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Chief Legal Officer
Large Life and Annuity Insurance Company
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Mutual Life and Annuity Carrier
Position Summary:
The Chief Legal Officer will serve as a strategic, hands-on legal leader and key member of the Senior Leadership Team, overseeing all enterprise-wide legal, regulatory, and governance matters. This role will guide the organization through a period of significant transformation by strengthening legal operations, elevating compliance across core insurance functions, and enhancing internal capabilities while managing outside counsel efficiently. The Chief Legal Officer will advise the CEO and Board, support insurance, asset management, and reinsurance activities, and ensure the organization maintains a strong, forward-looking compliance and risk posture.
Our placement brings nearly two decades of progressive legal experience across insurance, compliance, and regulatory matters, most recently serving as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for a leading life and annuity insurer. With a background spanning in-house counsel roles, reinsurance and product oversight, market conduct, litigation management, and direct regulatory engagement, they offer a well-rounded legal foundation aligned with the organization’s needs. They have a proven track record advising business leaders, strengthening compliance functions, partnering effectively with regulators, and guiding legal strategy across complex, highly regulated environments.
