Director, Assistant General Counsel - Specialty Lines

The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2024, GEICO reported a record pretax underwriting profit of $7.8 billion against $43 billion in revenue.

As a result of Geico’s growth in Specialty Lines, including Commercial Products, we have a new opportunity to join our Legal group leading our Specialty Lines team of attorneys. As Assistant General Counsel – Specialty Lines, you will report directly to the VP, Head of Legal Business Lines. You will play a pivotal role by providing legal advice and counsel to our Specialty Lines group. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure legal compliance and risk mitigation. This role will be highly visible with senior management as you navigate and solve complex challenges and advise on significant opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Provide counseling, advice and thought leadership with respect to Specialty Lines, including motorcycle, commercial auto, recreational vehicle, and other products.
• Work closely with business teams to review and advise with respect to new products and technologies.
• Maintain awareness of and provide advice with respect to pertinent legislative and regulatory developments impacting these products.
• Be a key strategic leader in the Legal Business Lines Group and work closely with other teams, including Personal Auto and Claims.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of experience practicing law including at least 5 years focused on regulatory product issues, preferably in a law firm or the insurance industry.
• Prior direct management experience of attorneys a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written, research, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
• Proficiency in managing multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders

Location:

• This is a hybrid role, on-site 3 days per week at Chevy Chase, MD, New York, NY, or Beachwood, OH.

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.