What is Title Insurance?

Title Tip: Pulling Back The Curtain to Understand Underwriting

By Lydia Blair / November 17, 2020 /

In the real estate world, we often reference underwriting requirements, underwriter approval, and underwriting review. Many buyers and sellers don’t understand what underwriting means or how much it affects their transactions. Let’s pull back the curtain for a peek at that mysterious thing we call underwriting.     Underwriting is a sophisticated decision making process that involves…

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Title Tip: What is Title Insurance And What Does it Cover?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 29, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor There are lots of kinds of insurance. There’s homeowner insurance, auto insurance, health insurance, life insurance, liability insurance … You can insure just about anything of value. “We focus mostly on property and casualty insurance,” says insurance agent Amanda Campbell of Smith Allen Insurance. But she and other insurance companies…

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