Neil Higgins

National Commercial Underwriting Counsel
First American Title Insurance Co

Neil Higgins is a seasoned title insurance professional with 15 years of experience in the industry. He currently serves as National Commercial Underwriting Counsel with the Shared Commercial Underwriting Team and Corporate Underwriting Department for First American Title Insurance Company, providing underwriting guidance and support to agents nationally across the country on complex commercial transactions. Neil is also a co-chair of First American’s Mechanics Liens and Oil, Gas, and Minerals Underwriting Practice Groups.

Neil joined First American in 2016 as a VP, National Agency Underwriting Counsel, after working as a claims counsel for another national title insurer. Before that, he practiced law in Maine, handling various real estate matters, including litigation, foreclosure, bankruptcy, REO, and title insurance claims. He has an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and a Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University School of Law.

Neil is licensed to practice law in Maine and is a member of the American Land Title Association, American Land Title Association’s Title Counsel Work Group, American Land Title Association’s Commercial Network, the Maine Bar Association and the Maine Bar Association Real Estate and Title Section.