• Provides underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel, and agents 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. • Determine the conditions of the title and insurability by considering the effect of documents such as deeds, mechanics liens, tax liens, judgments, assessments, probates and other matters of record. • Protect the company from risk by analyzing recorded documents for ownership accuracy, legal description precision, and potential impact on title. • Explain chain of title, exceptions, and requirements to customers and managers. • Recognize title defects and formulate curative solution. • Assess risks and liabilities that may jeopardize the company, and bring these matters to the attention of the local title manager, state title manager or senior underwriting counsel, or chief underwriting counsel, as appropriate. • Review surveys prepared on properties and other proposed documents to be insured such as mortgages, mortgage modifications, etc. • Work closely with the title agent and escrow staff to meet deadlines for closings and assist with answering questions related to issuance of the title commitment and policies. • Perform other duties assigned by management.