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Title Insurance Issues

Xerox scanners alter numbers in scanned documents | ZDNet

As if we don’t have enough to think about . . .

When set in the non-default ‘Normal’ image quality mode, some Xerox scanners and photocopiers may change characters, including numerals, in scanned documents. The initial finding of this problem was made earlier today by German researcher D. Kriesel. Kriesel demonstrated that on a Xerox WorkCentre models 7535 and 7556 scans of certain documents with numbers in them resulted in the numbers being different in the paper and scanned image.

via Xerox scanners alter numbers in scanned documents | ZDNet.

Title Insurance Issues

Supreme Court agrees with state regulators: Insurers responsible for agent’s illegal action

This is from  | The Politics Blog | The Olympian

Not sure if this is a first but it appears now underwriters will be liable for their agents RESPA violations.

The Washington Supreme Court sided with the state insurance regulators Thursday in a case involving a Kitsap County insurance agency, Land Title Co., that was a contracted agent for Chicago Title. The court said in a 6-to-2 decision that Chicago Title was liable for the illegal actions by its agent, which had given out inducements including Seattle Seahawks playoff tickets in its efforts to secure business referrals.

Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2013/08/01/2652198/supreme-court-agrees-with-state.html#storylink=cpy

 

Supreme Court agrees with state regulators: Insurers responsible for agent’s illegal action | The Politics Blog | The Olympian.