Legal

The Role An established specialty insurance organisation is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to join its UK legal team. This role will work in close partnership with underwriting teams, providing practical, commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of specialty insurance products and distribution arrangements. This role will be a trusted adviser to underwriters, supporting product development, policy wording negotiations, delegated authority arrangements, claims-related legal issues, and regulatory matters. The role requires an individual who understands the pace and commercial realities of underwriting and can deliver clear, solution-oriented advice that enables the business to achieve its objectives while effectively managing legal and regulatory risk. What you’ll do Act as a legal partner for underwriting teams across multiple specialty lines of business. Provide day-to-day legal support on underwriting decisions, product development, policy wordings, endorsements, and coverage-related issues. Advise underwriters on legal, regulatory, and conduct risks associated with new and existing products. Draft, review, and negotiate delegated authority, distribution, binding authority, and other insurance-related agreements. Support underwriting governance processes and ensure legal compliance across the product lifecycle. Work collaboratively with underwriting, claims, compliance, risk, and operational teams to provide integrated legal solutions. Deliver training and guidance to underwriters on legal developments, regulatory changes, and market trends affecting the business. Who we’re looking for Qualified lawyer with approximately 2-6 years' post-qualification experience. Strong expertise in insurance and reinsurance law, including insurance regulatory matters. Significant experience advising underwriters and insurance product teams within the Lloyd's and/or company market. Demonstrable experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating insurance policy wordings across specialty, property, and casualty classes. Strong understanding of underwriting operations, insurance distribution models, delegated authority arrangements, and product governance. Ability to build credibility and influence with underwriters and senior business stakeholders. Commercially focused with the ability to deliver pragmatic advice in a fast-moving underwriting environment.

The Role This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced insurance lawyer to step into a broad and influential role, working closely with senior leadership to provide practical legal advice, manage regulatory requirements, and help drive key business initiatives. Office:  Please note that this role requires a minimum of four days per week in the office, providing excellent opportunities for collaboration and business engagement. Salary:  Competitive salary alongside an outstanding benefits package. What you’ll do Lead legal, regulatory, and compliance matters for a specialist insurance platform operating within the London market. Provide strategic advice on insurance, governance, regulatory, and commercial issues across the business. Oversee legal, compliance, and corporate governance activities. Support engagement with industry bodies, regulators, and other key external stakeholders. Advise senior management on risk, governance, and business-critical initiatives. Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and operational agreements. Support data protection, regulatory, and compliance frameworks across the organisation. Manage external legal advisers and oversee legal spend. Collaborate with colleagues across multiple jurisdictions on legal and regulatory matters. Provide support for board and committee governance activities and related corporate matters. Who we’re looking for Qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience gained in the insurance industry. Strong insurance and reinsurance background, with strong exposure to the London market and regulated environments. Experience advising on regulatory, governance, compliance, and commercial matters. Familiarity with UK and European regulatory frameworks. Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities. Commercial, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented approach. Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.

  About Arthur   Arthur is your trusted partner in search and recruitment for the insurance industry. We elevate careers by bringing together forward-thinking businesses and brilliant professionals.   Built on the foundations of transparency, quality, and integrity, our consultative and solutions-focused approach guides our team of experienced recruitment experts to deliver excellent service, every time.   Aiming to set the standards for the future of insurance recruitment, Arthur is committed to going beyond the transactional, building long-lasting relationships in which our clients, our candidates and our people thrive   Arthur’s  legal   expertise  enables us to  identify  and secure top legal talen t across commercial, regulatory, corporate, wordings, litigation, and claims support functions. We recruit for a wide range of roles, from company secretary through to general counsel and head of legal.   We partner with clients to make strategic hires, while supporting candidates in finding  legal roles within insurance where they can drive impact, manage risk, and contribute to business growth.   This is a well-established, permanent  legal  desk with strong existing relationships on both the client and candidate side, offering an excellent opportunity for someone to take ownership and make it their own. It  provides  the chance to hit the ground running from day one and build on a solid, trusted foundation.       What  you’ll  be doing:   Running the full 360 recruitment process within  Legal     Building long-term relationships with clients and candidates   Headhunting  and building talent pools   Achieving sales targets and consistently increasing gross profit   Helping shape the continued growth of our  L egal division   Keeping up to date with  new trends ,  shifts  and news in the Insurance market   Attending cl ient & candidate in person  meetings   Working closely with a team that collaborates, shares knowledge, and celebrates wins       What  we’re  looking for   2 +  years' experience  i n recruitment industry and experience within  Legal   Confident communicator who builds strong relationships   Excellent sales and negotiation skills   Ambitious, driven, and commercially minded   Team player who enjoys being part of a close-knit, high-performing group       What Arthur offer:   Market-leading commission structure   Early Friday finish (1pm)   Hybrid and flexible working hours   Career development and training opportunities   Private healthcare   Over 20 years of insurance industry  expertise  and a brilliant client network   A genuinely collaborative, supportive culture that values wellbeing and success       Equal Opportunities   Arthur Financial Limited is an equal opportunity employer; we are fully committed to the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination and value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the firm. The firm will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, maternity, race, religion and belief, or sexual orientation.