Insurance Counsel

Responsibilities:

• Provide practical legal support across a range of insurance products, including private health insurance, professional indemnity, life insurance, disability insurance and other financial products.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial vendor agreements in close partnership with the procurement team at a highly regulated insurance and financial services company.
• Advise on product, distribution and commercial matters, including reviewing customer-facing and marketing materials and advising on related regulatory requirements.
• Manage matters autonomously, apply the organisation’s legal risk appetite and deliver work promptly.

Qualifications:

• Around 7–16+ years’ experience, including in-house experience in the insurance or financial services industries.
• Experience advising on insurance or financial products, reviewing marketing materials and counselling internal business teams.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, particularly in vendor agreements and procurement.
• Tech-savvy and responsive, with the ability to get up to speed quickly. The team uses Claude and is implementing Checkbox matter management software.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.