AmTrust Title Names Senior Underwriter for Midwest Region

December 22, 2020

AmTrust Title Insurance Co. hired Mary Shelley as agency underwriter for the Midwest region.

In this role, Shelley will be responsible for supporting agents in Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. She has 35 years of experience in the title insurance and legal industries as a title examiner and underwriter.

“Mary brings exceptional experience in property transactions, including many years in the national commercial groups of major underwriters,” said Jason Gordon, president of AmTrust Title. “She will be a valuable resource for our agents Her expertise examining and underwriting for national commercial offices of large title underwriters and her contracts, litigation, probate, and estate planning experience, are fundamental skills that AmTrust Title agents have come to expect in their underwriting support.”

Shelley previously as an escrow officer and examiner for Stewart Title’s national commercial services group for the last five years. Prior to that, she worked at Precision Title, a division of Chicago Title Insurance Co., from 2008 to 2015 as senior title officer.

“Mary fills a role in a growing part of our agency expansion in the Midwest,” said Michael Frederick, regional agency manager covering Ohio. “As our agency base grows, so too does the need for experienced underwriters that can handle all sorts of transactions on AmTrust Title paper, from residential purchases to, most recently, an $800 million commercial transaction we closed in Q4. She is a welcome addition to the team.”


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