strategy.
• Prepare and review insurance filings and governance reports.
• Lead Insurance division secretarial activities for Board and committees.
• Collaborate with Finance, Product, Compliance, and Claims to drive outcomes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Executive communication

Outside counsel management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

J.D. with active US bar membership

Job description

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home. As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (\"SaaS\") space, we've built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies. In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.

Job Title: Corporate Counsel, Insurance

Location: Texas

Workplace Type: Remote

Job Summary

The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we'd love for you to be a part of it as our Corporate Counsel, Insurance . As Corporate Counsel, Insurance, you will provide legal services and advice to business unit leadership, including the Insurance carrier's executive team, and help navigate complex insurance regulatory landscapes. You will be a key partner and trusted advisor to the Insurance organization, reporting to the General Counsel and leading the Insurance legal and compliance team. This role works with our legal team on a wide variety of matters of significant importance to the organization, and brings the in-depth experience and proven ability to lead efforts that resolve complex issues. You will own multiple strategic legal and regulatory initiatives and support senior leadership decision making on risk and business trade-offs. Within the Insurance Division, you will help turn Porch's strategic objectives into approvals secured, market launches and strong examination results.

What You Will Do As A Corporate Counsel, Insurance

• Independently provide legal counsel to senior leadership, including the carrier's executive team, to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance and litigation risk to Porch.
• Lead and develop the Insurance legal and compliance team, setting priorities, managing performance, and supporting hiring and growth.
• Own multiple, increasingly complex strategic legal and regulatory initiatives tied to company strategy.
• Prepare and review insurance related filings covering new products, quarterly and annual reports, governance reports and more.
• Lead the Insurance division secretarial function, including preparation of materials for the insurance carrier's Board of Directors and Committee meetings.
• Lead cross-functional programs with Finance, Product, Compliance, and Claims that drive business outcomes such as approvals secured, market launches and examination results.
• Proactively monitor and analyze changes in laws, regulations and industry, and advise appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner.
• Anticipate potential or future legal and operational issues that present a risk to the organization, and proactively engage with others to identify potential solutions.
• Build and maintain the Insurance legal and compliance framework, including policies, filing processes, and governance playbooks, and develop best practices that can serve as Porch standards.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and varying levels of leadership, including executive and possibly Board audiences, in both verbal and written forms.
• Produce clear and concise legal positions involving highly complex issues.
• Manage outside counsel to obtain legal advice.

What You Will Bring As A Corporate Counsel, Insurance

• J.D. with active bar membership in the US.
• 3-5 years of experience in Texas, at a law firm, government, insurance regulator, and/or in-house role, including insurance regulatory experience and experience leading legal or compliance workstreams.
• Direct experience with insurance regulatory matters, including state DOI filings, rate and form approvals, market conduct, or InsurTech operations.
• Flexible, solution-oriented, collaborative mindset.
• Experience effectively managing outside counsel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or developing team members.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive audiences and support senior leadership decision making on matters of risk.
• Track record of leading multifaceted, cross-functional initiatives that drive successful business results.
• Experience building scalable legal and compliance frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Up-to-date understanding of the key legal issues germane to an insurance organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Proficiency in managing multiple