title insurance

The “sanctions bill from hell” is back from the dead. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez (NJ) on Wednesday introduced...

After a brief reprieve, the title insurance industry is again facing a ban on wining and dining clients. The Appellate Division of the New...

The legal battle between the title insurance industry and the state’s Department of Financial Services continued on Tuesday, as attorneys for both sides made...

A U.S. Treasury Department program that spotlights anonymous real estate purchases in a number of gateway cities could become a nationwide law if a...

Brokerage conglomerate Realogy and mortgage provider PHH Corporation will pay $17 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging a years-long kickback scheme. The...

The $15 billion title insurance industry has major innovation coming its way. A regulator in California announced on Tuesday that it had approved States...

The Department of Financial Services has officially appealed the New York State Supreme Court ruling that annulled its strict anti-marketing regulations on title insurance...

In the emotional rush that precedes buying a home — negotiating contract details and price, beating away rival bidders, searching for the best mortgage...

Following the annulment of strict marketing regulations on title insurance firms, startup Spruce has raised $15.6 million. The firm, which bills itself as the...

In the wake of so much industry upheaval, The Real Deal recently decided to rank  the most active title companies in New York City....

“Let me turn now to insurance law 6409(d),” uttered Andrew Amer, special litigation counsel at the New York state attorney general’s office. This sublimely...

A state court judge just threw out regulations limiting how title insurance companies wine and dine their clients — but the industry isn’t popping...

New York title insurers can get back to schmoozing. In a major victory for agents, closers and underwriters, a judge on Thursday annulled the...

Title insurance representatives asked a New York State Supreme Court judge on Thursday to completely annul the Department of Financial Services’ new regulations on their industry,...

State Sen. Susan Serino, who stood to lose money following new state regulations on the title insurance industry, co-sponsored a bill to reverse the...

After a state crackdown on how title insurance companies wine and dine their clients, the industry’s once-united front is crumbling. Title closers — independent...

The “Big Four” title insurance players are about to become the Big Three. Industry heavyweight Fidelity National Financial has signed an agreement to buy...

UPDATED, March 14, 6:06 p.m.: The New York State Senate threw title companies a rope in its proposed budget Wednesday. The Senate’s budget for...

Question: When is a gift card not just a gift card? Answer: When it’s an inducement. “At the end of the year, giving gift...

UPDATED: Feb. 21, 10:18 a.m.: New York’s title insurance companies are taking the state to court over strict new regulations that effectively shut down...