Legal Advisor
iOCO · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- We are looking for a practical, commercially minded Legal Advisor to join our CASHUB team. This is a hands-on role covering funeral claims, specialist investigations, team leadership, client relationships, marketing, technology and new project delivery.
What you'll do
- Draft legally sound funeral-claim repudiation reports and give clear recommendations to insurers.
- Complete legal reports within the strict service levels agreed with clients.
- Handle complaints, insurer escalations and Ombudsman matters.
- Train and guide investigators on policy wording, exclusions and evidence requirements.
- Lead one Junior Legal Counsel and two Senior Underwritten Life Investigators.
- Support complex, high-value underwritten life investigations.
- Manage team workload, productivity, quality, turnaround times and investigator expenses.
- Build client relationships, market XTND's CASHUB services, win new clients and grow work from existing clients.
- Contribute to pitches, proposals, quotations and presentations.
- Build, develop, test, implement and use AI and automation to improve quality, capacity and turnaround times while keeping proper human legal review.
- Set up and run new legal, claims, fraud, intermediary or investigation projects secured by the business.
Your expertise
- 5-8 years relevant experience in insurance law, funeral or life claims, policy interpretation and repudiations.
- Strong legal writing skills and experience with complaints, formal submissions or Ombudsman matters.
- Experience leading specialist staff and supporting complex investigations.
- Commercial confidence, strong client skills and a willingness to market services and secure work.
- An interest in AI, automation and smarter ways of working.
- Admission as an attorney or advocate, and exposure to fraud, underwritten life investigations, project management or business development, would be an advantage.
Qualifications
- An LLB or another recognised legal qualification.