Senior Corporate Counsel - Director Complex Claims

Position Description: Lead, manage, and provide insurance coverage advice on high exposure complexconstruction claims, includingbut not limited to professional liability, construction defect, general liability, builders’ risk, pollution liability, subcontractor default, payment and performance bonds, employment, wage and hour, and pollution claims from initial notice through claim closure, including subrogation and litigation domestically and globally. Reports to the Chief Risk Officer. Essential Duties Key Responsibilities: Manage specialty, complex, and high exposure insurable claims including but not limited to professional liability, construction defect, general liability, builders’ risk, pollution liability, subcontractor default, payment and performance bonds, employment, wage and hour, and pollution claims. Collaborate with insurance brokers, internal and external legal counsel, Claims department, Business Unit leadership, and Financial Managers to review claim strategies and recoveries. Demonstrate thorough understanding of insurance policies and their impact on rights to recovery and provide insight to maximize recovery. Provide direction to BU project claim team including project controls strategies as required by each specific claim type. Identify and communicate to leadership potential risks and implement mitigation strategies to reduce risk impact. Foster relationships and build partnerships with insurance company representatives across all lines of insurance. Guide, advise, and strategize with outside counsel on coverage issues and simplify issues for business partners. Identify and manage advanced issues and address policy and business challenges with responsible carriers. Serve as subject matter expert on all lines of insurance and serve as contact to client teams and senior leadership. Provide subcontractor default project controls, including replacement subcontractor strategies, recovery of stored materials, lien holder negotiations, union nonpayment guidance, recovery through rights of offset covered under subcontract agreements. Understand various other lines of insurance of third parties for risk transfer, including corporate policies and possible additional insured status for our clients. Provide claim expertise to maximize recoveries associated with insurable and non-insurable losses and provide guidance and coordination with legal counsel for associated subrogation litigation. Evaluate claims and perform thorough and complete investigations, including use of interviews, expert retention, site reviews, and document review, and provide guidance on complex claims. Contribute to legal strategies and document production requests for litigation and mediation. Provide insurance coverage guidance to colleagues and business partners related to legal strategy for insurance claims. Research caselaw to assist with insurance claims recovery and strategy. Draft insurance coverage correspondence on behalf of the Company. Evaluate and advise on policy language, coverage interpretations, and coverage strategy, including during policy renewals. Closely monitor developing insurance coverage law and advise colleagues and business partners of changes and provide relevant guidance. Lead claim review process with insurers. Ensure compliance of claim handling protocols and establish anticipated losses and carrier reserves. Develop and facilitate national training for strategies and procedures leading to the resolution of claim related matters. Deliver timely feedback to BU project claim team to expedite claim submissions, recoveries, and closure. Negotiate monetary settlements and coverage disputes with insures to maximize coverage for client. Assist in due diligence review for potential mergers and acquisitions. Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.