Associate/Sr Associate – Financial & Professional Risk – Exeter

Overview

In this role you will support a Tier 1 financial & professional risk team acting for insurers, brokers and professional services clients on PI and coverage disputes. You will manage a caseload across courts, FOS complaints and ADR, while building insurer relationships and contributing to team development. The role combines complex dispute work with opportunities to influence business development and sector growth. You will work in a supportive culture that emphasises wellbeing and career progression while handling high-quality, varied matters.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working
• Wellbeing focus
• Career progression

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload across professional indemnity and insurance disputes
• Defend policyholder claims in County Court, High Court and TCC, and handle FOS complaints
• Engage in scope of duty, breach, causation and coverage issues and ADR/settlement negotiations
• Build and maintain relationships with insurers and clients
• Contribute to team development and knowledge sharing

Key requirements

• Experience in professional indemnity, insurance litigation or commercial disputes
• Strong CPR knowledge (costs, Part 36, disclosure, experts)
• Commercial, clear and practical approach to advice
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage deadlines
• Detail-focused, proactive and keen to develop as a specialist insurance lawyer

• Excellent communication
• Relationship-building
• Deadline management
• Professional indemnity
• Insurance litigation
• Commercial disputes

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