Senior Claims Counsel, Financial Lines

CNA Insurance

Senior Claims Counsel at CNA focused on high severity Financial Lines claims. Requires significant legal experience and expertise in liability, damages, and coverage.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeChicago • Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $97,000 - $189,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Handles complex, high severity Financial Lines claims requiring legal analysis of complicated liability, damages and coverage issues.
Drafts coverage letters, memos and reports.
Represents CNA in settlement negotiations with independent authority to commit CNA.
Interacts with multiple parties (e.g., insureds, brokers, counsel, claimants and mediators).
Directs and manages coverage counsel and coverage litigation against CNA.
Partners with underwriters, product counsel and actuary to effectively respond to policy wording and/or claim related inquiries.
Collaborates directly with brokers and customers to address similar issues.
Meets with brokers and existing or prospective clients as part of business marketing, growth and retention strategies.
Works with senior claim, underwriting and product leadership to develop and analyze new products and to identify, evaluate and track claim trends and issues.
Provides technical guidance to and oversight of junior staff members.
Develops and presents training on key legal and industry issues/trends for the Financial Lines team (claims, underwriting, product and actuary).
Represents CNA on panels at industry conferences.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree with JD, and admission to the bar of at least one state.
Typically a minimum of twelve years of claims and/or legal experience with a proven track record of exceptional claim results.

Benefits

Comp & perks

CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal analysiscoverage letterssettlement negotiationscoverage litigationpolicy wordingclaim trendstechnical guidancetraining developmentclaims managementproduct analysis

Soft Skills

interpersonal communicationcollaborationleadershipnegotiationproblem-solvingpresentation skillsbusiness marketingclient retentionoversightteam management

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeJDadmission to the bar