Counsel, Product

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Legal, Product

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$119,100.00 - $196,500.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

This Counsel role is responsible for providing a broad range of cost-effective, high quality legal services involving property and casualty insurance regulatory law, for Business Insurance Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Auto, General Liability/Umbrella and/or Property lines. The Counsel position handles moderately complex legal matters in support of commercial product lines, legal agile line leads and the product organization.

The Business Insurance Product organization clients are primarily located in Hartford. We are open to most domestic locations where Travelers has an office with the understanding that travel to Hartford offices for significant meetings or in support of agile team/sprint kick-offs will be a necessary part of the job. Travelers offers a hybrid work location model that is designed to support flexibility.

This position is also available as a role for our pilot Restart program, a recruitment and development program that is open to qualified legal professionals including those who are looking to reenter the workforce or practice of law after an extended break. If you are someone committed to re-entering the practice of law after such a break, we are committed to providing the training, networking and experience needed to update your skillset and reignite your legal career.

What Will You Do?

Employee Engagement:

• Thinks strategically, creatively and demonstrates sound and practical legal judgment.
• Identifies opportunities for implementing process improvements and provides actionable results.
• Provides day-to-day legal advice and research support for all facets of regulatory issues.  Maintains awareness of external judicial and regulatory climate and legal developments impacting commercial products.
•  Supports cross-functional legal and business teams to align to a common vision and effectively deliver timely results.

​Indispensable Business Partner:

• Supports the delivery of timely, well-rounded, high quality and courageous advice in furtherance of the BI goal of One Customer Served by One Team. 
• Strong research, analysis and writing skills.  
• Proactively partners to build and maintain productive working relationships.

Efficiency and Effectiveness:

• Relentlessly learns and questions the status quo to develop new, creative, and innovative ways to deliver legal advice that drives toward customers solutions, convenient processes and a competitive cost structure.
• Assists in reimagining how we deliver legal services, driven by the increasing need for speed, efficiency, and agility; seeks out and uses technology investments and legal process changes into a more cost-efficient operating environment by eliminating redundancy, streamlining processes, and leveraging capabilities across Legal Services. 
• Models an agile mindset, with a focus on delivering value, taking pride in ownership and teamwork, and having the flexibility to adapt to change with ease.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Minimum of 5 years of prior legal experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Business Insurance and its products (Commercial Auto, General Liability/Umbrella, Property or Workers' Compensation).

What is a Must Have?

• Juris Doctorate or equivalent International legal degree; graduate of an accredited law school.
• Minimum of 3 years of prior legal experience.
• Active license to practice law in the state(s) in which representation is required.

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance: Employ