Senior Wordings Counsel

Job title: Senior Wordings Counsel

Salary: £150,000 DOE p.a (pro rata, 4 month contract)

Location: London

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We’re supporting a leading City insurer in their search for a Senior Wordings Counsel for a 4-month FTC. You’ll lead on drafting and reviewing insurance wordings and product documents across commercial and SME lines, ensuring clarity, compliance, and supporting underwriters with expert guidance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design, technical content, and final production of insurance documentation including Policy Wordings, Evidence of Cover documents, Certificates of Insurance and Reinsurance, IPIDs, Proposal Forms, and promotional/marketing brochures
• Draft or approve documentation across a wide range of insurance products
• Provide expert advice and support to underwriters on all matters relating to policy wordings, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and best practice
• Maintain a comprehensive library of wordings for underwriter use
• Act as a key member of the Product Oversight Group, providing wordings advice and support for SME products
• Develop and maintain clear, concise wordings tailored to SME customers
• Build strong working relationships with underwriters, brokers, coverholders, and internal stakeholders
• Share market and regulatory guidance regarding policy wordings and exclusionary language with internal teams
• Support compliance, delegated authority, and underwriting management functions in drafting insurance-specific agreements and documents, including binding authority agreements
• Deliver training for staff on wordings and product-related matters when required

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• England & Wales qualified practising solicitor (or equivalent)
• Proven experience working in an underwriting, broking, or legal environment
• Strong knowledge of commercial and SME insurance products across multiple lines of business
• Understanding of regulatory product governance requirements relating to the creation and management of insurance products, including policy wordings and associated documentation
• Professional, customer-focused approach with a commitment to delivering positive customer outcomes
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capacity to contribute constructively to product design and specification for both new and existing business
• Strong organisational skills, with effective time management and administrative abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills

If you have the relevant experience or know someone that does please contact us now on 07506 605 692 or email us at admin@lawesgroup.co.uk