Fitch puts Old Republic in Rating Watch NegativeIndustry News, Operations
In response to the news of an Old Republic
International Corp. subsidiary being placed into supervision, Fitch
Ratings has announced that the ratings of the company and its insurance
subsidiaries are on Rating Watch Negative. Read on for more from Fitch,
Old Republic's SEC filing and the company's Q4 and year-end earnings
report.
October Research launches industry awards programOctober Research announced that it is launching an awards program to
honor men and women in the mortgage and settlement services industries
for exemplary accomplishment in the areas of leadership, innovation and
philanthropy. Read on for more about the Joe Casa Awards.
Regional underwriter series: Risks in the agent portfolio, overcoming obstaclesIndustry News, Operations
In the third part of our mini-series on the value proposition of
regional underwriters, we ask regionals about their agency portfolios.
Is there more risk? Less risk? Does size of an agency really matter? And
we ask about the biggest obstacles they face and how those obstacles
can be overcome.
Regional underwriter series: Working with small agents, avoiding competitionIndustry News, Operations
The second part in our mini-series on the value proposition of regional
underwriters looks at working with the smaller agent. These are agents
that are not a hot commodity with the national underwriters for one
reason or another, but they fit the business model for a regional. Read
on for more about this dynamic and how a lack of competition from their
underwriter can benefit these smaller agents.
Fidelity National Financial acquires SoftPro from LPSIndustry News, Technology
Some things are just meant to be: The nation's largest title insurance
underwriter once again owns the nation's largest title production
software provider. Read on for the initial announcement of Fidelity
National Financial acquisition of SoftPro.
Regional underwriters fill key niche with service qualityIndustry News, Operations
The Title Report is launching a series of stories that look at the value proposition regional underwriters present in today's market. Part one of this series is focused on the personal relationships they offer title agents and how those relationships can lead to better title work overall. Stay tuned to The Title Report during the next week as this series continues.