Fidelity National Financial
Senior Commercial Underwriting Counsel
Maitland, FL, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Business DevelopmentLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingUnderwriting
About the role
- Fidelity National Financial - Florida Agency's Underwriting Department is seeking a customer-service-focused Senior Commercial Underwriting Counsel for our Maitland, FL office.
- This position combines both advisory and decision-making responsibilities and requires deep expertise in commercial real estate, title insurance, and risk evaluation.
- This role is onsite in our Maitland, FL office.
Responsibilities
- Identify legal and title risks and develop practical, insurable solutions
- Support resolution of underwriting issues impacting closings
- Develop and deliver training on underwriting topics, best practices, and emerging risks
- Build strong relationships with agents, attorneys, and internal stakeholders
- Support business development by delivering underwriting solutions that facilitate transactions while protecting the company
- In this role, you will deliver high-level underwriting support to agents, examiners, and internal teams, helping to structure and insure transactions in alignment with company guidelines, applicable law, and sound underwriting principles.
Requirements
- At least 15 years' experience in commercial title insurance underwriting or commercial real estate law
- Prior experience with high-liability or national commercial transactions
- Experience working with title agents, national accounts, or multi-state transactions
- Proven ability to read, interpret, and analyze boundary, ALTA/NSPS, and construction surveys, depositions, and trials
- Risk judgment: Ability to balance business objectives with sound underwriting discipline
- Leadership: Ability to mentor and influence others without direct authority
- Ability to balance business objectives with sound underwriting discipline
- Ability to mentor and influence others without direct authority
Nice to have
- Active Florida Bar membership preferred
- otherwise, must qualify for and obtain Authorized House Counsel status with the Florida Bar within 90 days of employment
Compensation
- FNF, its affiliates, and subsidiaries carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, specialty, experience, and work location.
- The base salary (exempt) or hourly rate (non-exempt) is just one component of the total rewards package offered to our employees, including potential bonus or commission eligibility, insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability), matching 401(k) plan and matching employee stock purchase plan.
Benefits
- FNF, its affiliates, and subsidiaries carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, specialty, experience, and work location.
Equal opportunity
- POLICY FNF, its affiliates and subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- FNF, its affiliates and subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Equal Opportunity employer.
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