The Opportunity
This top 50 firm are looking to recruit a 3+PQE professional indemnity solicitor. The Specialty team undertakes a broad range of substantial, challenging, largely contentious work. This includes defending claims against a wide variety of professional service providers (including architects, engineers and financial advisors); insurance policy coverage; insurance and reinsurance disputes; and claims relating to construction, property damage, cyber and aviation.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Assisting the partners and senior lawyers with their caseloads
• Proactive management of cases with supervision
• Preparing detailed and technical reports, correspondence and court documents
• Advising clients in relation to issues of liability and coverage
• Liaising with insurer and insured clients, experts, witnesses, counsel and other parties
• Ensuring compliance with client service level agreements, relevant policies and procedures
• Supporting business development initiatives
• Completion of management information
• Delegating to and developing trainees and paralegals

About You

• 3+PQE
• Experience of insurance litigation and policy coverage analysis is essential
• Experience of professional risk claims is essential
• Understanding of commercial insurance policies, the insurance market, reporting arrangements, reserving philosophies, and the relationship between brokers, underwriters/insurers and lawyers is essential
• Previous secondment to or employment with an insurance organisation would be advantageous

Benefits

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)
• Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment
• Healthcare cover/ Medicash
• Pension plan
• Life Insurance 4 x salary
• Interest free travel loan scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offers & discounts
• Great reward and recognition scheme

What you need to do now
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