Senior Legal Counsel - Claims

Senior Legal Counsel - Claims

• Location: Sydney or Brisbane preferred
• Type: Permanent, full time
• Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel – Claims to join our high-performing in-house legal team, supporting the Australian Claims division. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel – Claims, this is a pivotal role offering the chance to influence claims outcomes, mentor junior talent, and provide strategic legal advice across a range of complex matters.

This is more than a legal advisory role – it's a position that will see you partnering with the claims teams to deliver practical, commercially sound advice that improves decisions and reduces disputes.

Your new role

Your role will involve the provision of coverage / indemnity advice across the general insurance claims division (predominantly public liability, property and professional indemnity claims), together with strategic input into litigated and un-litigated disputes. You will also be expected to mentor and supervise less experienced members of the legal team.

The role is critical to the claims function by providing:

• improved claims decisions
• reduced claim disputes, including litigated disputes
• reduced claims costs through reduced external legal spend on both coverage and claim disputes
• insight on emerging trends provided to senior claims managers

About you

You’re an experienced insurance lawyer with strong technical skills and a commercial mindset. You enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring junior team members, and working closely with stakeholders to drive better outcomes.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need:

• Strong post-qualification experience, ideally gained in private practice at a law firm specialising in insurance law, or an exceptionally talented lawyer with mid level experience.
• Expertise in public liability and/or property insurance, with strong coverage and policy interpretation skills.
• A solid litigation background and confidence managing disputes.
• Ability to work as part of a small team with minimal supervision, navigate uncertainty and demonstrate initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships across the business.
• Commercial awareness and a practical, solutions-focused approach.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
   

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family First accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen! 

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected].

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.