The Trusted Adviser


May 2014 | Volume 7 - Number 5

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Update from ATG Administration

Best Practices Compliance: Word on the Street

Recommendations and Reminders for ATG Member Agents

Christine Sparks photoOver the past eighteen months, ATG has published a lot of information and hosted numerous seminars regarding the American Land Title Association Best Practices. View our complete library of information at our ALTA Best Practices Information Center.

We have also integrated Best Practices into our audit procedures. In addition to what our audit staff previously examined, we are now looking for Best Practices compliance. We understand that implementing procedures to ensure Best Practices compliance presents some challenges. It will take time. Rest assured that our goal is to work with you to help you achieve Best Practices compliance at the audit and in the months following the audit.

ATG Member Agents: Read the full article for details (login required).

Christine Sparks
ATG Vice President and Managing Attorney, Audit Department

ATG MEMBERS | Underwriters' Bulletin

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Procedural Updates

The "Gap": Dealing with Recording and Indexing Delays — Learn about recording gaps, gap coverage, recording delays, and ATG's guidelines for issuing Gap Coverage Endorsements.

Title Tips

Comprehensive Endorsement or Extended Coverage? — Sometimes lenders get these two different types of coverage on policies confused, but there are major differences.

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ATTORNEYS | Practice Notes

Casenotes

Illinois
Title Insurance: Stinespring v Fideality National Financial — Title company was not liable for acts of its agent because the pleadings did not show the agent was authorized and acting within the scope of that agency relationship.

Indiana
Contracts: Sterling Commercial Credit v Hammert's Iron Works — A construction contractor was estopped from denying payment or placing any restrictions on invoices the subcontractor was seeking to factor with a lender.

Wisconsin
Mortgage Foreclosure: OneWest Bank v Sowl — In Wisconsin, if a note is endorsed in blank, the owner of the note is entitled to enforce it.

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ALTA Best Practices 2.0: Agent Implementation Tools (1.50 MCLE in IL; 1.50 CLE applied for in WI)

Managing Guardianships (1.50 MCLE in IL; 1.50 CLE in WI)

The New Real Estate Closing Process: CFPB Rule Explained (1.50 MCLE in IL; 1.50 CLE applied for in WI)

Wisconsin Underwriting Forum, Part 4: Anatomy of a Wisconsin Title Insurance Commitment - (1.50 CLE in WI)

Searching, Liens, and Statutes of Limitation (1.50 MCLE in IL)

Title Policy Forms Basics - An In-Depth Review (1.50 MCLE in IL; 1.50 CLE in WI)

We have more than 30 OnDemand recorded webcasts available 24/7, including Ethics/Professional Responsibility hours. See our Program Catalog for the full list. You must be logged in to see all the programs you have access to.

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