Senior Insurance Counsel: Contracts & Compliance

Brown & Brown, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401k

Student Loan Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Arrowhead Intermediaries is seeking a Counsel to join our growing team and provide comprehensive legal support to our wholesale, programs, and specialty divisions. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts, monitor regulatory developments, and advise on strategic initiatives.

The role reports to the Chief Counsel and requires an active U.S. state bar license with at least seven years of corporate and transactional experience, preferably in insurance.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• At least 7 years of legal experience focused on general corporate and transactional matters.
• 3–5 years of in-house experience at an insurance carrier, MGA, MGU, or with a law firm advising (re)insurance clients.
• Carrier or MGA experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of US admitted and E&S market regulation.
• Working knowledge of US cybersecurity, privacy, and AI regulation.
• Familiarity with Bermuda, UK and EU (re)insurance regulatory regimes is helpful.
• Strong drafting, legal research, analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while escalating issues to senior legal counsel.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Counsel with legal matters supporting specialty distribution operations across Arrowhead Intermediaries’ wholesale, programs and specialty divisions.
• Support the Chief Counsel and business in analyzing legal and compliance matters related to strategic initiatives, including new product development, new program launches, cross-border projects and M&A.
• Draft, review, and negotiate routine and complex contracts, including all forms of insurance distribution agreements and related commercial contracts such as producer agreements, program administration agreements, claims administration agreements, fronting agreements, vendor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and related business contracts.
• Work collaboratively across wholesale, programs and specialty divisions with business and operations, compliance, IT, finance, tax, team resources and leadership teams to provide clear, pragmatic advice to support specialty distribution initiatives.
• Research and monitor applicable insurance laws, regulations, and regulatory developments impacting supported businesses.
• Assist with pre-litigation of matters, claims, disputes, subpoenas, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations.
• Support corporate governance, entity management, internal policies, ethics, and compliance initiatives as needed.
• Collaborate with enterprise partners, including tax, IT, finance, compliance, privacy, technology counsel, regulatory counsel, litigation counsel, and team resources.
• Escalate significant legal, regulatory, or business risk matters to the Chief Counsel or appropriate Legal Department leader.

Skills

Juris Doctor

Legal research

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Job description

Arrowhead Intermediaries is seeking a Counsel to join our growing team and provide comprehensive legal support to our wholesale, programs, and specialty divisions. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts, monitor regulatory developments, and advise on strategic initiatives.

The role reports to the Chief Counsel and requires an active U.S. state bar license with at least seven years of corporate and transactional experience, preferably in insurance.