Industry News

The American Land Title Association has opened a public comment period on proposed revisions to its best practices framework, marking the next step in the development of a resource it refers to as Best Practices 5.0.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is warning the public to be aware of fraudulent social media profiles, email accounts, text messages and phone numbers that attempt to impersonate or otherwise associate themselves with the CDFI Fund.

We caught up with Ashley Cook of Zoccam and Sheri Olsen of First American Trust, FSB, in advance of their October Research, LLC webinar titled “Next-Level Leadership: Mentoring the Next Generation of Women.”

After years as an embedded insurance fraud prosecutor for the Texas Department of Insurance in Dallas County, Patrick Cryer is beginning a new chapter in Austin as the department’s chief prosecutor and fraud counsel.

The office of Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown was able to save Montanans more than $18 million in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 by denying insurance rate increases, according to an announcement by Brown’s office.

The Louisiana State Senate confirmed four of Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple’s key senior staff appointments to their positions during the 2026 Legislative Session.

Environmental and construction consulting firm Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. has released the latest iteration of its land title survey guide, a resource designed to help commercial real estate professionals understand and apply the latest industry standards.

The National Flood Insurance Program may see its scope and role in federal disaster response and prevention efforts reduced under a new set of recommendations from Federal Emergency Management Agency leadership.

Directors of the National Insurance Producer Registry announced that CEO Karen Stakem Hornig will retire in June 2027, with Chief Product and Technology Officer Eric Saul set to succeed her as CEO.