Senior Underwriting Counsel – Insurance & Policy Strategy

Relm Insurance Ltd.; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Relm Insurance Ltd. in the United States seeks an experienced Underwriting Counsel to join our Legal team and act as a key legal partner to Relm’s underwriting business.

You will take day-to-day ownership of legal support for Relm’s underwriting teams, managing endorsements, amendments and bespoke policy wordings to complex underwriting issues across Relm’s specialty insurance portfolio. This is a hands-on role for a commercially minded insurance lawyer who enjoys working closely with

Qualifications

• Solid drafting and negotiation of policy wordings, endorsements and bespoke coverage solutions.
• Strong ability to translate underwriting objectives into practical policy language.
• Excellent analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience advising underwriters and product teams on coverage issues and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary day-to-day legal adviser to Relm’s underwriting teams on policy wording, coverage and other underwriting-related legal matters.
• Own and manage the Underwriting Counsel intake process, including triaging and prioritising requests and ensuring matters are progressed efficiently.
• Draft and review endorsements, amendatories, manuscript wordings, policy forms and other insurance product documentation.
• Advise on bespoke policy terms and coverage structures, translating underwriting intent into clear policy language.
• Review and negotiate NDAs, underwriting authority letters and other routine underwriting-related agreements.
• Partner with Underwriting and Product Innovation on development and lifecycle management of insurance products and coverage solutions.
• Advise on legal and regulatory requirements relevant to underwriting activities, policy documentation and insurance products.
• Work with Claims and Legal to identify lessons from claims, disputes and coverage issues and translate them into improvements to policy wording and underwriting practices.
• Develop and maintain policy wording standards, endorsement libraries and precedents; support playbooks and guidance; ensure libraries stay up to date.
• Identify emerging legal, regulatory and market developments affecting Relm’s products and underwriting activities and provide practical recommendations.

Skills

Legal drafting

Policy wording

Underwriting collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Client communication

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school

Job description

Relm Insurance Ltd. in the United States seeks an experienced Underwriting Counsel to join our Legal team and act as a key legal partner to Relm’s underwriting business.

You will take day-to-day ownership of legal support for Relm’s underwriting teams, managing endorsements, amendments and bespoke policy wordings to complex underwriting issues across Relm’s specialty insurance portfolio. This is a hands-on role for a commercially minded insurance lawyer who enjoys working closely with