First American Title Insurance Co. has promoted Kenneth Farmer from state counsel for First American Title’s Mississippi operations to regional underwriting counsel – Gulf Coast. Farmer will continue as Mississippi state counsel and provide underwriting guidance and assistance to title agents in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
“Ken has a deep understanding of the important relationship between agents and their underwriter,” First American Title’s Agency Division President Evan Zanic said in a release. “His extensive knowledge and customer-focused approach to underwriting will enhance our efforts to strengthen and grow agency relationships through the region.”
Farmer’s 14 years of experience in residential and commercial real estate includes representing clients in sales and leasing of retail and office properties and serving as a commercial real estate associate for a Florida law firm. He is a founding member of the Land Title Association of Mississippi and received its first Title Person of the Year award in May 2021.
Farmer served in the U.S. Army as a signals intelligence analyst and the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a communications and navigation technician. He received his undergraduate degree in management information systems from the University of Southern Mississippi and his Master of Science in real estate and juris doctor from the University of Florida.