A record number of more than 250 Federal Conference attendees held nearly 270 meetings with members of Congress and their staff advocating on behalf of the industry during Lobby Day on Wednesday, May 9.

Check out all of the resources ALTA has provided to help your company implement pillars of the Best Practices, including checklists, webinars, articles and resource documents.

Three more Agents and Abstracters Forums are slated through 2013 and will stop in Boston and Minneapolis. Topics at each meeting vary, but presentations will discuss fraud and escrow/trust accounts; protecting personal information and how CFPB bulletins and regulations may impact title operations.

Get details from ALTA’s preliminary 2012 Year-end and Fourth-Quarter Market Share Analysis, which shows title premium volume increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

The National Title Professional Designation program can help members demonstrate knowledge, experience and dedication to the land title industry. Read on to learn how you can begin the process toward receiving your designation and differentiate yourself from the competition.

One of ALTA’s priorities is to provide excellent representation of the land title industry on Capitol Hill. To help us achieve this, please take two minutes and complete our survey to identify current relationships between ALTA members and members of Congress. Your participation will help ALTA ensure we have the best possible relationships on Capitol Hill to further showcase the incredible value of the land title industry.

In a statement outlining regulatory priorities for the next year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has targeted September 2013 for the release of its final mortgage disclosure rule.