Two giants in the insurance and risk management space announced big change in their legal departments Monday.

"The underwriting on these policies is very sophisticated, and has grown a lot more sophisticated as risk has increased," said Stephen Liverpool, general counsel of Raymond James Bank in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Junna Ro spent the last 15 years serving in a variety of in-house roles at CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer. There she worked as assistant general counsel, chief ethics and compliance officer and director of corporate compliance.

Paul Davis questioned election results in an Instagram story he posted while standing outside the Capitol in a crowd of protestors.

Companies may prefer to hire someone with industry experience, but some will be willing to hire someone who has never worked in the industry before but knows how the interplay between government regulators and lawyers works.