London | Fixed Term Contract - Full Time

About us

HDI is a Corporate & Specialty Insurer part of the Talanx Group. With over 120 years of experience, HDI operates across five continents, around 40 countries and employs over 5,000 people worldwide.

This position is a 12 month fixed term contract.

The role

• Support the delivery of the functional strategic plans by being responsible for the wordings team and own wordings activities, which includes planning and organising own workload, and monitoring wordings team resources to ensure responsibilities and commitments are performed to the required standards, timescales and targets.
• To continue to build the wordings function within HDI in support of its strategic objectives.
• To draft and amend policy wordings and endorsements as required for a range of Corporate, Specialty and Delegated Authority business.
• To establish a library of standard wordings for all main lines of business at HDI including access to various databases and external libraries 
• To give ad hoc support and advice to underwriters on a wide range of wordings and clauses and related questions
• Manage the wordings team and team workload
• Identify training needs for underwriters on wordings and develop a strategy to address those requirements
• Deputising for General Counsel on request

Key accountabilities

Wording and legal

• To provide day to day support on wordings within HDI, including research and analysis and delegation to Wordings Counsels as appropriate
• To give commercial and practical advice to underwriters on key wording questions
• To give advice to Claims and Underwriting teams on coverage issues (managing any conflict with wordings previously drafted)
• Advise Underwriting teams on referrals from agents and coverholders, e.g. on deviations from agreed policy wordings
• To assist in product development and enhancement, including supporting the negotiation, drafting and preparation of new wordings and attendance at Product Oversight Governance Group
• To manage the systematic review, negotiation and preparation of existing wordings, including advising on improvements and legal requirements, including raising awareness of ESG issues impacting wordings
• To advise on standard wordings used by clients, for example ISO forms and to advise on standard London Market clauses including IUA, LMA and NMA
• To maintain the HDI standard on all wordings reviews and variations
• To ensure all wordings used by HDI comply with all relevant guidelines and legal requirements
• To liaise and work with Legal and Compliance on aspects impacting the review and variation of wordings
• Attend internal and external meetings for wordings with stakeholders and market organisations, including IUA Clauses Committee
• Provide litigation-related advice to the business, such as litigation hold and disclosure processes, and if necessary manage such processes
• In conjunction with Legal and Underwriting, manage external expert legal review of bespoke in house wordings

Process Improvement

• Identify and enhance the quality and value of processes for your area of work
• Improve and enhance control and governance of the wordings process

Risk and Controls

• Adhere to process controls to ensure the quality of your output
• Ensure advice is consistent, accurate, up-to-date and stored accessibly
• Identify and share information on emerging risks and trends

Other

• Support all other functional activities as required
• Adhere to all local and Group guidelines
• Maintain and develop working relationships with the relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to business partners, underwriters and claims team
• Manage workload within personal and HDI objectives

Skills & experience

• Qualified lawyer with substantive insurance experience, including policy wording and claims
• Familiarity with wordings across several classes of business, ideally Delegated Authority and Specialty lines 
• Evidence of flexibility and preparedness to work on unfamiliar lines of business
• Coverage experience
• Knowledge of distribution channels in wholesale London market business
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture
• Able to explain the factual and legal background supporting their recommendations
• Ability to build strong working relationships
• Well-organised and able to manage and track conflicting priorities
• Demonstrate flexibility to address work requirements

Other

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, recognising that a diverse and inclusive workplace is a creative and prosperous one.

If you require support with your application, please contact UK&IRE_Recruitment@hdi.global.

Apply by 29/04/2026

Reference: HDI00646