Legal Counsel

Where will your career take you next? Let’s find out together.

At Zurich Cover-More, we’re proud to be one of the world’s leading travel insurance and assistance providers. Each year, we protect more than 20 million travellers worldwide, making sure we’re there every step of their journey with proactive care, personalised cover and specialist support. Zurich Cover-More partners with many of the world’s best-known brands – think major airlines, travel giants, top banks, credit card providers, and large retailers – to deliver more care, more cover, for all.

Launched in December 2024, Zurich Cover-More is the global travel brand of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading multi-line insurers. Our family of customer-facing brands includes trusted names like Travel Guard, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Travelex Insurance, Universal Assistance, World Travel Protection, Freely, and Blue Insurance. Together, we’re redefining what it means to travel safely and with confidence. Whether it’s a long-awaited holiday, a last-minute business trip, or an unexpected detour, we deliver in the moments that matter.

What you’ll be doing:

Join a dynamic and highly collaborative legal team supporting Zurich Cover-More and BOXX across Canada and North America. This role offers the opportunity to work across a broad range of commercial, regulatory, insurance, cyber, privacy, and corporate legal matters while partnering closely with business leaders and legal colleagues across multiple jurisdictions. Offering significant visibility across the organizations, this role is ideal for a lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys tackling new challenges, and is excited by the opportunity to build broad in-house expertise across a diverse range of legal disciplines.  In this role, you will:

• Provide practical legal advice and day-to-day support across Zurich Cover-More & BOXX’s operations, with a specific focus on the Canadian business.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, partner, broker, technology, and service arrangements.
• Support insurance, licensing, regulatory, compliance, and governance matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with business leaders to identify legal risks, solve problems, and support strategic initiatives.
• Assist with privacy, marketing, product, underwriting, and customer-facing legal matters as they arise.
• Coordinate with internal and external counsel on litigation, disputes, regulatory inquiries, and specialized legal projects.
• Work across a diverse mix of legal matters, providing broad exposure to the business and opportunities for continued professional growth.

What skills and experience you’ll bring on this journey:

• 4-7 years of legal experience with a strong foundation in corporate, commercial, insurance, regulatory, or financial services matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and written communication skills.
• The ability to quickly assess issues, identify risks, and provide practical business-focused solutions.
• Confidence working independently while knowing when to seek guidance or escalate issues.
• A growth mindset and willingness to take on new areas of law and unfamiliar challenges.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Insurance, travel insurance, cyber, technology, financial services, or other regulated industry experience is considered a strong asset.
• A collaborative, adaptable, and entrepreneurial approach to legal practice, with a genuine desire to learn and contribute beyond a traditional legal silo.

Why you’ll love working with us!

We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability, results-orientation, and forward-thinking.  

We have more than 3000 employees worldwide. We are a global group of digital specialists, actuaries, marketers, doctors, nurses, case managers, claims specialists, finance experts, customer service and corporate services professionals. We share a global purpose to look after travellers, at every step of their journey. 

Job flexibility. We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around. Our hybrid approach ensures you can maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Career growth. This is an extremely exciting time for us at Zurich Cover-More, as we rapidly expand our business across the globe. We’re committed to helping our people thrive through a comprehensive onboarding experience, continuous professional development, and a supportive work environment that empowers growth at every stage of your career.

Take the time you need, for you and your community. We encourage you to take the time you need when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits along with volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme. 

Investing in your health, and your future. We offer a competitive medical insurance package and pension contributions.

Diversity and inclusion. We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. Wherever life has taken you, we welcome you to bring your whole self to work. Just be you – because that’s exactly who we’re looking for.

At Zurich Cover-More, compensation for roles is influenced by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. In compliance with local laws, Zurich commits to providing a fair and reasonable compensation range for each role. Additional rewards may encompass short-term incentive bonuses and merit increases. We encourage candidates with salary expectations beyond the provided range to apply as they will be considered based on their experience, skills, and education. The compensation indicated represents a nationwide market range and has not been adjusted for geographic differentials pertaining to the location where the position may be filled. The proposed salary range for this position is $125,000.00 – $175,000.00 with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 20%.