First National Title Insurance Co. (FNTI) added Tom and Cheryl Klein to lead the company’s national agency division. Tom is executive vice president, national agency division manager, and Cheryl is vice president, national agency division manager.
“The national agency segment of the industry requires leaders with deep, meaningful agency relationships, broad national expertise, and first-class service. With their many years of experience servicing this segment of the industry, both Tom and Cheryl bring all of those qualities to FNTI and our agents,” Executive Vice President, Business Development Kyle Rank said in a release. “We are extremely excited and very fortunate to add Tom and Cheryl to the FNTI team.”
Tom Klein is charged with developing the company’s business segment, supporting national and multistate agencies. In addition, he will collaborate with other agency managers to develop key large agent relationships, initially with a focus on Virginia and North Carolina.
Prior to joining FNTI, he developed Mid Atlantic and national agency relationships for two title insurers and has over 20 years of experience holding positions in numerous leadership capacities, including the formation of national agency and affiliated business divisions.
After completing law school at the University of Richmond, he worked as a real estate attorney at a law firm and founded a Virginia title company. Klein is a graduate of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Cheryl Klein will serve as agency manager for national, multistate, and local agency relationships. Prior to joining FNTI, she served two underwriters as an account manager/business adviser to agents. She contributed at both companies to the development of title production and workflow solutions. She also owned and managed a Virginia title company for 10 years.
She received a bachelor’s of science degree in business administration from Old Dominion University with a focus on accounting. She also is a graduate of the School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia.
“We are thrilled to be part of a fast-growing national company with the talent, resources and commitment to compete at the highest levels of the national agency segment. Our partnering and collaborative approach with our customers will continue and be enhanced,” Cheryl Klein said.