CFC

Cyber risk underwriting through MGA platform

Assistant General Counsel

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeOntario, CanadaCA$160k - CA$220k /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Be a Canadian-qualified lawyer with at least 10 years of relevant experience and extensive in-house insurance experience.
Have a deep understanding of Canadian federal and provincial insurance regulation, licensing, and compliance requirements, as well as MGAs and the delegated authority model.
Have experience managing corporate and individual licences for insurance and claims-handling activities, and leading a Canadian legal and compliance team.
Be fluent in English.

Responsibilities

Lead the legal and compliance function for CFC’s Canadian business.
Provide practical, commercially focused legal and regulatory advice across insurance regulation, licensing, corporate, commercial, and operational matters.
Work with senior stakeholders in Canada and across the wider Group to ensure the business operates in line with federal and provincial requirements and CFC’s risk appetite.
Lead the transition, design, and ongoing management of CFC’s Canadian licensing framework, including corporate and individual licence acquisition and renewals, regulatory engagement, process development, stakeholder support, and training.
Oversee legal and regulatory matters for CFC’s Canadian entities, including insurance licensing, provincial insurance council requirements, data privacy, AI regulation, and local employment law.
Work with Group Legal and Compliance to embed relevant policies, controls, and escalation processes across the Canadian business.
Review and negotiate Canadian law-governed supplier contracts, leases, and commercial agreements, and maintain broker agreements, binding authority agreements, claims handling agreements, and NDAs.
Lead regulatory engagement and reporting, monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments, and translate changes into practical guidance for colleagues across underwriting, claims, operations, compliance, and leadership.
Support strategic initiatives including M&A, portfolio acquisitions, cross-border projects, and entity-level dispute management.

Desired Qualifications

French at business level is a strong plus.

Reporting to the Legal Director in London, with a dotted reporting line to the CEO of CFC Canada, the Assistant General Counsel will lead the legal and compliance function for CFC’s Canadian business.

As CFC’s primary legal and regulatory adviser in Canada, you will provide practical, commercially focused support across insurance regulation, licensing, corporate, commercial and operational matters. You will work closely with senior stakeholders in Canada and across the wider Group, helping ensure the business operates in line with federal and provincial requirements and CFC’s risk appetite.

This is a broad and influential opportunity to shape the legal and compliance framework supporting CFC’s continued development in Canada. You will lead the transition, design and ongoing management of CFC’s Canadian licensing framework, covering corporate and individual licence acquisition and renewals, regulatory engagement, process development, stakeholder support and training.

You will oversee legal and regulatory matters for CFC’s Canadian entities, advising on areas including insurance licensing, provincial insurance council requirements, data privacy, AI regulation and local employment law. Working closely with Group Legal and Compliance, you will help embed relevant policies, controls and escalation processes across the Canadian business.

Alongside your regulatory responsibilities, you will review and negotiate Canadian law-governed supplier contracts, leases and commercial agreements, while maintaining key legal templates including broker agreements, binding authority agreements, claims handling agreements and NDAs.

You will also lead regulatory engagement and reporting, monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments, and translate changes into clear, practical guidance for colleagues across underwriting, claims, operations, compliance and leadership. The role will additionally support strategic initiatives including M&A, portfolio acquisitions, cross-border projects and entity-level dispute management.

You will be a Canadian-qualified lawyer with at least 10 years’ relevant experience and extensive in-house insurance experience. You will bring a deep understanding of Canadian federal and provincial insurance regulation, licensing and compliance requirements, alongside strong knowledge of MGAs and the delegated authority model.

You will have experience managing corporate and individual licences for insurance and claims-handling activities, as well as leading a Canadian legal and compliance team. Comfortable operating as a senior legal leader, you will be able to provide clear, pragmatic advice to senior stakeholders and communicate confidently with a wide range of audiences, including Board-level stakeholders.

You will be fluent in English (with French at business level being a huge plus!). You pride yourself on your strong judgement, excellent communication skills and the ability to balance regulatory requirements with the commercial needs of a growing international business.

About the Company

CFC

Cyber risk underwriting through MGA platform

CFC Underwriting is a specialist insurance provider operating as a managing general agent (MGA) that underwrites on behalf of a panel of carriers, focusing on emerging and specialty risks with a strong emphasis on cyber. It uses a proprietary global insurance platform powered by data science to streamline underwriting across a portfolio of 50+ products, including cyber and professional liability, with an in-house incident response team adding comprehensive cyber risk management. It differentiates itself through its early focus on cyber, large in-house claims and incident response capabilities, and a global broker-driven distribution model. Its goal is to deliver fast, precise underwriting and robust risk management for technology-related and other specialty risks worldwide.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999

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