Senior Underwriting Counsel

First American

Senior Underwriting Counsel providing underwriting support for title insurance policies in Texas and Oklahoma. Ensuring compliance with real estate laws and guiding personnel in settlement services.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • Oklahoma, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $129,300 - $172,300 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel, agents, and customer(s), related to the issuance of real estate title insurance commitments and policies
Utilizes underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits to underwrite the issuance of title insurance
Provides guidance to company personnel in the performance of real estate settlement services
Issues underwriting standards and guidelines in accordance with established company processes
Responsible for communicating information related to underwriting and real estate settlement services to team
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Law Degree required
Admitted to practice in state of employment
Licensed to practice law, in good standing
8-10 years title underwriting experience
Texas or Oklahoma title underwriting experience
Must be familiar with real estate law
Excellent understanding of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of real estate title and settlement process
Knowledge of Federal and State regulations related to real estate title insurance and settlement services
Understanding of underwriting real estate transactions for the issuance of title insurance policies
Ability to collaborate and act decisively
Detail oriented
Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills, able to multi-task, prioritize, and follow up in a timely manner
Strong negotiation skills
Requires abstract thinking and creative solutions
Ability to ‘think outside the box’ and make unique yet sound decisions to resolve complex issues
Ability to build relationships and create rapport

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO/paid sick leave
Employee stock purchase plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

title underwritingreal estate lawreal estate title insurancesettlement servicesunderwriting standardsreal estate transactionsFederal regulationsState regulationstitle insurance policiesreal estate settlement process

Soft Skills

collaborationdecisivenessdetail orientedlistening skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationorganizational skillsmulti-taskingnegotiation skillscreative problem solving

Certifications

Law DegreeLicensed to practice law