Associate General Counsel to Head of Financial Lines Legal, North America

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Associate Gen

Position Description:

This individual will be the primary legal advisor to AIG North America Financial Lines, leading a team of attorneys supporting the business unit. AIG North America Financial Lines provides management and professional liability insurance solutions that help protect public, private, and non-profit companies, financial institutions, and professional service providers from a wide range of executive and errors & omissions liability exposures. We are seeking a candidate with significant experience in Financial Lines products that will provide leadership and sound legal and business judgement to the business unit.

Primary responsibilities for this position include:

• Acting as the lead legal advisor to the Financial Lines leadership team and its underwriters with respect to transactional, regulatory, legal and compliance matters impacting the business unit and the organization more broadly;
• Managing a team of attorneys supporting the Financial Lines business unit (including the Mergers and Acquisitions insurance group);
• Working collaboratively with business stakeholders and product center of excellence with respect to negotiating, drafting and/or reviewing insurance policies and endorsements, applications, warranties, policyholder notices, ancillary agreements and advertising and marketing materials in connection with the following product lines: directors & officers (D&O) liability, professional liability, cyber liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, crime/fidelity and kidnap & ransom insurance; representations and warranties insurance; and tax liability insurance;
• Research and review of legal/regulatory issues impacting or potentially impacting Financial Lines products; and
• Working collaboratively with Regulatory colleagues to address regulatory matters impacting Financial Lines, including the countrywide filing of forms and rates, responses to inquiries on insurance regulatory issues and re...