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- Banks as Insurance Referral Agents? The Convergence of Financial Services: Evidence from the Title Insurance Industry
- 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...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Review & Outlook: 2001-2002 Title Insurance
- 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,...
- White papers 2002-01-17
- Review and Outlook: 2002-2003 U.S. Title Insurance
- 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...
- White papers 2003-01-15
- The Monoline Restrictions on Mortgage and Title Insurance, With Special Application to California
- 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...
- White papers 2003-06-17
- Title insurance: Is It Wanted Here?
- 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...
- White papers 2002-11-14
- Monoline Restrictions, With Applications to Mortgage Insurance and Title Insurance
- 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...
- White papers 2003-01-27
- The Role of the Monoline Requirement in Assuring Title Insurance Effectiveness
- 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...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Cracking Down on Illegal Practices in the Title Insurance Industry
- 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...
- White papers 2005-06-23
- What to Expect in Closing Costs on a Home Purchase
- 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...
- White papers 2005-02-20
- What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Traditional Financial Reporting Contributes to Misunderstanding of Title Insurance Loss Activity
- 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...
- White papers 2006-11-01
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- HDS Network Systems Inc. appoints vice president of Finance and Administration
- KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 31, 1995--HDS Network Systems Inc. (NASDAQ Small Cap:HDSX) Wednesday announced that it has appointed Scott Holland as vice president of Finance and Administration and chief financial officer, a new management position within the company.Holland joins HDS from Lawyers Title Insurance Co., where he was responsible...
- Research articles 1995-05-31
- Ticor Title Insurance hires Bushnell
- Ticor Title Insurance has hired Josh Bushnell as vice president and Portland operations manager. Bushnell previously worked at First American Title for 19 years in Seattle and Vancouver. He attended the University of Oregon, where he studied finance.
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Secured Funding Strengthens Home Equity Loan Origination Via Bundling Services; Lender Chooses LSI, A Division of Fidelity National Finance, to Centralize Ordering of Ancillary Services
- COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Secured Funding, a full-service retail and wholesale lender specializing in second mortgages, has chosen LSI, a division of Fidelity National Finance, to order title and flood insurance and run credit reports within one system. Both Secured Funding's retail division and wholesale division will have access to...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Slash Your Medical Bills: 7 Ways to Haggle
- Don?t be shy about bargaining over doctors? fees and hospital charges. Insurance companies pay a small fraction of the list price of medical procedures. You have nothing to lose, and lots to gain, by asking for a similar deal. Rising out-of-pocket costs have...
- Articles 2009-11-04
- $8,000 Tax Credit: What Will Happen to Real Estate When the Tax Credit Expires?
- Two months, 19 days. That's when the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit expires. The real question is this: What will happen to the real estate market when the tax credit ends? Realtors, mortgage bankers and brokers, appraisers and millions...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- RBS faces forced sales and 3,700 UK job cuts
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques of Reuters LONDON -- Royal Bank of Scotland said it would be forced to sell more assets than it had expected and axe 3,700 jobs from its retail business as another radical shake-up loomed for Britain's banks. European competition authorities are set to force RBS to sell...
- News items 2009-11-02
- IMF exploring insurance levy on banks
- By Brian Love of Reuters PARIS - The International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said. He said such a tax would be in line with a proposal at the weekend...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Ford Motor Credit assigns new F&I trainers.(News)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Gail Kachadourian Ford Motor Credit Co. will reassign about 75 salespeople to train dealership finance and insurance managers. The salespeople will assume their new title, "sales development manager,'' by the first quarter of 2006. The managers will help...
- Research articles 2005-01-30
- Ford boosts F&I training for dealers.(News)(Brief Article)(Column)
- Byline: Gail Kachadourian Ford Motor Credit Co. will reassign about 75 salespeople to train dealership finance and insurance managers. The managers will help dealers increase captive financing penetration and promote Ford F&I products. The salespeople will assume their new...
- Research articles 2005-02-07
- Two Newsletter From World Trade Executive
- World Trade Executive begun the publication of Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report and Insurance Finance & Investment newsletters. Global Intellectual Property is a new monthly title for professionals who have responsibilities for international IP assets. The newsletter includes information on: proposed and enacted international legislation and regulations affecting trademark,...
- White papers 2004-09-30
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