by | Jun 11, 2017 | Abstracting/Searching, Chicago Title, Closing, Industry News, Quality, Real Estate Law, Title Insurance, Title Insurance Lawsuits
A Connecticut title agent was held liable for $77,500 that was paid by a Title Underwriter to clear title to property it insured, as well as more than $20,000 in compensatory damages for fees and expenses incurred in negotiating the settlement. The case showcased...
by | Feb 8, 2012 | ALTA, Chicago Title, Education, Fidelity National Title, First American Title, Industry News, Licensing, Old Republic National Title, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Security Union, Stewart title, Teaching Tools for Education, Ticor Title, Title Insurance
Jeanine W. Johnson will be a conference speaker at the ALTA Business Conference in Louisville, KY March 26th. A primary function of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) is to provide important educational programs. A “Train the Title Trainer”...
by | Feb 8, 2012 | Chicago Title, Closing, Fraud, Government Oversite, Industry News
Press Release Targeted News Service BALTIMORE,Feb. 7– The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: U.S. District JudgeWilliam M. NickersonsentencedStephen J. Troese, Sr., age 72, ofDavidsonville, Maryland, today to a year and...
by | Jul 20, 2011 | Abstracting/Searching, Chicago Title, Education, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Quality
In preparing a zoning report for a proposed ethanol plant, Chicago Title apparently missed the names of several nearby homeowners, who were therefore not served with legal notice of the planned construction. As the construction became more imminent, neighbors found...
by | Feb 12, 2011 | Chicago Title, Security Union, Title Insurance
Fred Kirby, longtime chairman and chief executive of Alleghany Corporation sold its biggest asset, Investors Diversified Services (IDS) to the American Express Company for $800 million in 1983. In 1986 he moved the proceeds into Chicago Title and Trust Company and...
by | Jan 7, 2011 | Abstracting/Searching, Chicago Title, Common Interest Communities, Fidelity National Title, Privacy and Public Records, Public Records, Quality, Ticor Title, Title Insurance
As many of us know, Land Records in the US are now routinely sent to India and the Philippines to be input into our computerized public land records.This is a video of some vintage (14 months old) showing the progress of one India firm with over 600 employees doing...