**Primary Details
Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee
Wordings Consultant
London/Hybrid
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an ambitious insurance lawyer to join our new wordings team as a Wordings Consultant and help shape its future. Working in a collaborative team you will work closely with underwriters across the UK, Europe and further afield to write, review and amend policy documentation, as well as providing coverage advice and encouraging best practice on wordings issues.
With hybrid office working and excellent benefits including 30 days holiday, you will be working in a supportive and inclusive environment. We're the down-to-earth, international insurer that is neither too big nor small, so you can make a real impact!
Your New Role:
- Support innovation and growth in the business as well as managing legal & regulatory risk across several jurisdictions
- Advising on, reviewing & amending market clauses, policy wordings and ancillary documentation
- Drafting policy wordings, including QBE's own branded wordings
- Staying abreast of legal, regulatory and market changes to advise underwriters of their impact on wordings, and to maintain wordings up to date
- Assisting Head of Wordings with the development and implementation of the wording strategy to support the business, including the delivery of projects
- Developing strong relationships with all stakeholders, including underwriting, legal, compliance and governance teams
- Share knowledge and deliver training on recent legal developments to team members and underwriters
- Generally supporting the business by becoming a reliable and trusted advisor on legal and regulatory issues that impact on policy wordings
About You:
- Law degree with some experience of advising on insurance law (contentious or non-contentious) or insurance policy wordings
- Sound knowledge of contract law, including experience of international and multinational contracts
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Why QBE? At My Best
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best". It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it's not just what we do that matters, it's how we do it that makes the difference. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.
At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).
Some of the award's QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;
5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada
Employer of the Year 2022Winner – Insurance Insider
British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award
Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year
Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year
We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent
Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.
We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers.
ESG & Sustainability
At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE's sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good', please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report (Link).