Specialty Lines - Counsel

GEICO • Beachwood, OH

123d

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. GEICO is looking for an experienced legal professional with a background in insurance to serve as Counsel. This role will support the Specialty Lines organization as it develops new products and refines existing operations. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, ambitious and team-oriented individual who enjoys learning new things, taking ownership of key issues and building a strong relationship with business partners to help advance their objectives. The ideal candidate will quickly learn the business goals, the plans for achieving them, and then advise on legal requirements, future risks and opportunities taking into consideration legal compliance with applicable laws and contractual obligations.

Requirements

• Strongly prefer candidates with at least 5 to 7 years of experience at a law firm or in-house setting serving as a legal advisor or coverage counselor for products within the property/casualty insurance industry or an insurance litigation background
• Must have a law degree and an active law license to practice in the United States
• Must excel at customer service and working well with others
• Strong listening and communication skills
• Strong research and writing skills, and an eagerness to be involved in a dynamic company
• Ability to quickly digest and understand business plans, processes, and procedures
• Ability to provide sound legal advice with incomplete information
• Refined judgment about legal and legal-adjacent risks as well as mitigation opportunities
• Must be solution-oriented with strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Must have demonstrated experience solving business problems and advancing business metrics
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, both legal and non-legal

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, understand all key business objectives and means of accomplishing them for assigned business units
• Provide legal advice related to the business units and anticipate future legal needs
• Draft and review policy documents anticipating litigation exposure
• Coordinate support for assigned business units from other parts of the legal department
• Use broad legal knowledge to issue spot business risks and opportunities that could interact with multiple legal subject areas such as insurance compliance, consumer-protection laws, contractual obligations, privacy, and requirements of state unfair claims practices acts

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation
• 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
• Performance and recognition-based incentives
• Tuition assistance
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance
• Supports flexibility with the GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree