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Junior Commercial Insurance Attorney

Cognia LawCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

30+ days ago

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Description

Cognia Law is looking for a Junior Commercial Insurance Attorney for a Fixed Term contract. This is a great opportunity to step into international work supporting a global client on commercial insurance matters.

Role Description

This is a Fixed Term contract position supporting one of Cognia's international clients directly through our Flex offering. The role sits within the client's legal function and focuses on commercial insurance matters. You'll be embedded in their team and expected to operate with a good level of independence managing your own workload while collaborating remotely with international stakeholders. A solid understanding of insurance-related legal work, a proactive mindset, and confidence working without close day-to-day supervision are key.

Company Profile

Cognia seamlessly extends corporates, banks, and law firms' legal capabilities to deliver sustainable outcomes. Our goal is to connect the legal sector, moving it from a siloed approach to integrated partnerships. We help in-house legal teams by bringing simplicity to complex matters and replacing broken procedures with efficient processes.

Cognia is a Chambers-ranked law company that integrates how legal services are provided so our team, partners, clients, and communities thrive together with people at the heart of what we do. We encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work and focus on enabling them to realize their full potential.

For more information, please visit our website.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for arranging, maintaining, and managing the insurance protection for the organization.
Data gathering and management of information from internal directorates and working with insurance brokers to facilitate annual renewals.
Managing and responding to internal and external insurance claims and queries received from directorates across the organization.
Handling escalated insurance and claims queries, including contract-related and disputed matters.
Managing claims litigation and supporting the Legal and Risk teams with litigation updates and strategy.
Drafting and maintaining internal insurance guidance notes and learning materials to support organizational understanding of insurance matters.
Working closely with procurement and teams initiating new activities outside of the client's ordinary operations to ensure insurance requirements are identified, understood, and appropriately addressed.
Supporting strategic projects that involve insurance risks or require bespoke cover.
Assisting in streamlining insurance services by assessing trends in incoming queries and recommending process improvements.
Project management, reporting, and tracking of the insurance renewal process, internal claims, and queries received from internal directorates.

Due to the project being fixed term, we are only considering applicants who are available with no notice period.

Requirements

BA Law, LLB, LLM, or BCom Law degree from a reputable institution.

Minimum 2 years experience in insurance / claims management.

Experience in insurance claims, including litigation and high-value matters.

Contract management experience and understanding of contract risk, with the ability to advise on insurance-related contractual provisions.

Experience in the charity or non-profit sector (beneficial).

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.

Comfortable with building strong internal stakeholder relationships.

Organized and detail-oriented.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Required Experience : Junior IC

Key Skills

Estate Law, General Counsel, Tax Experience, Trusts, Legal Drafting, Litigation, HIPAA, Intellectual Property Law, Legal Research, Real Estate Law, Wills, Writing Skills

Employment Type : Contract

Experience : 2+ years

Vacancy : 1

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Commercial Attorney • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa