The Preferred Tool of the Title Industry
This book has become the industry handbook for claim administrators and defense counsel. The rigorously practical analysis is equally valuable for underwriters, agents, examiners, managers and training supervisors. The text is written for people in or related to the title industry, not the customer. It cuts out the rudimentary topics that belabor other reference works and goes straight to the "insider" issues. As a result, the book is the preferred training tool for claim departments, underwriters and law firm associates.

Thorough but Easy to Read
All the terms of the title insurance policies are explained and brought to life. The subjects are thoroughly annotated (more than 2,000 cases are analyzed) but the explanations are understandable to attorneys and non-lawyers alike.

Step-by-Step Analysis of Coverage and Damages
Determine swiftly and accurately whether or not the policy covers your issue. This is the only text designed to guide you through the analysis of a claim, from the tender letter through the successful resolution of the claim. Decision trees, checklists, practice pointers and a step-by-step explanation of the insuring provisions, exclusions and exceptions frame your analysis. Ample discussion of the issues not yet addressed by the courts. Step-by-step analysis of how to calculate damages payable under owner's and loan title policies, including a useful mathematical formula.

Issues Important to Title Agents
Every important issue for title agents and approved attorneys is discussed, including: contract and premium remittance disputes, E & O coverage, liability to insured as insurance "broker," closing protection letters, attorney fund and controlled-business agency issues.

Closing and Escrow Practices Explained
The most thorough and practical discussion anywhere of closing and escrow do's and don'ts. Every state and region's law is explained and contrasted. Answers such real-life questions as "Must the escrowee verify that a loan payoff figure is accurate?" and "Does an escrowee have to tell a seller that the buyer intends to 'flip' the property?"

All Key Related Subjects In One Text
Find a complete treatment of all the pivotal issues, including the duty to defend, bad faith and deceptive trade practice actions, tort actions for search negligence, legal doctrines to assert to defend title and the priority of liens, how to contest a federal tax lien, survey and appraisal methodology, and how to pursue subrogation rights.

Annual Supplements
The book is updated annually with all the new case law, to keep you current on ever-evolving case law.

Forms CD Rom
You also receive a CD containing scores of letters, text inserts, claim forms and ALTA, CLTA and Texas policy forms--an electronic library of information.