Dir Strategic Coverage Counsel

Found in: Jooble US O C2 - 2 weeks ago

Chicago IL, United States CNA Full time

Dir Strategic Coverage Counsel – Specialty and Commercial page is loaded Dir Strategic Coverage Counsel – Specialty and Commercial Apply locations Chicago, IL, USA All Locations, USA time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago job requisition id R-3532

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.

CNA seeks to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.

For a detailed look at CNA’s benefits, check out our Candidate Guide . CNA’s Claims Legal team is currently recruiting for a seasoned attorney with substantial experience in coverage and a background in coverage litigation. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of eight to ten years of coverage/litigation experience related to claims of the highest severity and complexity. Preference will be given to candidates who have hands-on coverage opinion/litigation experience in specialty (particularly, financial lines and public directors & officers) as well as general liability. This role principally provides legal advice/opinions concerning insurance coverage issues and counsel to internal constituents and service partners. Our ideal candidate will possess top-tier legal acumen, judgment, analytical, legal research, communication, and coverage skills. This position is not an insurance defense/staff counsel position.

The incumbent will accept referrals of complex legal (including coverage) matters and other claims-related legal issues from CNA’s specialty and commercial lines of business. As a member of our Claims Legal team, you will provide legal advice to the claims units that we support. Your legal work will include legal research, policy analysis and analysis of complex coverage issues. Your role will require you to explain complex coverage issues. You will provide legal counsel, guidance, recommendations and periodic support for training initiatives and other special projects.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Legal/Coverage counsel admitted to the bar of at least one state will provide in-house legal support to claims professionals and senior leadership in connection with various lines of business. Work assignments will include providing legal advice and litigation support in connection with the most complex and/or severe claims and related coverage issues. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • You will provide legal advice to claims professionals and senior management in connection with the most complex and/or severe first party claims. Specific responsibilities will include providing coverage opinions and advice, legal assessment of liability and damages in claims related litigation, and legal support in connection with litigation filed by and against the company.
  • You will have oversight responsibility for litigation by staff, coverage or outside counsel. Monitors trials and tracks legal and regulatory developments. Advises management and claim professionals regarding issues, approaches and impact of changes. 
  • You will provide research, legal analysis, counsel and guidance on claim related issues in a dynamic environment in which you will collaborate with internal and external business partners.
  • You will work independently in analyzing legal issues and supporting effective dispute resolution strategies.
  • Because of your demonstrated skill set and competency as a seasoned coverage attorney, you may be relied upon to attend mediations, arbitrations, appraisals, settlement meetings and conferences around the country as business needs warrant.
  • You will be asked for your feedback and input to develop, present, and implement training initiatives to the claim organization.

We may ask you to perform additional duties as our business needs require.

Reporting Relationship

  • Director or above

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  • Senior level knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and procedures of legal issues relating to claims, coverage, and litigation management within an insurance organization.
  • Excellent technical and product-specific expertise, claims resolution skill, and knowledge of insurance and claims principles, practices and procedures.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Excellent negotiation, consulting and facilitation skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with all internal and external business partners.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment, and to work with and maintain confidential and sensitive information.
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and senior level skill in managing uncertainty.
  • Creativity in resolving unique and challenging business problems.
  • Proven ability to take a proactive long-term view of business goals and objectives in order to achieve strategic business results.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software including Westlaw, XL, Teams, etc.
  • Value driven to provide superior solutions to internal and/or external customers.
  • Acts with a sense of ownership and urgency to advance priorities of the organization.
  • Helps others to excel through collaboration and building strong relationships.
  • Raises expectations of self and others by inspiring confidence, continuously learning, and broadening industry and technical skills.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree and J.D.
  • Admission to the bar of at least one state required, along with the ability to obtain in-house counsel admission if required.
  • Typically a minimum of eight to ten years of relevant legal experience with a proven track record of positive results.

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CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact leaveadministration@cna.com .

About Us

At CNA, we are focused on success, individually and collectively. We pride ourselves on promoting a culture that challenges and engages people. We strive to connect people, departments and business areas, to function as a team, and to serve our customers and communities with professionalism and respect.

Our dedication to employee engagement, continuous learning and the open exchange of ideas is the cornerstone of our business. These ideals, combined with our focus on the customer, enable us to explore new market opportunities and build on our success.

Our values, culture and financial strength are what differentiates us from other employers and make CNA the place you want to work.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CNA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture grounded in equity that supports our organization, clients, and communities by prioritizing talent and programs that represent our current environment and empower all employees and partners to be active allies and advocates for equality. Globally, our Employee Resource Groups — Advocacy for Visible & Invisible Disabilities (AVID), Asian Professionals for Excellence (APEX), Empowering Black Professionals (EBP), Generational Perspectives (GP), Organization of Hispanics and Latine Americanos (OHLA), Pride, Women Impacting Leadership (WIL) and Veterans — make CNA, and our communities, even stronger.

Corporate Social Responsibility

At CNA, we have a long standing commitment to the diverse communities in which we live and work. We actively make a difference for the greater good through partnerships, sustainability, initiatives, and working together for a better tomorrow. Corporate Social Responsibility is not one person, or one department, it's the entire enterprise coming together to make the world a better place.

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