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Get the Facts

To better educate consumers, lawmakers,  NAILTA members and industry affiliates – NAILTA has consolidated the most recent information and highlighted title insurance industry whitepapers and articles.

Consumer Resources

  •  What Makes an Independent Title Agent Better?
  • Why Choose An Independent Title Agent?
  • The Grand Façade:  Affiliated Business Arrangements
  • NAIC – Consumer Alert – Protecting Your Home Investment Against Unknown Title Defects
  • NAIC – Title  Insurance Basics
  • NAIC – Affiliated Business Arrangements – Flow Chart

Industry Resources

  • NAILTA President Speaks to NAIC: Time to Prohibit AfBA’s is now!
  • NAIC – Title  Insurance: Overview and Key Regulatory Concerns
  • NAIC – Addresses Congress on Title Insurance – Testimony Highlights Efforts to Uncover Illegal Kickbacks
  • (GAO) – Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of the Title Industry and Better Protect Consumers
  • Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate – Executive Director provides Congressional Testimony
  • Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate – RESPA and “Required Use” prohibition
  • Consumer Federation of America – disputes validity of  RESPRO study
  • Consumer Federation of America – Title Insurance Cost and Competition
  • NAILTA – Fix the Title Insurance Industry:  Prohibit Affiliated Business Arrangements
  • Closing Protection Letter:  WHAT IS (AND IS NOT) COVERED?
  • NALTEA – Restoring Integrity to the Land Title Records – A Commentary on MERS

Lawsuit - Edwards v. First American

  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) files an amicus brief in Edwards v. First American
  • NAILTA “Friend of the Court” Briefs in Support of Respondent Denise Edwards, et al.
  • Additional information on Edwards v. First American

Lawsuit - OAITA v. Ohio Department of Insurance

  • Ohio Association of Independent Title Agents v. Ohio Department of Insurance (Mary Jo Hudson, Director)
  • OAITA Press Release – May 1, 2009
  • OAITA goes to the Ohio Supreme Court
  • OAITA Press Release – October 1, 2008
  • Source of Title – comments on Ohio Supreme Court Case
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NAILTA White Papers

  • 2013 Settlement Preference Survey – consumers are wary about affiliated business arrangements
  • How the Fidelity Merger with LPS Negatively Impacts Independent Land Title Agents
  • The Premium-to-Surplus Ratio Rule: Helping Title Underwriters Maintain Solvency and Prevent Escrow Theft
  • 3 Steps to a Healthier Land Title Record System
  • What Makes an Independent Title Agent Better?
  • 2009-2010 Ohio Real Estate Settlement Preference Survey Executive Summary
  • Title Insurance Agents Do Not Support H.R. 4323, the Consumer Mortgage Choice Act
  • NAILTA Supports Extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
  • The Mythology of MERS 2.0: S.B. 1834 is Harmful for the Land Title Insurance Industry and Worse for Local and County Governments
  • The Premium-to-Surplus Ratio Rule: Helping Title Underwriters Maintain Solvency and Prevent Escrow Theft
  • Third Party Vetting Companies: Are They Legal or Necessary?
  • Pro-CBA Forces Reintroduce Harmful Pro-Affiliate Bill H.R. 1077

Government Studies

  • Comparing Home Closing Costs
  • A Study of Closing Costs for FHA Mortgages
  • What Explains Variation In Title Charges? –  a study of five large markets
DIRECT FROM THE BOARD
  • NAILTA Asks Kentucky Legislature to Protect Small Business Owners in Proposed E-Notary Legislation
    August 31, 2018
  • House Passes Mortgage Choice Act (Again); Proponents Cite “One-Stop Shopping” Myth as Reason
    February 15, 2018
  • NAILTA Mourns the Loss of Former President, Anthony L. Affatati, Sr.
    February 15, 2018
NAILTA BLOG
  • First American Data Leak: What Happened? What Next?
    May 28, 2019
  • NAILTA Asks Kentucky Legislature to Protect Small Business Owners in Proposed E-Notary Legislation
    August 31, 2018
  • House Passes Mortgage Choice Act (Again); Proponents Cite “One-Stop Shopping” Myth as Reason
    February 15, 2018
ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • House Passes Mortgage Choice Act (Again); Proponents Cite “One-Stop Shopping” Myth as Reason
    February 15, 2018
  • House Passes TRID Improvement Act; Aims to Improve Disclosure of Title Insurance Premiums to Consumers
    February 15, 2018
  • NAILTA Mourns the Loss of Former President, Anthony L. Affatati, Sr.
    February 15, 2018
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