Title Insurance Associate/Typist

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Who We Are

At Chautauqua Abstract, our mission is to provide precise, timely, thorough, and reliable property title abstracts that simplify complex property histories, protect our clients' interests, and support confident real estate transactions through professional expertise and exceptional customer service.

We take pride in delivering trusted services that help clients, lenders, attorneys, and real estate professionals navigate property transactions with confidence.

Job Type 

• Full Time
• 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching

Roles and Responsibilities 

Title insurance policies and related services for real estate transactions

• Preparation of title commitments, final policies, and title search continuations
• Retrieving and organizing files
• Drafting business letters to attorneys and banks
• On-line searching of public land and tax records
• Metering and posting of outgoing mail, including processing of tax certificates.
• General administrative support such as e-mail and filing.
• Perform a wide variety of clerical work including typing, proofreading, computer inputting, filing, checking, and recording information on records. 
• High attention to detail in reviewing documents, especially to handwritten forms.
• Sort and file documents and records to predetermined classification, maintaining alphabetical, index, and cross reference files.
• Plan and organize work and meet schedules and timelines.
• Answer the telephone, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.

Requirements:

Experience Required

• Basic computer skills with applications such as MS Word, MS Excel etc.
• General office clerical and experience with office machines (computer, fax, and copier).
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
• Type 45 words per minute with speed and accuracy.

Physical Demands

• Clarity of vision at varying distances.
• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
• Occasional kneeling and bending.
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and supplies.
• Lifting of objects with a strength factor of light work.