As Legal Finance & (Re)Insurance Counsel, your mission will be to support AXA Climate regarding legal matters related to (Re)Insurance and finance legal matters acting as a strategic business partner.

You will act as a key legal contact points for our Insurance and Consulting Ecosystems and its external stakeholders. You will be a key player for enhancing deal efficiency and for securing our international expansion & the development of sophisticated new (re)insurance products.

The legal insurance counsel will provide Legal & Compliance support to underwriting team for deal execution purposes.

o She / He rules the Legal & Compliance practice for the Insurance Ecosystem (in coordination with the Chief Underwriting Officer and Head of Legal):

• acts as a technical reference point for underwriting business units and provide clarity,

• advice on technical (wordings/policy) and regulatory topics;

• advises and consults on broker status related legal and regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions;

• manages interface with risk carrier legal department, ensures compliance with risk carrier (legal) requirements and requirements of the parametric products/markets;

• provides clear framework for underwriters on legal and regulatory aspects for all key jurisdictions.

o She / He advises the Insurance Ecosystem for:

• securing execution (quality and timing) of policies/wordings within the underwriting process;

• deciding on acceptable clauses or policy wordings in general proposed by brokers and/or competitors.

o She / He undertakes and facilitates policy wording development and control across all geographies. She / He supports the underwriting team for the development of new products across all geographies from legal side:

• manages and facilitate policy wording development for new products / perils / geographies;

• ensures compliance of new products and policy wordings with regulatory set-up and local regulatory requirements.

o She / He provides knowledge management and training support to the Insurance and Consulting Ecosystems for collective improvement purposes:

• develops and maintains appropriate training materials and ensure that all new staff receive appropriate induction training.

o She/ He advises on projects involving alternative financial setup to insurance coverage.

Key accountabilities

Project management

• Act as a strategic business partner in all activities relating to (re)insurance

• Manage large and/complex negotiations and provide legal support to the business

• Identify the relevant stakeholders to be involved to achieve the appropriate governance

Analysis of legal risks and constraints

• Conduct and supervise robust legal risk assessment that substantiate recommendations, and advise on and determine appropriate actions to mitigate

• Raise business’ awareness of legal issues and ensure legal involvement at the appropriate stage

Legal documentation

• Design, negotiate and monitor the conclusion of a wide range of agreements

• Implement and update templates of agreements in coordination with business partners

• Supervise outside counsel, including management fees structure

Contributing to internal know-how

• Carrying out legal watch, participate in the updating of the legal culture and the training of business teams

Qualifications/Experience

• Master’s Degree in French law and qualified lawyer

• 4/6 years post qualified (re)insurance or finance legal experience in law firm(s) and/or in-house

• Strong drafting and contract law skills

• Proficiency level in English both orally and in writing

Soft skills

• Leadership

• Team player with enthusiasm for independent work

• Strong analytical capability and ability to work in a time-critical environment

• Excellent writing, communication and presentation abilities

• Excellent transaction management abilities

• Curious, enthusiastic, with “can-do” attitude and proven interest in innovation and climate change

• Ability to work in an international and culturally diverse environment.

4/5 interviews