Katherine Vyas has joined CATIC’s Illinois team as vice president and Illinois state counsel.
“We are pleased to have Katherine join our team. Her knowledge of the local market and ability to offer common sense underwriting solutions for our agents as well as her commitment to the community make her a best-in-class resource for Illinois attorneys,” CATIC Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer Edward Forristall said in a release
Before joining CATIC, Vyas was the Northwest area underwriting counsel at Chicago Title, according to her LinkedIn profile, where she worked on underwriting complex municipal transactions, multi-site projects, and commercial and residential deals, and led the condominium deconversion team.
Prior to becoming an underwriter, she was in private practice, focusing on residential and commercial real estate, litigation, and general practice.
Vyas graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s in women’s studies and then went on to earn her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla.