Underwriting & Compliance Counsel

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<p><strong>Position Overview:</strong></p> <p>As Underwriting & Compliance Counsel, you will play a critical leadership role supporting a multi-state title insurance company and its affiliated agencies. This role blends legal, operational, and regulatory responsibilities: you will act as a title underwriting resource, oversee compliance and licensing functions, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure that the company remains in good standing with all applicable regulatory bodies. You will serve as a strategic advisor and hands-on contributor across underwriting, licensing, and insurance compliance.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></p> <p><strong>Underwriting & Title Operations</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as a title expert and key legal advisor to operations, sales, and client engagement teams for title commitments and policy issuance.</li> <li>Provide practical, solutions-oriented guidance on complex or novel title and closing issues.</li> <li>Interpret and apply underwriting standards and guidelines to support consistent, risk-based decisions.</li> <li>Deliver training to internal teams on title risk, compliance, fraud prevention, and legal/regulatory changes.</li> <li>Lead a team of title officers, managing quality, turnaround time, and adherence to service-level standards.</li> <li>Oversee title search operations, including vendor management, quality control, and process improvement.</li> <li>Oversee Underwriter audits to ensure compliance with all applicable standards. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Licensing & Compliance Oversight</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage outside vendors that lead companywide licensing functions for individual agents and agency entities, including new applications, renewals, appointments, affiliations, and terminations.</li> <li>Maintain Designated Licensed Producer (DLP) relationships and ensure accurate, up-to-date records across internal systems and regulatory filings.</li> <li>Monitor and document state-specific licensing and appointment requirements; ensure full DOI compliance.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Statutory & Regulatory Compliance</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage outside vendors to ensure timely and accurate statutory filings for the title insurance company and affiliated agencies across 35+ states.</li> <li>Submit required filings through the NAIC and directly with state insurance departments.</li> <li>Oversee secretary of state corporate filings for all company entities (insurance and non-insurance).</li> <li>Coordinate responses to regulatory data calls and manage submission to relevant authorities.</li> <li>Support regulatory examinations and DOI inquiries by gathering and organizing required documentation.</li> </ul>

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