Position Summary

The Director/Senior Director of Liability and Counsel at APCIA assists in leading the industry's proactive thought leadership strategies and tactics on legal defense and reform. They serve as highly visible experts before policymakers, the media, and industry audiences on the association’s top priority focus. They also work with member companies and colleagues to develop research and policy on legal defense and reform issues. 

Help build coalitions and support message testing, public and policymaker education, and state and federal advocacy. Analyze, draft, and coordinate legislative, regulatory, and judicial reform proposals, including providing support analysis, talking points, and testimony. Legal defense and reform topics include tort trends, state ‘bad faith’ rules, statute of limitations/revivers, class action and jury verdict trends, litigation financing, attorney involvement and advertising, social inflation, and judicial elections.

Job Description

• Utilizes knowledge of the U.S. Judicial system and current legal liability environment to develop longer term strategy and tactics in order to impact change and reach an identified outcome. 
• Conducts and oversees qualitative and quantitative research with members and other stakeholders to support identified reform. Conduct and oversee research, evaluate the outcomes and make recommendations 
• Identifies and prioritizes emerging public policy issues that will impact the liability industry and may require the development of new policy positions or a response by the association. 
• Functions as a lead technical resource to APCIA staff and member companies on liability related matters. Evaluates legislation for its impact on the industry and members, drafts initial wording and/or modifies legislation as necessary to support APCIA public policy and member issues. 
• Drafts written testimony, bulletins, policy support documents, meeting agendas and minutes related to commercial liability insurance issues.
• Engages with other divisions to influence public policy debates by providing data, research and strategic frameworks. 
• Represents APCIA in participating in joint industry research projects or other industry efforts including NAMIC, RAA, DRI, ALI, CAS and state/federal coalitions. 
• Develops strong member relations in order to understand their issues and priorities. 
• Develops and maintains external relationships in order to keep informed of emerging issues and to engage external constituencies.

Additional Responsibilities

• Publishes research and informational bulletins to alert APCIA members on trends and issues impacting both short term and long-term strategic liability initiatives and issues. 
• Provides prompt response/service and accurate information to membership. 
• Maintains ongoing expertise on liability insurance issues. 
• Assists and coordinates with other APCIA staff in the handling of member company information requests 
• Provides constructive feedback on issues during discussions pertaining to the policy and emerging issues.
• Other duties assigned

Qualifications:

• Law degree preferred with 7 plus years of experience in insurance litigation, claims, operations, regulatory or legislative environment;
• MBA, CPCU, CIC or other professional insurance designations a plus;
• Excellent written communication skills with proven track record of polished reports and documents; 
• Excellent oral speaker with effective public speaking engagement experience; 
• Demonstrate technical knowledge of judicial system and/or commercial liability insurance issues;
• Strong ability to identify and develop pragmatic, realistic solutions to problems or issues raised into the public policy process; 
• Ability to think strategically and develop long term plans and solutions to liability related issues while addressing the current priorities and legislative challenges; 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with a diverse team of people; 
• Must demonstrate the ability to deal with a fast-paced environment with changing work priorities;
• Must be team oriented and results driven.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficient use of Microsoft Outlook, Work, Excel and PowerPoint