About Specialty Program Group:
Our goal is to partner with industry-leading specialty businesses to provide them with the ability to achieve their goals and optimize their businesses. Specialty Program Group offers access to capital and investment, deep carrier relationships, creative thinking, product development, and broad distribution, while allowing our businesses to maintain the essence of what makes them successful. Specialty Program Group delivers leading-edge specialty expertise backed by transformative digital capabilities and sophisticated data and analytics.
About Encore Fiduciary:
At Encore Fiduciary, we strive to be best-in-class underwriters in professional and management liability insurance niches in which we have demonstrated expertise. We earn our business by providing value to broker partners and policyholders with management liability expertise, thought leadership, and risk management for our clients. As a legal research assistant, you will play a critical role in growing our business by supporting our leading thought leadership and advocacy for our plan sponsor policyholders.
Job Summary:
The successful candidate will perform three functions for the company: (1) legal research to track case developments in ERISA class action litigation and related management liability litigation to support our FID Guru Blog and thought leadership; (2) draft endorsements and policy language to support our underwriting team; and (3) handle management liability claims as instructed by the Chief Claims Officer.
Key Responsibilities:
- Performs complex legal and non-legal research for Encore’s thought leadership and Fid Guru Blog.
- Drafts policy endorsement and language for management and professional liability policies.
- Maintains current knowledge and proficiency in the use of legal and non-legal computer information retrieval systems.
- Exercises independent judgment and discretion in the selection of information sources, research methods, and document delivery options when responding to reference and research questions.
- Provides ready reference services at regularly assigned hours and as needed.
- Creates targeted, custom current awareness and litigation alerts as requested.
- Manages and adjusts claims pertaining to E&O Professional Liability, ensuring a high level of customer service and technical claim file quality.
- Thoroughly and accurately prepares legal research materials to support legal cases and projects.
- Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of relevant legal topics and laws.
- Produces well-organized and concise summaries of legal research findings.
- Provides effective collaboration and support to attorneys and legal staff.
- Delivers legal research in a timely manner to meet project deadlines.
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate will have two to five years of research experience in a law firm environment or insurance company claims department.
- Must have knowledge of legal bibliography, legal research, and computer-assisted legal research.
- Must have advanced knowledge of Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and other computer-assisted research tools.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Results-oriented and efficient in delivering high-quality work.
- Self-motivated and well-organized.
- Creative thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Highly responsible and reliable.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrates a high degree of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive legal information.
- Applies a logical and systematic approach to tasks.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of legal processes, procedures, and regulations.
- Proficiency in using legal research tools and databases.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
Disclosure: The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 to $175,000 and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience, and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope, and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefits and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, FSA, HSA, and 401(k) accounts, paid-time-off benefits, and eligible bonuses, equity, and commissions for some positions.
Department: Legal
Required Experience: 2-5 years of relevant experience
Required Travel: No Travel Required
Required Education: Bachelor's degree (4-year degree)
HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran's status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
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