Litigation Counsel — Insurance Claims Strategy Lead

Shelter Insurance; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with profit sharing

Paid time off

Vacation and holidays

Wellness program

Dress for Your Day

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

Shelter Insurance is seeking a Litigation Counsel in Missouri to manage and direct claims-litigation strategy across designated Shelter states. You will guide managers, supervise outside attorneys, and train teams on state-law compliant claims handling.

The role requires a law degree with strong knowledge of insurance law and 1–3 years of trial or legal claims experience, plus the ability to build critical relationships across departments.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to maintain ever-changing schedules, work well with others, and prioritize critical, important, and time-sensitive work.
• Ability to develop critical relationships with a diverse group including defense attorneys, adjusters, claimants and their attorneys, judges, and Shelter management and other departments.
• Law degree and professional mastery and thorough knowledge of litigation, claims-litigation precedents, legal decisions, insurance law, and policy terms.
• 1-3 years trial or legal claims experience, and 6-12 months on the job training to learn insurance contracts, claims procedures and policies, jurisdictions and procedures of various courts, and to develop relationships with branches, area attorneys, and other departments.
• Ability to perform essential functions of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct claims litigation activities and case strategy for designated Shelter states
• Direct Managers and Supervisors in claims handling, investigation, and communication on complex, high-exposure, and other critical branch claims
• Manage, supervise, hire, fire, monitor, and evaluate performance of outside attorneys
• Direct and train claims-handling activities as impacted by state law for assigned Shelter branches and units
• Establish, train, and direct overall claims-handling protocol consistent with state law
• Research law to explain impact on claims handling, claims procedures, other Shelter departments, and policy changes proposals
• Counsels other Shelter departments' personnel about various claims, coverage, and legal issues
• Direct and prepare appropriate training for schools, eLearning, and Branches.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Time management

Relationship building

Legal knowledge

Litigation experience

Education

Law degree

Job description

Shelter Insurance is seeking a Litigation Counsel in Missouri to manage and direct claims-litigation strategy across designated Shelter states. You will guide managers, supervise outside attorneys, and train teams on state-law compliant claims handling.

The role requires a law degree with strong knowledge of insurance law and 1–3 years of trial or legal claims experience, plus the ability to build critical relationships across departments.