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What You Need to Know About Coronavirus
ALTA continues to monitor the updates from national and local public health officials regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read on for resources to help your business and customers, including a list of county offices that are closed.
ALTA Compensation Index Helps Title Agents Evaluate Salary, Benefits Packages
Benchmarking is an important tool and worthwhile investment for human resource departments to help support the organization by attracting and retaining the talents needed while managing salaries and costs of the organization in the right manner. From a staff perspective, it is important to ensure fair salaries in terms of internal and external benchmarking. To help the title industry with this, ALTA created the Title & Settlement Services Industry Compensation Index. Read on to learn from several title agents why they find value in taking the survey.
Help Protect Consumers From Closing Scams

To help raise awareness about wire transfer fraud, ALTA earlier this year launched the Coalition to Stop Real Estate Wire Fraud. You can help by joining the coalition. You can also share this video with your customers by including a link your email, adding it to your website or sharing on social media.

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Fraud Alert: LLC Identity Theft

In 2017, title companies uncovered a large-scale national fraud scheme targeting distressed properties and borrowers. This fraud has evolved and criminals are now hijacking legitimate LLC real property owners. Read on to learn about this more about this latest fraud and the red flags to prevent it.

Take Advantage of the ALTA Hiring Resources

ALTA has developed many tools and resources to aid members in the hiring process, including sample job descriptions.

Tips to Protect Payoffs from Wire Fraud

In a recent twist, fraudsters are deceiving title companies by issuing counterfeit mortgage payoffs and wire instructions from the start. Read on for tips to protect your operation from criminals targeting targeting loan payoffs.

ALTA President: Be Authentic and Win

In the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury’s father says, “good thoughts, good words and good deeds.” It’s a reference to one of the core Zoroaster religious maxims, which reinforces the idea of doing the right thing, and worldly rewards will follow. Mary O’Donnell, ALTA’s 2019-20 president, mentioned this quote during her speech at ALTA ONE in Austin to remind attendees to be true to themselves when getting facing constant challenges and changes in the market.“If we live our lives and businesses by those words you will be authentic. If you’re authentic you win."