National Underwriter, Title Insurance Agency
About The Position
The National Underwriter manages national commercial title insurance transactions from initial title review through closing and issuance of final policies. The role resolves commitment, objection-letter, pro forma, and final-policy issues; analyzes title records and related documents to identify risk; coordinates with customers, underwriters, and workshare partners; and oversees closings and transaction documentation. The position also handles pricing, premiums, fees, invoices, deal-pipeline reporting, and compliance with workshare policies and regulatory limitations. The position is based in Chicago, Dallas, or remotely. The expected base annual salary range is $140,000 to $165,000. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and team performance.
Requirements
- Experience with national/workshare relationships and workflows.
- At least 7 years of experience with commercial transactions; portfolio-transaction experience is a plus.
- Ability to independently manage complex, high-dollar, and time-sensitive transactions.
- Proficiency with Softpro.
- Thorough understanding of title insurance and underwriting concepts, including title exceptions, affirmative coverages and endorsements, surveys and survey coverage, non-imputation, co-insurance, and mezzanine endorsements.
- Comprehensive understanding of the industry workshare model and regulatory limitations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with portfolio transactions.
Responsibilities
- Resolve commitment issues, objection letters, pro forma issues, and final-policy matters for licensed states with customers and underwriters.
- Analyze recordings and title-related materials, including liens, judgments, easements, surveys, legal descriptions, and vesting documents, to identify risks and verify title conditions.
- Create workshare invoices on national files.
- Oversee closings conducted by national underwriters, including review of clearance, escrow instructions, closing documents, and settlement statements.
- Serve as the primary point of contact throughout transactions up to closing.
- Ensure underwriters submit recordings and issue final policies.
- Identify potential title insurance coverage issues on national transactions and work with underwriters and other transaction parties to negotiate solutions.
- Review and approve transaction-required documentation necessary to issue title policies, including deeds, security instruments, affidavits, organizational and authority documents, and releases.
- Negotiate and calculate title premiums and fees on commercial real estate transactions.
- Provide appropriate pricing for commitments or reports, endorsements, final policies, and guarantees using applicable schedules.
- Oversee and facilitate team compliance with workshare-model requirements, regulatory limitations, and related Sightline policies and procedures.
- Serve as the primary contact for workshare partners and underwriters and coordinate cooperation among parties on transactions.
- Oversee deal-pipeline information and reporting.
- Prepare invoices for national commercial transactions and, where applicable, licensed-state transactions.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and team performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
