Senior Counsel – Employee Benefits

Transamerica

Attorney providing legal support for Transamerica’s Employee Benefits division, focusing on life insurance and health products. Collaborating with internal teams to ensure compliance and mitigate legal risks.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Iowa, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $165,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide legal advice and support in the development, filing, offering, and administration of life insurance products and services for our Employee Benefits division. This includes all term accident, disability, hospital indemnity, executive health, medical gap, retiree medical, Medicare supplement, and employer provide life products.
Prepare, review, and negotiate legal contracts, documents, and agreements, including marketing, distribution, administration, TPA, and/or vendor agreements for the review of senior team members.
Research, counsel, and draft recommendations addressing unique regulatory challenges such as state-based claims processing requirements, benefit coordination with group health plans, benefit triggers and eligibility, and the application of ERISA’s preemption clause to state insurance mandates.
Advise on legal risks and potential impacts of business decisions, as well as escalated claims and consumer complaints.
Monitor, review and interpret relevant changes in laws, rules and regulations, particularly those related to insurance regulations.
As needed, support Transamerica’s Life Insurance division.
Draft regulatory responses, disclosures, and other correspondence that may include market conduct issues from state and federal regulators for the review of senior team members.
Collaborate with internal compliance teams to develop and implement policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks.
Work on legal issues where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors.

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD from an ABA accredited law school
Member of the Bar in good standing of any US jurisdiction
Five years of experience at a sophisticated law firm or in-house counsel with insurance regulatory legal experience and/or a focus on supplemental health insurance, state insurance matters, and life insurance, with knowledge of relevant laws, rules and regulations
Effective communicator, both in writing and orally, with the intended audience
Able to exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment
Able to exercise agility and adaptability in providing legal advice
Comfortable in a rapidly changing corporate environment
Proficient using MS Office
Effective organizational and project management skills with an ability to manage multiple priorities
Action oriented, timely and organized with ability to prioritize workload with accuracy and attention to detail
Focuses on creating an environment of honesty, inclusion and respect for others, is open to and champions differing ideas and perspectives, and collaborates in a fully inclusive manner

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal advicecontract negotiationregulatory researchdrafting recommendationsclaims processingERISA complianceinsurance regulationspolicy developmentlegal analysisrisk assessment

Soft Skills

effective communicationsound judgmentagilityadaptabilityorganizational skillsproject managementattention to detailaction orientedcollaborationinclusivity

Certifications

JD from ABA accredited law schoolMember of the Bar