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Title Insurance Issues

Help TAN your office and WIN!

From the ALTA Linkedin Group

  • Group: American Land Title Association – ALTA
  • Subject: Help TAN your office and WIN!

During August, the Title Action Network (TAN) is challenging all TAN members to recruit ONE new Title Action Network member this month. Simply encourage your new recruit to visit www.titleactionnetwork.com and click “Join TAN” on the right side of the page.

The TAN member who refers the most new TAN members from August 1 to August 31 will win a free 2014 ALTA Federal Conference Registration! Just make sure that your new TAN members type your name into the “who referred you to TAN” field on the entry form.

Not a TAN member? Visit www.titleactionnetwork.com and join today to start recruiting!

Is your office already at 100% TAN participation? Call an industry colleague and ask them to join today at www.titleactionnetwork.com.

We need our entire industry to be involved in promoting the value of the land title industry to legislators and regulators. Recruiting at least one new TAN member this month will help reach that goal!

Here are a few points to encourage your colleague(s) to join TAN today:

– TAN is free & takes only 90 seconds to join!
– TAN promotes the value of the land title industry to state and
federal policymakers.
– We don’t bog down your inbox & our action alerts are easy-to-
understand.
– We focus on issues that are important to you and your business.

Come TAN with us. Encourage your colleagues to join today at www.titleactionnetwork.com.
Posted By Wayne M. Stanley
Title Insurance Issues

More information about New GSE Legislation

As part of the Title Agent Network, I received this info today:

We wanted you to know that today Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), Mark Warner (D-VA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) introduced a GSE reform bill that recognizes the value of title insurance. This is great news!

What is GSE reform? GSE (short for government sponsored enterprise) reform aims to fundamentally alter Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This is important to the land title industry because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac currently require title insurance in their service guides. If Fannie/Freddie are replaced, we must ensure standards for title insurance remain in place as a risk-management standard for lenders and consumers.

ALTA’s CEO, Michelle Korsmo released a brief statement today thanking Senators Corker and Warner for recognizing the importance of title insurance in their legislation. Read Michelle’s statement here.

ALTA is working very hard for our members as Congress begins to consider GSE reform, but we will continue to need your help to explain the land title industry to legislators and regulators. Our members continue to be our very best advocates. If you want to learn about ways that you can help locally, please email ALTA’s manager of external communications, Wayne Stanley.

We will continue to pass along important updates on GSE reform as they become available. As always, I can be reached at justin@alta.org if you have any questions.