Swiss Re
SVP, Head of Legal, Corporate Solutions North America
Swiss Re, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
SVP, Head of Legal, Corporate Solutions North America
Location: Kansas City, MO; Armonk or New York, NY; Chicago or Schaumburg, IL
Join Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo) as our Head of Legal for North America and lead a high‑performing team in driving business growth and navigating complex regulatory landscapes across one of our most significant and dynamic markets.
About The Role As Head of Legal for CorSo North America, you will join the CorSo US Leadership Team and serve as the principal legal advisor to CorSo's executive leadership across the US and Canada.
You will lead and develop a team of 10 legal professionals in providing strategic counsel on business‑critical matters, balancing high‑impact leadership with hands‑on legal expertise to drive our business forward while maintaining robust risk governance.
Reporting directly to the General Counsel for Corporate Solutions based in Zurich, Switzerland, you will join a global team supporting CorSo's diverse portfolio of business lines, including property, financial products, professional liability, accident and health, alternative risk transfer, international programs, and credit/surety.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of 10 legal professionals across multiple locations, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, and commercial mindset while developing talent and delegating work effectively.
Provide strategic counsel to senior CorSo North America leadership, translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance that enables sound business decisions.
Enable business objectives by supporting complex insurance and reinsurance transactions, structures, and distribution agreements across primary and excess lines for CorSo's US and Canadian portfolio.
Design and implement comprehensive risk management strategies that identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and reputational risks.
Navigate complex regulatory frameworks across multiple US and Canadian jurisdictions, anticipating regulatory changes, assessing implications to provide timely steer to stakeholders, and ensuring organizational readiness.
Foster cross‑functional collaboration with Compliance, Risk, Finance, Underwriting, Operations, and regional/global legal teams to drive integrated business solutions.
About You You're an exceptional legal executive and colleague who combines strategic vision with practical business acumen.
Key Requirements
10+ years of senior commercial insurance legal experience in an environment of relevant scope, scale, and complexity.
Proven track record of leading inclusive teams, developing talent, and enabling high performance.
Deep knowledge of primary and excess domestic and international insurance, including distribution networks, MGA relationships, and complex insurance transactions, e.g. captives / fronting, alternative risk transfers, and M&A/transactional liability.
Extensive experience with US state and national insurance regulatory frameworks and filing requirements, including engaging with a lead domestic regulator of international insurance operations, e.g. Missouri.
Excellent communication skills, able to communicate with clarity and conviction at all levels and across geographies and cultures, equally effective presenting to the Board or Executive Committee and communicating complex legal issues to cross‑functional stakeholders.
Operational management skills and proven ability to allocate resources and work to meet objectives in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
Learning agility, comfortable with change and change management, including embrace of new technology or tools for continuous improvement.
Compensation The estimated base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $270,000 for Kansas City (MO), Chicago, or Schaumburg (IL), and $212,000 to $285,000 for New York or Armonk (NY). The specific salary offered will consider location, scope, experience, and other factors. Swiss Re follows a total compensation approach, considering all components of compensation.
Work Arrangement Swiss Re has a hybrid work model; the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.
About Group Legal and Compliance At Swiss Re Swiss Re trades in legal and trust products at the center of a complex international web of law and regulation. Legal and compliance risks are a pervasive threat in financial services. Group Legal & Compliance (L&C) ensures the proper and systematic identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks inherent to an evolving external environment. L&C fully supports the company's value chain and broad product suite, its complex operations, and the demanding regulatory framework in which Swiss Re operates. L&C's value is delivered through services aimed at protecting Swiss Re, enabling execution of strategy and business operations and providing governance support and assurance throughout the firm.
About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions CorSo is Swiss Re's commercial insurance arm, backed by financial strength and more than 160 years of risk expertise. Our extensive knowledge in traditional as well as alternative risk transfer solutions sets us apart in providing smarter risk products that are globally aligned but tailored to local needs. We are relentlessly looking for ways to improve our service so that when it matters most, you can count on us. Driven by data, informed by expert insights, and enhanced through innovation. Our solutions are designed to transform commercial insurance. Please visit us at
Corporate Insurance Solutions | Swiss Re
to learn more.
About Swiss Re Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Through our work with clients, we fulfil our vision of helping to make the world more resilient. We have a distinct mission: together, we apply deep knowledge, intelligent data analysis and capital strength to anticipate and manage risk.
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Join Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo) as our Head of Legal for North America and lead a high‑performing team in driving business growth and navigating complex regulatory landscapes across one of our most significant and dynamic markets.
About The Role As Head of Legal for CorSo North America, you will join the CorSo US Leadership Team and serve as the principal legal advisor to CorSo's executive leadership across the US and Canada.
You will lead and develop a team of 10 legal professionals in providing strategic counsel on business‑critical matters, balancing high‑impact leadership with hands‑on legal expertise to drive our business forward while maintaining robust risk governance.
Reporting directly to the General Counsel for Corporate Solutions based in Zurich, Switzerland, you will join a global team supporting CorSo's diverse portfolio of business lines, including property, financial products, professional liability, accident and health, alternative risk transfer, international programs, and credit/surety.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of 10 legal professionals across multiple locations, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, and commercial mindset while developing talent and delegating work effectively.
Provide strategic counsel to senior CorSo North America leadership, translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance that enables sound business decisions.
Enable business objectives by supporting complex insurance and reinsurance transactions, structures, and distribution agreements across primary and excess lines for CorSo's US and Canadian portfolio.
Design and implement comprehensive risk management strategies that identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and reputational risks.
Navigate complex regulatory frameworks across multiple US and Canadian jurisdictions, anticipating regulatory changes, assessing implications to provide timely steer to stakeholders, and ensuring organizational readiness.
Foster cross‑functional collaboration with Compliance, Risk, Finance, Underwriting, Operations, and regional/global legal teams to drive integrated business solutions.
About You You're an exceptional legal executive and colleague who combines strategic vision with practical business acumen.
Key Requirements
10+ years of senior commercial insurance legal experience in an environment of relevant scope, scale, and complexity.
Proven track record of leading inclusive teams, developing talent, and enabling high performance.
Deep knowledge of primary and excess domestic and international insurance, including distribution networks, MGA relationships, and complex insurance transactions, e.g. captives / fronting, alternative risk transfers, and M&A/transactional liability.
Extensive experience with US state and national insurance regulatory frameworks and filing requirements, including engaging with a lead domestic regulator of international insurance operations, e.g. Missouri.
Excellent communication skills, able to communicate with clarity and conviction at all levels and across geographies and cultures, equally effective presenting to the Board or Executive Committee and communicating complex legal issues to cross‑functional stakeholders.
Operational management skills and proven ability to allocate resources and work to meet objectives in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
Learning agility, comfortable with change and change management, including embrace of new technology or tools for continuous improvement.
Compensation The estimated base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $270,000 for Kansas City (MO), Chicago, or Schaumburg (IL), and $212,000 to $285,000 for New York or Armonk (NY). The specific salary offered will consider location, scope, experience, and other factors. Swiss Re follows a total compensation approach, considering all components of compensation.
Work Arrangement Swiss Re has a hybrid work model; the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.
About Group Legal and Compliance At Swiss Re Swiss Re trades in legal and trust products at the center of a complex international web of law and regulation. Legal and compliance risks are a pervasive threat in financial services. Group Legal & Compliance (L&C) ensures the proper and systematic identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks inherent to an evolving external environment. L&C fully supports the company's value chain and broad product suite, its complex operations, and the demanding regulatory framework in which Swiss Re operates. L&C's value is delivered through services aimed at protecting Swiss Re, enabling execution of strategy and business operations and providing governance support and assurance throughout the firm.
About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions CorSo is Swiss Re's commercial insurance arm, backed by financial strength and more than 160 years of risk expertise. Our extensive knowledge in traditional as well as alternative risk transfer solutions sets us apart in providing smarter risk products that are globally aligned but tailored to local needs. We are relentlessly looking for ways to improve our service so that when it matters most, you can count on us. Driven by data, informed by expert insights, and enhanced through innovation. Our solutions are designed to transform commercial insurance. Please visit us at
Corporate Insurance Solutions | Swiss Re
to learn more.
About Swiss Re Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Through our work with clients, we fulfil our vision of helping to make the world more resilient. We have a distinct mission: together, we apply deep knowledge, intelligent data analysis and capital strength to anticipate and manage risk.
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