Underwriting Counsel

Stewart Title Guaranty Company; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness insurance options

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Stewart Title Guaranty Company is seeking an experienced underwriting professional in Boston to review title searches and insurance risk factors for real estate transactions. You will justify underwriting requirements to counsel and determine acceptable risk levels for buyers, sellers, and lenders.

The role involves evaluating risk, premiums, and terms within established guidelines, and you may lead project work within your discipline while supporting colleagues across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Typically requires 2+ years of related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and evaluates title searches and insurance risk factors for real estate transactions.
• Justifies and communicates underwriting requirements to counsel for buyers, sellers and lenders.
• Evaluates risk and exposures to determine acceptability of business.
• Determines premiums, terms and conditions based on established rules and guidelines.
• Provides guidance and acts as a resource for colleagues within the team.
• Works within broad policies to accomplish objectives and goals.
• Explains complex information in a straightforward manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Job description

At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all. You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company. Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about. More information can be found on stewart.com. Get title industry information and insights at stewart.com/insights. Follow Stewart on Facebook @StewartTitleCo, on Instagram @StewartTitleCo and on LinkedIn @StewartTitle

Job Description

Job Summary

Ensures accountable decisions are taken at the right level in the organization, and individuals making decisions are suitably informed about the level of legal risk on all legal related matters.

Job Responsibilities

• Reviews and evaluates title searches and insurance risk factors and must be able to justify and communicate underwriting requirements to counsel for buyers, sellers and lenders on real estate transactions
• Responsible for evaluating risk and exposures to determine acceptability of business
• Determines premiums, terms and conditions based established rules, rates, and guidelines
• May analyze data such as financial conditions of the organization, participation percentage, type of industry, characteristics of employee groups, or past claim experience
• Performs a range of assignments and may lead projects within own discipline
• Applies working knowledge of business and best practices gained through understanding of key business drivers and recognition of how own area integrates within organization
• Works within broad guidelines and polices to accomplish objectives and goals
• Solves moderately complex to complex problems and analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgement and precedents
• Explains complex and/or sensitive information in a straightforward manner
• Acts as a resource for colleagues, provides guidance to less experienced team members
• Individual contributor working with limited oversight
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred

Experience

Typically requires 2+ years of related work experience

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].

Pay Range & Benefits

$130,588.32 - $217,647.19 Annually

• The base salary range provided is consistent with similar roles at the Company.
• The base salary range is not an absolute, but a guide, and actual offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, education, experience, location, market conditions, and other compensation components.
• Depending upon all of the preceding considerations, the base salary may be lower or higher than the stated range.
• Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.

Stewart is on a journey to become the premier title services company. We offer personalized service, industry expertise and customized solutions for virtually any type of real estate transaction and are a leading global real estate services provider. At our core, we help make property ownership around the world possible. In doing that, we take every step to foster meaningful relationships through our ingenuity and efforts and are dedicated to going above and beyond to provide the best experience for employees and customers alike. To do so, we know we must sustainably serve our employees, shareholders, customers and our communities at large. That’s why we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that fosters a deep sense of pride, passion, respect and belonging, while lessening our impact on the environment and providing transparency around the way we do business.