Proper Title, LLC, announced the expansion of its commercial and residential title services through six new hires.
The company added Michael Stump as assistant vice president of commercial business development; Charity Murow as senior underwriting counsel; Gary Irwin as senior commercial underwriting consultant and counsel; Michele Clement as director of title operations; Adrienne Sutton as director of post-closing and settlement services; and Cheryl Nutley as a senior escrow officer.
“With today’s heated housing market still in full swing, this all-star group brings a wealth of experience that will help us meet the surge in closings we’ve seen over the past year,” Proper Title Executive Vice President of Operations and Counsel Kathy Kwak said in a release. “These hires also will be key as we plan to ramp up across our target markets and support our goal of providing excellent client service as our team continues its robust growth.”
Stump comes from First American Title, where he was the top sales representative and grew market share in his territory by 150 percent in a three-year period. Proper Title said he will play a key role in growing its customer base and revenue in closing commercial real estate transactions.
Murow also came from First American, where she was most recently underwriting counsel. She has also been a senior claims counsel for Fidelity National Title and an underwriting counsel for Chicago Title. Murow will be responsible for analyzing transactions to determine potential company liability and insurability.
Irwin is a 30-plus-year veteran of the title insurance industry, including 18 years with Fidelity National Title, where he most recently served as assistant vice president and state counsel.
Clement and Sutton come to Proper Title following decades of work at Fidelity National Title. Clement was assistant vice president and Northern Cook County escrow manager. Sutton was an escrow closer at Fidelity National’s Schaumburg, Ill., office.
Previously with Chicago Title, Nutley has 25 years of residential and commercial title experience.
“Since Proper Title’s launch in 2013, we’ve been known for drawing top talent from within the title industry, and that certainly is the case with these new hires,” Kwak said. “It’s just one of the reasons we have become one of the largest title agencies in Illinois.”