Underwriting Counsel TN

Overview

This role focuses on analyzing title insurance risks, providing underwriting solutions, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws. Responsibilities include underwriting residential and limited commercial transactions, presenting training seminars, and maintaining strong customer service.

Responsibilities

• Analyze title insurance risks, underwriting issues, and regulatory concerns.
• Provide underwriting solutions to agents, the sales team, and title examiners in accordance with employer guidelines and local, state, and federal law.
• Underwrite residential and limited commercial transactions.
• Present training seminars to educate title agents and production staff (online and in person).
• Deliver outstanding customer service while making sound underwriting decisions.
• Handle a high volume of underwriting inquiries via email and telephone in a timely, responsive, and professional manner.
• Analyze and respond to indemnity requests.
• Travel with sales staff for agent visits throughout the state.
• Work effectively in a remote team environment.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of the real estate title and settlement process.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
• Minimum 3 years of experience concentrated in Tennessee real property and title insurance.
• Must be a member in good standing with the Tennessee Bar.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of Tennessee real property law and related areas as applicable to real property transactions.
• Knowledge of the Tennessee title insurance industry.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Relationship building.
• Problem-solving.
• Decision-making.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described are representative of those an employee must meet to perform essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop/kneel/crouch/crawl, and taste or smell.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
• Noise level is usually moderate.

Compensation & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer-paid disability and life insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401K with employer match.
• Paid time off and employer-paid holidays.
• Wellness resources.

Location

• Travel is required for agent visits throughout the state; role is part of a remote team environment.