The Company
Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.
Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.
Our People are
Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired
Our People are not
Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious
As a Legal Counsel on our Legal team, you will support the company’s growing business and provide support as we scale.
As a team member of an innovative insurance intermediary involved in transactions across the globe, the Legal Counsel will work cross functionally with the insurance, marketing, compliance, and product teams to apply their expertise and practical advice.
To drive success in this role, you will be a fully qualified lawyer in the US. This is a remote friendly position, and can be based anywhere in the US.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including agency agreements, insurance partnership agreements, reinsurance agreements, and non disclosure agreements that support and enable our global business operations.
- Review and approve content relating to insurance policies, including advertising panels and press releases.
- Provide product-related regulatory compliance support, including legal advice with respect to developments that could impact variable products.
- Manage company litigation. Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Skills and Experience
- 6+ years of experience with a JDFully qualified lawyer in the United States.
- Experience negotiating agency agreements with insurance underwriters and reviewing and approving insurance related content.
- Proven establishment of effective relationships with business partners and peers to understand their business drivers and strategic priorities.
- Sound business judgment and adaptability to manage multiple wide-ranging matters and conflicting deadlines.
Proficiencies and Attributes
- A people person with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work in a fast paced workplace/company, complying with short internal SLAs
- Able to multitask and prioritize work
Why Cover Genius?
Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?
• Flexible PTO. Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh.
• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!
Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!
* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
*US Candidates: The cash compensation range for this role is between $130,000 and $175,000 depending on experience and location. All roles are eligible to receive equity.
What We Do
Cover Genius is the insurtech for embedded insurance that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Skyscanner and Descartes ShipRush. We’re also available at Amazon, eBay, Wayfair, Tile and, SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Cover Genius’ vision is to protect all the customers of the world’s largest online companies through XCover, an award-winning global distribution platform for any line of insurance or warranty, and XClaim, an API for instant payment of approved claims that delivers an NPS of +65, a result that has been independently recognized as the highest for any insurance company globally.
Why Work With Us
We are a vibrant international team that promotes inclusivity and celebrates our differences. We are growing fast, we provide our employees with professional development opportunities and we promote within through our bi-annual performance cycle. We are bold enough to take chances, to challenge the status quo and inspire each other.
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