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INCOME IS NOT PROFIT!!!!

October 16, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ve seen it again, and I can’t stand it anymore. The fourth estate has again declared that normal accounting rules don’t apply to title insurance agents. At least once a month I’ll see something similar to this in the press:

“Resnick also charges that, unlike property and casualty insurance companies that pay out an average of 70 percent of what they collect in claims, title insurance companies pay only a maximum of $125 for the title check and an average of $74 in claims, leaving them a profit of more than 90 percent, the lawsuit says.” (emphasis added)

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Categories: ALTA · Opinon · Title Agent · Title Insurance

Looking the other way

October 2, 2007 · 1 Comment

The real estate transaction is made up a conglomeration of professionals, each one with a real or a preceived duty to the parties at the settlement table.

Through our inattention to ethics and principle, we, the real estate industry, find ourselves surrounded by a vast quagmire of self-dealing, failed duty, and ethical breaches.

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Categories: ABA · ALTA · Ethics · Opinon · Real Estate

ALTA Principles of Fair Conduct

September 19, 2007 · 5 Comments

ALTA has published their Principals of Fair Conduct.   It appears to be a good start.  Let me know what you think.  My thoughts to follow.

Categories: ALTA · Ethics · Title Insurance