We offer a hybrid schedule for team members in Orlando or Tampa, FL, and are open to remote work for strong candidates elsewhere in the U.S.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel and customers, related to the issuance of title insurance commitments and policies
- Apply underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits
- Guide company personnel on the performance of real estate settlement services
- Utilizes underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits, to underwrite the issuance of title insurance.
- Provides guidance to company personnel in the performance of escrow real estate settlement services.
- Issues underwriting standards and guidelines in accordance with established company processes.
- Responsible for communicating information related to underwriting and real estate settlement services to team.
- Other duties as assigned
What You’ll Bring:
- Law Degree required
- Actively licensed to practice law, in good standing in the state of employment.
- 5 to 7 years of experience underwriting title insurance, or comparable experience in a law firm setting, with commercial experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of real estate law, including federal and state regulations
- Solid understanding of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of real estate title and settlement process
- Strong analytical, negotiation and business acumen
- Ability to provide alternative solutions or convey unpopular information with tact.
- Proven ability to collaborate, act decisively, and build relationships internally and externally
- Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate and act decisively; build relationships internally and externally
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and timely follow up
- Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills
Pay Range: $95,350 – $127,125 Annually. This position is eligible for bonus pay and/or incentives for production or other goals.
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
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What We Do
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services.
First American Title Insurance Company provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for homebuyers and sellers, real estate agents and brokers, mortgage lenders, commercial property professionals, homebuilders and developers, title agencies and legal professionals to facilitate real estate purchases, construction, refinances or equity loans.
First American's thorough title searches, title clearance and title insurance policies help to produce clear property titles and enable the efficient transfer of real estate.
As one of the largest title insurance companies in the nation, First American offers title insurance and settlement services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and internationally.
First American Title Insurance Company traces its history to 1889 and is the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).
