An Ohio title examiner recently made a startling discovery when she tried to download documents from LandAccess.com. Many of the documents she knew to exist in the county's official database were missing from the online indices maintained by the subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services. Another examiner has also found inconsistencies between the online records provided by LandAccess.com and the county’s official records.

The California insurance commissioner joined other companies and associations with his endorsement of California's first green homeowners insurance policy.

Executive Title Insurance Services of southwest Florida recently announced its intentions to change its name to Stewart Title, the parent company that has owned the firm for eight years.

Concerns about rising inflation and the probability that the Fed will raise short-term rates combined to push mortgage rates higher this week, according to the GSE's chief economist.

The register of deeds' office in Raleigh will be closed for two days next month as the staff gets situated in the Bank of America Building located less than three blocks from its present location.

A recent U.S. foreclosure report indicated that foreclosure filings increased nearly 14 percent increase during the second quarter of 2008, up 121 percent from the same period last year.

The a new agreement will allow RealtyTrac to feed FrontDoor.com real-time properties from its nationwide foreclosure database of default, auction and bank-owned homes.

Weekly developments in the title insurance industry (July 19 - July 25, 2008)

CampusMBA launched Reverse Mortgage Central, a training solution for the entire real estate finance industry as demand for reverse mortgages continues to grow.

Preparing for accelerated growth fueled by increasing national demands for secure electronic transactions, the National Notary Association named a new chief-executive-officer.

The Ohio Department of Insurance has amended a rule concerning the criteria for the annual independent review of various title insurance agent and title insurance company trust accounts.

Fidelity National Financial's second quarter 2008 earnings tumbled all the way down to $6.9 million; the dampened figure was the result of increased claims and fewer orders placed.

The First American Corporation intends to host a conference call on July 31, 2008, at 11 a.m. following the release of the company's operating results for the second-quarter of 2008.