Genworth Financial is set to boost its in-house legal team with plans to expand capacity in Europe and review its outside counsel.

The US insurance company is looking to add a commercial lawyer in Italy and a compliance specialist in Scandinavia, with one further lawyer set to join from GE Capital. The hires, which will take the team from 19 lawyers to 22 – including 10 in the UK – follow the January appointments of Miguel Munoz Gaztanaga from Lovells in Spain and Guillaume Lachaud in France.