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Spoofed Email Appears to Come from ALTA CEO
ALTA is alerting its members to delete a phishing email that appears to come from CEO Michelle Korsmo with the subject line “Case S.I 691/2017: Your Firm's Attention is Required” asking for prompt attention.
Use This Video to Warn Consumers About Wire Fraud
Compliance Webinar: Hacked and the Money Is Gone
Hardly a day goes by without news of a new cyber attack. In fact, the number of wire fraud scams reported by title companies to the Internet Crime Complaint Center spiked 480 percent in 2016, according to the FBI. With all of these threats, do you know your liability if your company gets hacked and consumer funds are stolen? Register for this compliance webinar to learn how to reduce risk and protect your company.

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The New 2016 ALTA Commitment: Expressing Limitations on Liability

The new 2016 ALTA Commitment both streamlines the existing features of the title insurance commitment and, for the first time, expressly sets out many of the fundamental title insurance industry assumptions underlying such commitments.

Blockchain and Title: The Distant Frontier

Industries as diverse as banking, agriculture, fashion and gemology have all looked to blockchain technology as a disruptor with the capability to create new efficiencies. While perceived as the Holy Grail of digital land records, is there any substance behind the blockchain hype?

Learn How to Identify Valid and Suspicious Email

While companies may have spam filters and antivirus software, spam and phishing emails can still slip through employee inboxes. Email recipients are the most critical element in preventing an attack. Read on for some tips on how to identify the authenticity of a questionable email.

CFPB Keeps Onus on Lenders for Determining to Share Closing Disclosure

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized amendments to the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) rule, it didn’t squash the debate on what documents can be shared. It is important to note that the regulation did not implement any changes on data privacy. TRID requires creditors to provide certain mortgage disclosures to the consumer, but the rule does not go so far as to mandate sharing.