Insurance Counsel – P&C, Reinsurance & Life/Annuity

Axiom; Houston (TX); Presencial; USD 105.000 - 325.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

Axiom, Houston-based, seeks experienced Insurance Counsel to advise on property & casualty products, reinsurance, and life/annuity offerings. Ideal candidates will have deep experience across policy development, underwriting, regulatory filings, and claims strategy.

Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating reinsurance treaties, supporting capital and risk management, and collaborating with product and underwriting teams to advance insurance initiatives.

Formación

• Attorney with 8–14 years of relevant legal experience; experience in at least one of: P&C insurance, reinsurance, or life/annuities.
• Licensed to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.
• Ability to provide practical legal guidance with cross-functional teams.

Responsabilidades

• Advise insurance carriers on personal and commercial P&C products, including policy forms and underwriting guidelines.
• Support filings, regulatory compliance, and product updates or launches.
• Counsel claims teams on policy interpretation, coverage positions, and disputes.
• Draft and negotiate reinsurance agreements (treaty, facultative, retrocession).
• Support structured reinsurance and alternative risk-transfer transactions.
• Advise on regulatory capital, solvency, risk exposure, and balance sheet management.
• Support development of life, annuity, and retirement products including disclosures and distribution.
• Collaborate with product, underwriting, claims, compliance, finance, distribution, and business teams.

Conocimientos

P&C insurance

Reinsurance

Life & annuity products

Educación

Juris Doctor

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking experienced Insurance Counsel to join our Insurance and Financial Services team. Our highest priority is attorneys with substantive experience advising insurance carriers on Property & Casualty (P&C) products, including policy development, underwriting, regulatory filings, and claims. We are also interested in attorneys with experience in reinsurance transactions or life, annuity, and insurance financial products.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience in one or more of these areas and understand the legal and business considerations involved in developing, underwriting, administering, or transferring insurance risk.

Join Our Team as an Attorney at Axiom

• Advise insurance carriers on personal and commercial P&C products, including policy forms, coverage language, endorsements, and underwriting guidelines.
• Support state insurance product and policy form filings, regulatory compliance, and product updates or launches.
• Counsel claims teams on policy interpretation, coverage positions, claims strategy, bad-faith exposure, and insurance disputes.
• Draft and negotiate reinsurance agreements, including treaty, facultative, and retrocession agreements.
• Support structured reinsurance and alternative risk-transfer transactions, including collateralized reinsurance, sidecars, insurance-linked securities, and catastrophe bonds.
• Advise on reinsurance arrangements involving regulatory capital, solvency, risk exposure, and balance sheet management.
• Support the development and administration of life, annuity, and retirement products, including product forms, disclosures, distribution arrangements, and sales practices.
• Collaborate with product, underwriting, claims, compliance, finance, distribution, and business teams to advance insurance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Attorney with approximately 8-14 years of relevant legal experience; experience requirements may vary based on practice area.
• Substantive experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • P&C insurance, including carrier-side product, policy, underwriting, regulatory, or claims work.
  • Reinsurance, including transactional, structured reinsurance, capital management, recoveries, or dispute work.
  • Life, annuity, or insurance financial products, including product development, regulatory support, distribution, or securities-related work.
• Juris Doctor degree (or equivalent) and licensed to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.
• Ability to provide practical legal guidance and work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

• In-house experience at an insurance carrier, reinsurer, or insurance-focused financial services organization.
• For P&C roles, experience with state filings, coverage matters, or litigation representing insurers.
• For reinsurance roles, experience with collateral, funds-withheld or coinsurance structures, letters of credit, recoveries, disputes, or arbitration.
• For life and annuity roles, experience with producer or distribution arrangements, SEC or FINRA requirements, or variable products.
• Law firm experience representing insurers, reinsurers, or insurance-focused financial institutions in substantive transactional, regulatory, or product matters.
• Ability to work effectively in project-based, fast-paced environments.

Compensation

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year. Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays and PTO
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities and tools

About Axiom

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions ranging from that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence (Reported scores were Axiom's average for 2025 - the legal industry average NPS score is +35%). Join our forward-thinking community where you’ll keep your career dynamic and multi-faceted, be part of a company that values agility, collaboration, and excellence, and love both the law and your life.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best inclass alterative legal services.

Diversityis core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender identity status, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

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