Shirley H.

Experience

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  Assurant

  Dec 2006 - Sept 2009

  Legal Counsel, Europe

  • Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts, confidentiality agreements, insurance agency agreements, NDAs and T&Cs.• Advised the Claims department on the interpretation of FCA regulations, mediation and the adjudication of customer claims / complaints.• Delivered updates and guidance to the senior leadership team.

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  SCOR

  May 2010 - Jul 2011

  Legal Counsel

  • Provided commercial and contractual advice in addition to guidance on data protection competition law, the UK Bribery Act, and legal and regulatory issues including FCA regulations.• Drafted, advised on and negotiated several commercial agreements. • Implemented a database for storing TOBAs and other standard agreements resulting in a 40% decrease in the amount of time needed to locate agreements. • Facilitated legal compliance training to Life and Property & Casualty departments.

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  AXA Partners

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2014

  Legal Counsel

  • Facilitated the authorisation of coverage policies for non-EU businesses. • Reported to Head of Legal whilst supervising and mentoring two trainees, managed and advised solicitors along with overseeing internal and external legal resources. • Served as a Lawyer for additional business entities in EMEA, Asia Pacific. • Provided subject matter expertise on FCA focused regulatory issues in addition to litigation matters, claims, and complaint resolution.

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  ANV

  Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

  Consumer Products Specialist

  • Oversaw the Wordings Team, established a clear and scalable precedent for the document library. • Collaborated with key stakeholders and underwriters in product development and risk analysis to ensure that contracts and the wording therein were in line with agreed principles and commercial ambitions.• Delivered multi-jurisdictional legal advice to businesses with multi-region product offerings. Ensuring that propositions were both commercially viable and adhering to regulatory requirements.• Maintained an active awareness of external impacts and influences that may impact either regulatory requirements or operational direction. Show less

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  Symantec

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

  Corporate Legal Counsel

  • Collaborated with global management teams across the organisation with key offices in the USA, EMEA and the UK. • Created coherent working relationships with business development divisions.• Collated legal information and briefed the board – outlining both the regulatory requirements of the new proposition, the risk exposure and how the business could incorporate a limited product without the financial and regulatory burden of becoming a registered insurance provider. • Following the board's decision to acquire a company that would help integrate insurance into their product offerings, supported the business with legal post acquisition integration of that new acquisition. Show less

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  The Fidelis Partnership

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Legal Counsel

  • Provided legal advice on commercial and IT matters.• Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts.• Provided legal advice to Projects, IT and Commercial teams.• Conducted Co-sec duties.

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  Chaucer Group

  Oct 2022 - now

  Diversity and Inclusion Champion

  • Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Group Chairperson - 2019 to 2022 o Partner closely with and support HR Directors and HR specialists to ensure inclusive practices, processes and procedures. o Pro-actively drive the implementation of Chaucer Group’s diversity and inclusion strategies. o Provide feedback to senior leadership on ethnicity and gender pay gap reports and other DEI targets. o Provided challenges to the status quo within the organization to facilitate meaningful action to impact positive cultural change. o Inspire, coach and lead an advisory group that advances inclusion for all employees. o Confidently deal with individuals at all levels within the organization including Executive level.• Provide legal guidance and support to the Credit & Political Risk team. • Stay up-to-date on legal changes affecting the industry. • Review competitors' wordings as part of tenders and the underwriting process. • Attend Broker and Client meetings with the underwriters to provide guidance and expertise on specific coverage elements of the products. • Liaise with underwriters on a daily basis to provide guidance on coverage issues and assistance with risk management. • Research potential coverage issues and producing reports about these findings. • Review and amend policy wordings across a number of product lines in a timely manner and in line with underwriter requirements. • Work closely with underwriters to clarify intent of cover, discuss response to broker wording review requests and ad-hoc cover queries. Show less