Zurich North America has an exciting opportunity for a talented attorney to join the Legal Services team as an Assistant General Counsel within our prestigious Corporate Law department located out of our headquarters in Schaumburg, IL, or conversely, consideration will be given to our New York City location. This role will provide expert legal counsel on a broad range of life insurance regulatory matters to enable the business to achieve its strategic and commercial goals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and to protect and preserve Zurich’s tangible and intangible assets.

 

 

As a strategic partner to our business units, the ideal candidate will be able to provide expert legal advice on a wide variety of insurance regulatory matters including the development and distribution of our insurance products, and market conduct examinations.

 

This Assistant General Counsel will also review contracts as appropriate, address corporate policy and compliance issues, as well as provide legal advice on insurance laws and regulations along the business value chain, from product development to distributing products in the market, supporting the business to achieve its strategic and commercial goals.

 

The preferred location is our Zurich North American headquarters based in our Schaumburg, IL office or our New York City location. Zurich is proud to embrace a hybrid working environment. In this role you will be able work from home 2-3 days a week.

 

 

As a member of the team, the Assistant General Counsel will:

· Act as a strategic partner to clients by consulting on complex regulatory issues with a focus on distribution-related matters, product development, and legal support of market conduct examinations

· Establish and maintain strong working relationships with key business unit leaders, functional subject matter experts, and other support unit personnel assigned to the business unit, to ensure the appropriate level of context and knowledge for the provision of effective legal guidance and delivery of problem-solving strategies

· Support management in developing open and transparent relationships with key stakeholders which is consistent with the organization values and compliant with the spirit and the letter of the law

· Proactively collaborate with the business unit leadership team in the development and execution of short-term and long-term strategies by providing legal perspective and partnering to problem-solve and identify creative, compliant solutions

· Communicate all business unit needs to the appropriate Legal Services team member(s) to secure the necessary resources and ensure timely and accurate support is provided

Location: Schaumburg, IL preferred and we are now open to NY for the right candidate (Four World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007)

 

We are offering hybrid work which will be 2- 3 days in the office

 

This position reports to the Senior Assistant General Counsel. This position reports to the Associate General Counsel Director, Corporate Law