Underwriting Counsel NC

Position Summary:

We are looking for a professional to analyze title insurance risks, provide underwriting solutions, and ensure compliance with laws. This role involves handling residential and commercial transactions, conducting training seminars, and delivering excellent customer service. They will also help with business development by calling on established Westcor agents and prospects. This will be a dual role or both sales/business development and underwriting. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. degree, at least 3 years of relevant experience, and be a member in good standing with the NC Bar. Strong knowledge of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia real property law and the title insurance industry, along with excellent communication and problem-solving skills, are essential.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze title insurance risks, underwriting issues, and regulatory concerns.
• Provide underwriting solutions to agents, sales team, and title examiners in accordance with Westcor company guidelines as well as local, state and federal law.
• Handle residential as well as commercial transactions underwriting.
• Present training seminars to educate title agents and production staff (both online and in person).
• Developing CE & CLE courses for title and attorney agents in NC, SC and GA.
• Provide outstanding customer service while making sound underwriting decisions.
• Handle a high volume of underwriting inquiries via email and telephone in a timely, responsive, and professional manner.
• Analyze and respond to indemnity requests.
• Call on existing Westcor agents and help increase wallet share.
• Identify new business opportunities through prospecting.
• Travel with sales staff, managers or other underwriters for agent visits throughout the states.
• Work well in a remote team environment.

Skills and knowledge:

• Excellent understanding of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of real estate title and settlement process.

Education:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience concentrated in North Carolina real property and title insurance.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of NC, SC, and Georgia real property law and related areas as applicable to real property transactions.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Relationship building.
• Problem solving.
• Decision making.

License Requirements:

• Must be a member in good standing with the North Carolina Bar.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ardán offers some great perks:

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer-paid disability and life insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401K with company match.
• Paid time off and company-paid holidays.
• Wellness resources.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with

Ardán is a family of companies that make real estate closings faster, simpler, and safer through technology-driven, innovative solutions, sound underwriting, and exceptional customer service. At Ardán, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of Insur-Tech. Our brands—Westcor, Grid151®, GridBase®, and X1 Analytics®—are dedicated to using technology to streamline and improve every step of the closing process. Westcor - Founded by title agents, Westcor is the number one independent title insurance underwriter in the nation. Westcor’s technology-driven products and services and sound underwriting help agents and their customers close real estate transactions faster and with peace of mind. Website: wltic.com Grid151 - Powered by GridBase® technology, Grid151® delivers tech-enabled fulfillment services to the title insurance industry. Website: grid151.com X1 Analytics - Using its proprietary data analytics engine, X1 Analytics® equips the title insurance industry with decisions and data which enable faster real estate closings with reduced cost and operational friction. Website: x1analytics.com GridBase - sing their proprietary tech stack to create the universal API for lender and title collaboration, GridBase® delivers data middleware and tools that transform lender and title operations with highly optimized automations and integrations. Website: gridbase.io