AVP, Legal Counsel - Claims Counsel

Job Posting End Date: May 22

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…  

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! 

General Summary:

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days in office at either our Portland, ME, or Chattanooga, TN campus.

Unum’s Dedicated Legal Resource (DLR) team seeks an attorney who is solution-oriented, consultative in approach, knowledgeable about life, health, disability and HIPAA accepted insurance products, familiar with federal and state laws that impact our products and services and is able to distill, summarize and communicate complex information effectively and efficiently to business partners and legal colleagues.

As Assistant Vice President & Counsel, you will be part of the team responsible for providing primary legal counsel to the Unum and Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company Benefits Operations teams in all U.S. sites and on all product lines.

As AVP & Counsel, you will be a central component of the DLR team. In this role, you will act as an advisor to Benefit Operations staff and leadership on policy related questions, issues and trends. You will also work with colleagues in a variety of functions across the enterprise. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Unum’s business, enhance legal and leadership skills, and develop an industry-wide perspective.

As an AVP & Counsel, you are required to act with the highest ethical standards and are responsible for staying current on the external environment and changes to the law impacting our businesses.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities  

  

• Partners with Benefits Operations to identify and address claim-related legal issues as they arise, providing real time legal guidance on a wide variety of products and issues.  

• Coordinates with Benefits Operations leadership and resource partners to support and reinforce key messages and observations.  

• Monitors the external environment to identify and address legal trends.  

• Facilitates communication and information sharing between the front and back ends of the business.  

• Analyzes and formulates positions on claims consistent with applicable case law, legislation and regulations.  

• Incorporates and applies federal and state laws and regulations (including ERISA), insurance laws and regulations, and employee benefit laws affecting insurance, as well as new and emerging areas of the law such as e-commerce and privacy, to business plans and objectives.  

• Provides support to designated business teams, manages workflow from and relationship with a