Senior Underwriting Counsel

Stewart Title; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading title services company as a Senior Underwriting Counsel. This role involves evaluating risks on high-liability transactions and ensuring compliance with laws. Collaborate across departments to support underwriting operations and enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• At least ten years working in the real property field.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate risk and exposures on high liability transactions.
• Communicate underwriting solutions to agents and counsel.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Conflict Resolution

Creative Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

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Job Description

Job Summary

A Senior Underwriting Counsel evaluates risk and determines insurability of high-liability and high-risk transactions, ensures compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and manages complex underwriting. This role involves collaborating with various departments, including risk management, claims, and policy development, to support the organization's underwriting operations and our business partners.

Job Description

• Responsible for evaluating risk and exposures on high liability and high-risk transactions to determine insurability.
• Effectively communicates underwriting solutions to agents, direct offices, and counsel.
• Promptly responds to inquiries and requests.
• Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and rate manuals.
• Leads special projects as assigned.
• Conducts seminars and training at industry event and for internal and external customers.
• Supports business partners.
  
  

Baseline Criteria

• Extensive knowledge of state and federal laws affecting title insurance and real property and the coverage in title insurance policies and endorsements.
• Superior ability to fashion creative resolutions to complex issues.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and create a positive work environment and cultivate strong relationships with customers and team members.
• Excellent listener.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of business and best practices gained through understanding of Stewart’s goals and key initiatives and experience.
• Individual contributor working with limited oversight.
• Takes initiative – proactive.
  
  

Experience

• Attorney should have at least ten years working in the real property field.
  
  

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Insurance

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