Senior Lawyer, Insurance Advisory - Brisbane City, Australia - Vero Insurance

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    Permanent Full time
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    Senior Lawyer, Insurance Advisory

    Job No: 670738

    Sydney - Inner Suburbs & CBD, Brisbane - Inner Suburbs & CBD, Melbourne - Inner Suburbs & CBD, Various

    Permanent Full Time

    Legal

    Pay Band 6

    As a Senior Lawyer, your role entails providing high-quality legal and strategic advice with a commercial perspective to support the interests of the Group. Your primary focus will be on the Commercial Insurance business, covering various aspects such as:

  • Drafting Commercial Insurance Products
  • Insurance Product Distribution
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Contract Drafting and Review
  • What you'll do

    Reporting to the Manager Legal, Insurance Advisory, your responsibilities will include:

  • Provision of legal advice in relation to development and administration of Insurance products (Inc. policy wording and PDS reviews, product development advice, statutory notices and disclosure)
  • Legal advice in respect of the distribution of Insurance products and partnering arrangements (Inc. broker and intermediary arrangements, and strategic partnerships)
  • Act as point of technical escalation for matters in your functional areas
  • Identify matters which have the potential to impact the Group's interests and provide expert legal advice to protect these interests
  • Provide legal advice in respect of regulatory matters involving ASIC, APRA and the ACCC
  • Support business' compliance with financial services legislation, privacy legislation and legislation regulating the issue and distribution of financial products
  • What you'll need

  • Extensive experience drafting or litigating a range of commercial insurance policies including Profin, property and engineering lines - Mandatory
  • Tertiary qualifications in Law – Mandatory
  • Current Practising Certificate – Mandatory
  • Admission as a Solicitor or Barrister in any Australian Court – Mandatory
  • Relevant experience in legal advisory work in relation to insurance, distribution and financial services
  • Experience in financial services, ideally insurance and/or distribution and advice
  • Demonstrates a high degree of knowledge of relevant area of law and practice experience
  • Ability to make effective decisions in a timely manner and to escalate as appropriate
  • Highly developed critical thinking skills, and the ability to complete work in a resourceful, agile and commercial way
  • Demonstrated Lawyer capability aligned to internal Suncorp Legal Capability Framework
  • What we can offer

  • A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks paid secondary carer parental leave and unlimited paid emergency response leave
  • Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as banking and insurance products
  • Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave
  • Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs; and
  • Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council
  • Advertised: 17 Apr 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
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