Paralegal

Group 1001•Waltham, MA

About The Position

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees. This newly created position will work in the Law and Compliance Department and will play a key role in assisting the legal team with board meeting preparation, legal entity management, and insurance regulatory and statue corporate law filings, among other general corporate legal work.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred
Minimum of 3-4 years of corporate paralegal experience, preferably in the insurance industry
Experience with state insurance department regulatory and licensing filings preferred
Strong experience with corporate governance work, including preparation of board of directors meeting materials, written resolutions and consents, meeting minutes, etc.
Strong communication and organizational skills; superior attention to detail required
Team player; collaborative, enthusiastic, results-oriented
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and online legal research tools; experience with electronic board portals (such as Diligent) preferred

Responsibilities

Provides support for board meeting preparation.
Maintains corporate minutes books and related databases and file shares.
Assists with drafting of board materials, including reports, resolutions, minutes and written consents, as well as state insurance department regulatory filings (e.g., holding company act filings).
Conducts research on corporate governance and insurance regulatory requirements.
Responsible for annual and ad hoc regulatory filings, such as Certificate of Authority renewals, annual reports, and notifications of changes in officers and directors.
Prepare annual and quarterly statutory insurance filings, including Jurat pages, interrogatory responses, Schedule Y Part 1 and Part 1A, and organizational charts.
Provides general corporate governance support, such as maintaining signing authorizations, providing secretary certificates and know-your-client documentation, forming and organizing new legal entities, and due diligence and closing support for mergers and acquisitions.
Maintains digital database of director and officer appointments across numerous legal entities, and assists with completion of biographical affidavits and fingerprinting requirements.
Responds to internal and external auditor requests for corporate and regulatory documentation.
Assist with ad hoc projects, special project work, and various corporate governance, corporate secretarial and corporate regulatory initiatives.