Insurance is what we do. But how do we insure ourselves against a 24/7 threat that could put us out of business in a matter of seconds? In this episode, FNF's Chuck Cain welcomes cyber insurance expert and settlement industry-specific partner Peter Riebling to the podcast for an a conversation we all struggle with.

The default servicing industry and mortgage marketplace overall has been through some changes over the past 24-months-plus. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. It was at this time when WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that, over the previous two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside of China had increased 13-fold, and the number of countries with cases increased threefold.

A key US banking regulator said it will be taking a closer look at growing bank-held commercial real estate loans, citing macroeconomic volatility. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced in a report on Wednesday that its next test cycle will focus on “newer CRE credits, credits within stressed sub-categories and geographies, and credits with payments vulnerable to rising rates and rising costs.” 

he Colorado Division of Insurance today provided notice of the adoption of amended Regulation 4-1-11 and Regulation 8-1-2. Regulation 4-1-11 concerns “best interests” obligations and supervision in annuity transactions. The amended regulation takes effect on November 1, 2022.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance today issued Advisory Letter 2022-02. The letter provides guidance regarding the issuance of new individual and agency title insurance producer licenses. It also explains procedures for the renewal of such licenses pursuant to the provisions promulgated in Act 264. These regulations become effective August 1, 2022.

Real estate is an industry constantly aggrieved. But few things have riled up its private equity honchos as much as talk of eliminating the tax break for carried interest.

Week Ending May 6, 2022

"The Concert defendants argue that the fraud claim should be dismissed because it is barred by the statute of limitations, the gist of the action doctrine, and the economic loss doctrine, among other reasons," said Marston in the opinion.

With new and prospective clients, a question that often arises is: “What will happen if I die without a will?” The short answer is this: if you die without a valid will, Massachusetts estate law will create one for you. When a person dies without a will, they are considered to have died “intestate.”

This article gives an overview of California state’s Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR).

The Town of Taos has backed off of the former administration's promise to condemn a piece of land two property owners purchased in an effort to block access to Outward Link Trail, which stretches from the Town of Taos via the Youth & Family Center to the Carson National Forest.

In Church of the Holy Spirit of Wayland v. Heinrich, an Episcopalian diocese, Episcopalian parish, and a Coptic church (collectively, the “Churches”) sought a court order to allow disinterment of cremated remains against the wishes of the families of the deceased. The Appeals Court held that the cremains could not be disinterred and moved without the families’ consent.

In early June 2022, an interesting New York City office and retail building was listed for sale, however you wouldn’t know it by searching the traditional real estate listings. Instead, the property known as “One Eleven,” located at 109-111 West 24th Street in New York City’s Flatiron District, is listed for sale as an NFT on the OpenSea NFT marketplace.

Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to go to court and try to get your money back from a real estate deposit. Shan Mangal owned a property on Bryant Ave., in Toronto. In February, 2020, he agreed to sell it to Yi-Hang Chan and Chiao-Wei Hsiao for $1,010,000 with a deposit of $50,500.

In New Brunswick, a Mi’kmaw title claim by the Wolastoqey Nations is underpinned by a simple truth: the Mi’kmaw Nation of New Brunswick was unfairly dispossessed from its traditional territory by Euro-Canadian settlement without its consent or compensation. This title claim needs to be considered within its broader historical and legal significance, and with the recognition that Canadian governments have systematically ignored Indigenous land and treaty rights at least since Confederation.

Newtown Police Chief David Kullgren is praising the tenacious efforts of local Detective Chelsea Harold and Detective Sgt Liam Seabrook after their months-long investigation resulted in the arrest of a man who unsuccessfully hatched a plan to sell a local home out from under its rightful owner. It may sound like this week’s “News of the Weird” installment, but the story is legit.

It all started on Twitter — specifically, with the account called "poorly drawn cats." The account's premise is pretty simple: Artist Heloísa Nora uses photos of people's cats and draws them. The drawings don't have a lot of details, but they're still perfect in how they really do capture each individual cat.

For agents interested in growing their business by expanding into multiple states, we’re here to make the process simple and profitable. We offer you one point of contact to streamline your options and solutions.

An awful lot of obviously guilty people get away with crimes because of technicalities. There's a glaring loophole of geography and law in a small part of Yellowstone National Park that causes it to be known as the Zone of Death. No, not because people die there, but because it might happen someday, and if it was murder, the perpetrator could conceivably get away with it. The park exists in three different states, which makes jurisdiction kind of complicated, and the way the laws are worded would make any trial very complex, if not impossible.

The Čierny Hron Railway is a historical railway that operated between 1908 and 1982 in Slovakia. It was originally built to support logging operations in the Carpathian Mountains but was later provided passenger service. In 1992, it was reopened for tourists who want to experience a bygone age of rail travel.

A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life. Bandit, a 20-pound (9.1-kilogram) cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt in the Tupelo suburb of Belden. When at least two people tried to break into their shared home last week, the cat did everything she could to alert Everitt of the danger, he told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

On 21 September 1915, a barrister named Cecil Chubb was sent to an auction by his wife to buy some curtains. According to some accounts, she asked for dining chairs. It didn’t matter, because her husband bought neither. Instead, Mr. Chubb returned home the proud owner of a crumbling stone monument.