Senior Underwriting Counsel

at  Stewart Title Guaranty Company

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Job Description
Job Summary
Reviews and evaluates title searches and insurance risk factors and must be able to justify and communicate underwriting requirements to agents, title examiners, buyers, sellers, lenders, counsel, and other real estate professionals on real estate transactions.

Job Responsibilities

• Determines premiums, terms and conditions based established rules, rates, and guidelines.
• Analyzes data relevant to underwriting risk, including financial conditions of relevant parties, past claim experience among various factors, and use of improvements
• Applies broad industry knowledge and business acumen to drive financial performance
• Provides mentorship and guidance to fellow Underwriters to support their professional development
• Regarded as technical expert within discipline
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges to proactively assess impact to work performed
• Recommends improvements to product, process or service
• Leads complex or specialized projects
• Works within general functional policies and industry guidelines
• Impacts direction of program, project or services
• Solves unique problems with broad impact
• Develops creative solutions through conceptual and innovative thinking
• Communicates complex ideas across functions and levels
• Individual contributor working independently; only requires guidance in highly complex situations.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management

Education

• Juris Doctorate required

Experience

• Typically requires 10+ years of related multi-state work experience

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• Determines premiums, terms and conditions based established rules, rates, and guidelines.
• Analyzes data relevant to underwriting risk, including financial conditions of relevant parties, past claim experience among various factors, and use of improvements
• Applies broad industry knowledge and business acumen to drive financial performance
• Provides mentorship and guidance to fellow Underwriters to support their professional development
• Regarded as technical expert within discipline
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges to proactively assess impact to work performed
• Recommends improvements to product, process or service
• Leads complex or specialized projects
• Works within general functional policies and industry guidelines
• Impacts direction of program, project or services
• Solves unique problems with broad impact
• Develops creative solutions through conceptual and innovative thinking
• Communicates complex ideas across functions and levels
• Individual contributor working independently; only requires guidance in highly complex situations.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by managemen