Capital Insurance Group

General Counsel

• Responsible for consultation with claims staff in a variety of claims issues, including but not limited to, coverage, indemnification, policy limit demand reviews, indemnity agreement review, release language review.
• Identifies coverage issues which require assignment to outside counsel and works with outside counsel as needed.
• Directly handle some policyholder suits against the company and work with outside counsel in managing the litigation.
• Will need to attend mediations as needed.
• Assists in training to claims staff on various jurisdictional issues and/or Fair Claims Practices training.
• Respond to insurance claims questions from a variety of departments.
• Works closely as part of the Claims Legal team in providing outstanding service to claims staff.
• Responsible for tracking claim files reported to Claims Legal ability to stay organized, and diary cases for future follow-up.
• Participate in roundtable discussions on a variety of claims topics, including trial authority, and taking the lead on future follow-up of action items.
• Will work collaboratively with current Panel Counsel to ensure consistency of service to CIG insureds.
• May also participate and/or take the lead in identifying new firms to join Panel list.
• Work with Analyst in Claims Legal in ensuring consistency of Reinsurance reporting as required.
• Ability to analyze complex insurance claims situations and develop recommendations to be shared with claims staff.
• Ability to handle conflicting requests from multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment while paying attention to detail.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and in a team setting.
• Ability to interface with multiple levels of the organization.
• Ability to travel (<10%) as needed to support business needs.
• Ability to stay organized and manage time effectively in order to manage competing priorities.
• Have effective research skills and ability to stay current with changes in case law and regulatory changes.

Claims Counsel