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Location: Tarrytown, NY | Schedule: Full-time, hybrid (3 days a week in office) | Compensation: $200,000+

Overview

A national leader in title insurance and escrow services is seeking a Senior Agency Title Insurance Underwriting Counsel Attorney to join its Agency Division in Tarrytown, NY. This hybrid role serves as a trusted legal advisor on real estate title insurance matters, providing underwriting guidance, risk analysis, and transactional support to internal teams, agents, and customers.

What you'll do

• Provide title insurance underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel, agents, and customers related to the issuance of real estate title insurance commitments and policies
• Utilize title insurance underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits to underwrite the issuance of title insurance
• Provide guidance to company personnel in the performance of real estate settlement services
• Issue title insurance underwriting standards and guidelines in accordance with established company processes
• Prepare and present educational content (in-person and/or remote) for company personnel, agents, and/or customers
• Conduct Continuing Legal Education sessions with clients
• Travel occasionally with sales agents in the New York market area
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required qualifications

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school
• Active Bar Admission in New York, in good standing
• 8-10 years of substantive experience in title insurance underwriting
• General understanding of the process of title underwriting real estate transactions for the issuance of title insurance policies
• Ability to interpret and apply title insurance underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits
• Solid understanding of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of NY real estate transactions, title insurance, and closing settlement processes
• Familiarity with applicable NY real estate law, including federal and state regulations
• Strong relationship-building skills with internal stakeholders and external clients
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage significant transaction volume, multi-task, prioritize, and follow up in a timely manner
• Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to deliver guidance with clarity, professionalism, tact, and diplomacy
• Strong analytical skills, detail oriented, with the ability to assess risk and provide practical solutions
• Collaborative mindset with ability to act decisively when needed
• Creative, solution-oriented approach to resolving complex title challenges
• Ability to work hybrid, 3 days a week in office in Tarrytown, NY
• Willingness to travel occasionally with sales agents in the New York market area

Compensation and benefits

• Salary range: $200,000+ (base pay range at time of posting; actual pay depends on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements, qualifications, and geographic location)
• Yearly bonus participation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Top-tier medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Paid parental leave
• Generous PTO and sick leave, and additional perks

Why this role

This is an opportunity to serve as a trusted legal advisor within a busy, collaborative Agency Division team, applying deep title insurance underwriting expertise while working in a people-first, supportive culture.