Corporate Counsel, Insurance

Overview

This role provides legal services and advice to business unit leadership, including the insurance carrier’s executive team, and helps navigate complex insurance regulatory landscapes. You will serve as a trusted advisor to the insurance organization, reporting to the General Counsel and leading the Insurance legal and compliance team.

You will work with the legal team on matters of significant importance to the organization and own multiple strategic legal and regulatory initiatives tied to company strategy. Within the Insurance Division, you will help translate strategic objectives into approvals secured, market launches, and strong examination results.

Responsibilities

• Independently provide legal counsel to senior leadership, including the carrier’s executive team, to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance, and litigation risk.
• Lead and develop the Insurance legal and compliance team, including setting priorities, managing performance, and supporting hiring and growth.
• Own multiple, increasingly complex strategic legal and regulatory initiatives.
• Prepare and review insurance-related filings, including filings for new products, quarterly and annual reports, governance reports, and more.
• Lead the Insurance division secretarial function, including preparation of materials for the insurance carrier’s Board of Directors and Committee meetings.
• Lead cross-functional programs with Finance, Product, Compliance, and Claims to drive business outcomes such as approvals secured, market launches, and examination results.
• Proactively monitor and analyze changes in laws, regulations, and industry, and advise organizational leadership in a timely manner.
• Anticipate potential or future legal and operational issues that present risk to the organization and proactively engage with others to identify potential solutions.
• Build and maintain the Insurance legal and compliance framework, including policies, filing processes, and governance playbooks; develop best practices that can serve as organizational standards.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and varying levels of leadership, including executive and possibly Board audiences, in verbal and written forms.
• Produce clear and concise legal positions involving highly complex issues.
• Manage outside counsel to obtain legal advice.

Requirements

• J.D. with active bar membership in the US.
• 3-5 years of experience in Texas, at a law firm, government, insurance regulator, and/or in-house role, including insurance regulatory experience and experience leading legal or compliance workstreams.
• Direct experience with insurance regulatory matters, including state DOI filings, rate and form approvals, market conduct, or InsurTech operations.
• Flexible, solution-oriented, collaborative mindset.
• Experience effectively managing outside counsel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or developing team members.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive audiences and support senior leadership decision making on matters of risk.
• Track record of leading multifaceted, cross-functional initiatives that drive successful business results.
• Experience building scalable legal and compliance frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Up-to-date understanding of the key legal issues germane to an insurance organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Proficiency in managing multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders.
• Outstanding judgment and integrity, and the ability to balance complex matters independently.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization and provide practical counsel and solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $157,500 - $220,500 annually.
• Long-term incentive awards, subject to program guidelines and approvals.
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to program guidelines and approvals.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical plan options (three (3) choices)
  • Dental plan options (two (2) choices)
  • Vision plan
  • Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident plans (voluntary)
  • Pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts (healthcare, dependent care, and transportation)
  • Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D; Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Life and AD&D plans
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with a discretionary employer match
  • Employer-paid wellbeing program access for employees and their families
  • LifeBalance resource with year-round discounts
  • Wellness programs including flexible paid vacation, typically nine (9) company-paid holidays per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness/other discounts

Location

• Texas
• Remote

Application Window

The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from 10/19/2026. Please note this may change based on business and interviewing needs.

Equal Opportunity / E-Verify

• Equal Opportunity employer.
• E-Verify employer.