Case Studies
Our case studies offer examples where an Insurance policy has helped a client to achieve their objectives despite facing compromising situations.
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Mortgage Fraud by an employee of a Law firm
In a recent claim, an employee ("Miss A") of a firm of Solicitors tried to purchase a property from a Local Council by exercising her right to buy. Unknown to the lender, Miss A was an employee of the firm of Solicitors who were dealing with the purchase of the property and were also acting for the lender. Miss A therefore had access to the firm's accounts, to their headed paper and was in a position to deal with all ingoing and outgoing post.
CEE Newsletter Fall 2011
To date, 2011 proved a very busy period with First Title in CEE insuring more than €1 billion across various markets. Many of the transactions came from the busy Poland and Czech Republic markets. There was also activity in Romania and Bulgaria. While some of these transactions involved defective title issues, First Title was often requested to insure where there were no known title defects. In these transactions clients used title insurance to replace representations and warranties.
Chancel price list- September 2011
First Title cuts the cost of Chancel Repair.
Claims chronicles - Lender protection
A collection of recent claims received by First Title and details on how we resolved them.
CEE Newsletter Spring 2011
In February 2011 new legislation came into force, the first significant change to the Polish laws on mortgages and land and mortgage registers since 1982. A key change is that there will now be only one type of mortgage, with unification of the two existing types of mortgage. The new law removes the inflexibility that existed previously and has adjusted the regulations so that they are more in touch with the modern market.