Season 3, Episode 6

Season 3, Episode 6

From Title Nerds by Riker Danzig LLP

January 2, 2025 · 45 min

About this episode

The episode features John Crowley discussing legislative developments and challenges in the title insurance industry.

Co-hosts Mike O’Donnell and Bethany Abele welcomed to the podcast special guest John Crowley, New Jersey State Counsel for Stewart Title Guaranty Company. Among other things, John tracks legislative developments and case law affecting the title arena for Stewart Title, acting as liaison between all business units. He is also head of Stewart Title’s CLE programming. John provided several nuggets of advice for title agents and potential insureds, including: Involve underwriting counsel early and often, as document review can take time depending on the transaction’s complexity. Include all related files and documents to underwriting counsel and advise as to what the potential issue/concern is. Be flexible with expectations and open to compromise. He also identified some of the key challenges for underwriters, and New Jersey specific challenges, including (i) tax sale foreclosure issues, which have been nationally impacted by the Hennepin case and in New Jersey the Roberto case, both of which dictate how tax sale foreclosures are handled; (ii) New Jersey Tidelands issues; (iii) foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings; (iv) complex corporate structures, and the underwriting…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike O’Donnell, Bethany Abele

Guest: John Crowley

Topics covered

  • title insurance
  • legislative developments
  • underwriting counsel
  • New Jersey challenges
  • real estate fraud

Keywords

  • title agents
  • underwriting
  • New Jersey
  • foreclosure
  • legislation
  • real estate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stewart Title Guaranty Company

Places: New Jersey

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