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The Value of Title Insurance

More than likely, your home is your biggest investment, and we protect your interest in that investment. Title insurance protects real estate owners and lenders against any property loss or damage they might experience because of liens, encumbrances or defects in the title to the property. Each title insurance policy is subject to specific terms, conditions and exclusions. While other types of insurance (such as flood, auto or homeowners insurance) provide coverage that focuses on possible future events, title insurance protects against loss from hazards and defects already existing in the title to a property. Some examples of such defects might be improperly executed documents from a previous sale of a lien against a previous owner.

Over half of all real estate transactions have a problem somewhere in the chain of title. We find these issues and assist in taking corrective action to enable the transactions to go through and allow our customers to have peace of mind about their new home purchase.
 

Valuable Protection at a Good Value

Another difference between other types of insurance and title insurance is in how the policies are paid for. Title insurance is purchased with a one-time premium and provides coverage for as long as the policyholder or their heirs own the property. This is unlike the annual or monthly premiums you must pay for other insurance types.
Examine the cost of title insurance over the life of the policy versus other types of insurance and you'll find that policyholders receive a great value for the money they spend.
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If a homeowner were to pay the national average cost of a title insurance policy and live in their home for just five years, the annual average cost of the title insurance policy would be less than $200 a year.
By comparison, the national average cost of a homeowner’s insurance policy is over $700 per year. 

The Title Industry Benefits the Entire Country

Beyond the security and peace of mind we provide to our customers, the title industry helps to improve the transaction process in ways that benefit all of the transaction parties and the country as a whole.
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  • We save consumers $10 billion annually in interest costs through timely closings, putting those dollars to work in the hands of the American homeowner

  • By expediting the closing process, we save consumers and the real estate industry
    $1 billion a day


  • We provide educational materials concerning the real estate process that empower consumers and help improve their transaction experience

  • We help collect $1.75 billion in delinquent federal taxes annually, lessening the tax burden for everyone

  • We help collect $325 million in past due child support annually, enabling children to be properly cared for

We’d like to help you learn even more about title insurance, the industry and the real estate transaction process. Please browse through the links on our website to find helpful information. Should you have any questions you can’t find the answers to here, please don’t hesitate to
contact us.

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