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Title insurance startup Spruce raises $29M in Series B
As the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the inefficiencies of traditional pen-and-paper closings, another startup has secured funding in its...
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States Title raises $123M to digitize title, mortgage and escrow
A San Francisco startup that’s digitizing mortgage, title and escrow said it raised $123 million — sinking another nail...
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Government office closures stop commercial deals in their tracks
Broad economic anxiety isn’t all that’s tamping down on commercial real estate deals these days. States and municipalities across...
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First American to buy Docutech for $350M
Title insurance giant First American has reached a deal to buy housing tech company Docutech for $350 million. The deal should close by the end of March, and Docutech’s current management team, including president...
New York appeals court reinstates title insurance regs (again)
The relentless back and forth on the legality of New York’s strict title insurance regulations continues. The state appeals...
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Title insurance’s Big Three are not to be: Fidelity, Stewart call off $1.2B merger
The massive merger between Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services that would have turned the country’s “Big Four”...
Why the title insurance industry remains on self-imposed party probation
They won’t be bringing clients to strip clubs. And they won’t be buying up luxury boxes at the Garden...
Groundhog Day continues: New York State appeals title insurance ruling (again)
The title insurance industry must be going through a wicked case of déjà vu. For the second summer in...
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Special Report: Inside the title insurance cartel
This story, from our archives, was first published in March 2016. TRD Special Report: On December 10, 2013, regulators...
Groundhog Day: Judge annuls DFS’ title insurance regs for second summer in a row
The title insurance industry can pop the bubbly once again. Roughly seven months after a New York Appellate Court...