Thrown to the wolves, title insurance closers band together
After a state crackdown on how title insurance companies wine and dine their clients, the industry’s once-united front is...
title insurance
The Latest
Big Four no more? Fidelity is buying rival Stewart for $1.2B
The “Big Four” title insurance players are about to become the Big Three. Industry heavyweight Fidelity National Financial has...
NY Senate budget offers title insurance companies a lifeline
UPDATED, March 14, 6:06 p.m.: The New York State Senate threw title companies a rope in its proposed budget...
When can title companies give gift cards? Never, state says
Question: When is a gift card not just a gift card? Answer: When it’s an inducement. “At the end...
Title companies sue over DFS regulations
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 their wining and dining of clients. The New York State...
By the numbers: The title insurance reckoning
From the February issue: Lavish parties, VIP tickets to sporting events, golf outings and occasional nights out at “gentlemen’s clubs”...
NYS Assembly weighs oversight of the title insurance industry
Members of the New York State Assembly are considering ways to regulate the title industry — but without the...
Title exec alleges “boys club” at TitleVest, First American sidelined women
A TitleVest senior executive who alleges she was fired after reporting a pervasive bro culture at the title firm,...
Beat goes on for title insurance companies at REBNY gala
If you thought title companies would lay low at last week’s REBNY gala in light of strict new rules...
NYS Senate votes to ease new rules for
title insurance
The New York State Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that will allow title companies to resume buying clients...
title insurance