Financial Services Insurance Associate

Squire Patton Boggs; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Squire Patton Boggs is seeking an Associate in Houston, TX for their insurance team within the Global Financial Services Practice Group. The role involves offering high-quality legal services, advising on insurance regulatory compliance, complex transactions, and day-to-day operations for clients in a highly regulated environment. Candidates should have 3-5 years of relevant experience, strong drafting skills, and a JD from an accredited law school. This position offers an opportunity to develop regulatory expertise and manage complex legal matters.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of relevant experience.
• Proven ability to work on complex matters.
• Experience drafting regulatory filings and agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services to insurance clients.
• Handle regulatory inquiries and compliance issues.
• Advise clients on complex commercial transactions.

Skills

Strong technical drafting skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Knowledge of state and federal insurance laws

Flexibility and composure under stress

Education

JD from an accredited law school

Admitted to practice law in Texas

Job description

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP seeks an Associate to join our insurance team as part of the Global Financial Services Practice Group. The position can be located in any of our U.S. Offices.

About The Practice

Our Insurance Regulatory and Compliance practice represents global, national, and regional insurance companies, private equity sponsors, healthcare systems, and other enterprises on sophisticated regulatory and transactional matters across the insurance industry. The team advises clients on the full spectrum of insurance regulatory issues, providing strategic guidance on compliance, corporate transactions, and business initiatives in a highly regulated environment.

Associates in this practice gain hands‑on experience advising clients on insurance regulatory filings and approvals, insurance holding company compliance, formation and licensure of insurers, and entry into new jurisdictions and markets. The practice is also actively involved in structuring and advising on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions involving insurance companies and insurance‑related businesses.

In addition to transactional work, the team counsels clients on the development of compliance programs, internal controls, risk mitigation strategies and day‑to‑day regulatory compliance. Attorneys regularly analyze state insurance laws, provide counsel related to financial reporting and oversight and day‑to‑day operational compliance.

Associates also gain meaningful exposure to regulatory interactions, including responding to insurance department inquiries, assisting with market conduct and financial examinations, and supporting clients in administrative proceedings. This practice offers associates the opportunity to develop deep regulatory expertise while working on complex matters for sophisticated clients across the insurance industry.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to provide a full range of the highest‑quality legal services to insurance industry clients, including complex commercial and corporate transactions, responses to regulatory inquiries, regulatory reporting, and day‑to‑day regulatory compliance issues. The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of state and federal insurance laws, rules and regulations.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Possess a JD from an accredited law school and a strong academic record
• Admitted to practice law in the State Bar of the Associate’s primary office

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Three to five years’ of relevant experience
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others on complex matters
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and sound judgement
• Increased client contact and demonstrate ability to perform independently with less supervision from senior attorneys
• Excellent client‑relationship skills
• Ability to complete assigned tasks with meticulous attention to detail
• Motivated, organized, self‑starter who is ready to assume responsibility on challenging matters with an intellectual curiosity and desire to grow and develop
• Flexibility, composure and the ability to prioritize and handle urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy; the ability to remain composed and professional under stressful circumstances
• Ability to work without constant supervision, demonstrating initiative in seeking work and managing workload
• Strong technical drafting skills and experience with complex commercial transactions such as mergers, acquisition, joint ventures
• Ability to effectively research laws, regulations and sub‑regulatory guidance to counsel clients on their business activities throughout the US
• Experience drafting agreements, opinion letters, regulatory filings, policies and procedures, and other corporate documents
• Working knowledge of the laws applicable to the business of insurance
• Experience working with regulatory agencies having authority over the business of insurance
• Experience working for insurance companies or other enterprises involved in the business of insurance

Squire Patton Boggs is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion or creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other condition protected by applicable law. This non‑discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment.