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		<title><![CDATA[What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Traditional Financial Reporting Contributes to Misunderstanding of Title Insurance Loss Activity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=271845]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper focuses on a specific financial reporting practice that has contributed to the Title insurance industry's failure to communicate the unique characteristics associated with its loss containment activities. The author believes that communication can be enhanced if both parties, the Title industry and its regulators, address and acknowledge the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Realtors Promote Competitiveness of Title Insurance Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176130]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Real estate professionals assist in nearly all aspects of the home purchase transaction by serving as a valuable source of information and offering their expertise to both first-time and experienced home buyers. When real estate agents, for example, recommend a title company, they know their reputation and livelihood is on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Home Buying 101: What's Title Insurance, and Do I Need It?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176113]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A title is a written document that shows ownership of property. It includes the signatures of current owners and a legal description of the property. A title is also known as a deed. Before one closes on a new home, a title examiner will conduct a title search. This is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago Properties - Title Insurance Tips]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176116]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If one plans to buy a Chicago property, the sooner one learn about title insurance, the better. For many first time Chicago real estate buyers, the first time they hear about title insurance at the closing of their Chicago property. This paper presents the basics of title insurance for protecting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Title Insurance - Examples of Problems and Advice]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176115]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Title insurance prevents the property owner from suffering financial loss if, at any time during his ownership of the property, someone comes along who can show that they have full, or partial, ownership of the property instead. Every mortgage lender one is aware of requires title insurance be purchased to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Understanding Title Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176114]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Title to a property is a record detailing the owners of the property and rights associated with the ownership. Title typically shows a progression of ownership from the first owner to the current one. Title is a fairly simple concept, but when it goes wrong it is a nightmare. That...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Are Title Insurance Companies Using GIS?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153339]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When one thinks of GIS, title insurance isn't the first thing that comes to mind. However, many title offices are finding GIS is just what they need to help with their mapping and document management needs. Title plants, data centers that process thousands of land records each day, have found...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cracking Down on Illegal Practices in the Title Insurance Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=147612]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates the practice of rebating in title insurance industry. Since approximately 1997, insurance regulators allege that title insurers began engaging in the illegal practice of rebating by forming captive reinsurance companies that in turn draw rebates from the title insurance companies. These sophisticated schemes are designed so that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Title Insurance Protects Your Financial Investment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176112]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two types of title insurance: lender policy and the owner's title insurance. Most lenders require a loan policy when they issue a loan to protect their interest should a problem arise. The policy amount decreases each year and eventually disappears once the loan is paid off. Therefore the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What to Expect in Closing Costs on a Home Purchase]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176121]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New homeowners are often taken aback by up-front closing costs such as mortgage and title insurance, attorney fees, recording fees and loan points, which can run into the thousands of dollars. But there is no need to be afraid of these charges. With a little background on their purpose and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Role of the Monoline Requirement in Assuring Title Insurance Effectiveness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=123514]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A "monoline" requirement, i.e., the statutory restriction of companies writing a particular line of insurance to writing only that line, occurs today in just three property-casualty lines: title insurance, mortgage guaranty insurance, and financial guaranty insurance. In light of the trend toward the elimination of specialization for all types of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trends in Real Estate and Title Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=118076]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In an age of special purpose entities, bankruptcy remote entities, check-the-box filings, and securitized real estate, there has been a re-emergence of property ownership by tenancies in common, a throwback to an earlier era. While tenancies in common certainly offer investors new opportunities, they also raise important issues for both...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Monoline Restrictions on Mortgage and Title Insurance, With Special Application to California]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=115967]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper provides an economic analysis of the monoline restriction for both mortgage and title insurance. The purpose is to evaluate whether or not the monoline requirement continues to represent good public policy. California is used as an important and typical case study. This paper reviews these two industries and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Title Insurer Year-End 2002 Results: Firing on All Cylinders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=112465]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper on title insurance explains the declining interest rate environment throughout 2002 provided a fertile market for mortgage refinancing activity, driving the title insurance industry to its second consecutive year of record-breaking revenues. The most prosperous year in title insurance history occurred despite a dismal economic backdrop in which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Monoline Restrictions, With Applications to Mortgage Insurance and Title Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=122407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The key goal of this paper is to investigate the conditions under which monoline restrictions represent sensible regulatory policy. This is an intriguing question because multiline insurance structures have the obvious diversification benefit that the firm's capital is available to support claims against any of its lines. Indeed, all states...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review and Outlook: 2002-2003 U.S. Title Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=112971]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the expected decline in title revenues the title insurance industry is in very good shape, and supports the reports Stable Rating Outlook. The health of the title insurance industry is based on quality balance sheets exhibited by most companies in the industry, expectations for a continuation of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Title insurance: Is It Wanted Here?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=117914]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses about title insurance which was developed in the post-Civil War era in the United States of America, supplementing existing lawyer's and conveyance's 'error' insurance by providing insurance against any defect in titles to real estate, in the absence of reliable title registration systems. The state-run registers were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Transaction-Cost View of Title Insurance and Its Role in Different Legal Systems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=117808]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article outlines a transaction cost theory of 'title insurance' and analyses the role it plays in countries with recording and registration of land titles. Title insurance indemnifies real estate right holders for losses caused by pre-existing title defects that are unknown when the policy is issued. It emerged to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks as Insurance Referral Agents? The Convergence of Financial Services: Evidence from the Title Insurance Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=103506]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this paper is to offer a glimpse into the potential industrial organization of the property casualty insurance (P&C) market if banks continue to penetrate it at current rates. To do so, the paper studies an insurance market where banks are already integral in distribution: Title insurance. They...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Review & Outlook: 2001-2002 Title Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=112513]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The report views the capital and surplus of the title insurers in its rating universe as strong from both an absolute dollar and risk-adjusted perspective. Further, reserves continue to appear adequate as measured on both a GAAP and statutory basis. The report analyzes the title industry from a macro perspective,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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