Senior Legal Counsel

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.

• Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more

• Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life)

Salary range (but not limited to):

Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance):

As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.

Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

Weekly hours may fluctuate depending on business needs.

We offer you more than just a career. As Senior Legal Counsel working here means that you can focus on doing what you do best: being a great lawyer. With Canada’s largest in-house P&C insurance litigation team, you can say ‘goodbye!’ to business development and ‘hello!’ to work flexibility, being supported and feeling valued.

With our Legal Claims team, you’ll be at the heart of what we do best: helping people. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, excellence, being customer-driven and generosity, you’ll have the freedom to manage and be creative in your approach to resolve casualty, property and accident benefits files.

What you’ll do here:

• Work with autonomy in your practice and collaborate with a high-performing team of lawyers, paralegals, adjusters, and legal support professionals – the best in the industry. 

• Help Intact achieve strategic goals related to indemnity and expense control.

• Handle a variety of insurance defence files, including property, casualty and accident benefits disputes from beginning to end.

• Draft opinions, pleadings, affidavits, and other legal documents to support applications, mediations, judicial settlement conferences, case conferences, private arbitrations, trials and LAT hearings (both oral and written).

• Independently prepare and conduct applications, discoveries, examinations under oath, mediations, LAT hearings, arbitrations, pre-trial conferences and trials.

• Assess claims with a focus on controlling indemnity but, at the same time, be pragmatic with a view to proactive and efficient resolution.

• Share knowledge and coach your Intact colleagues both inside and outside your department. 

What you bring to the table:

• Strong organization, communication and negotiation skills that will help you manage a busy practice, including working effectively with legal support staff including legal assistants, law clerks, and administrative support employees.

• Strong interpersonal skills, a natural ability to work collaboratively with others and to build effective client relationships that will make you a great team player and contribute to the positive work environment.

• An ability to think outside the box, find novel solutions and be a pragmatic problem solver.

The ideal candidate is/has: 

• A member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario. 

• Minimum of 10+ years of insurance litigation experience.

• Experience in legal research and writing, including authorship of legal opinions.

• Experience drafting pleadings, application documents, tribunal documents, mediation briefs and pre-hearing memoranda.

• Experience conducting case conferences, settlement conferences, discoveries, examinations under oath and mediations.

• Proficiency in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes.

• LAT hearing and trial experience, particularly independent CAT hearing and/or trial experience, is a definite asset.

• Proficiency in technologies, tools, and software programs to optimize operational efficiency and decision making, including but not limited to AI tools, iManage, ACL and the Microsoft Office package of programs.

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We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.