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FinCEN Renews and Expands Title Insurance Geographic Targeting Order through October 9, 2025
04/15/2025 - 4:44pm
Real Estate Transactions in Cook County, Illinois The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) renewed and expanded its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTO) requiring title insurance companies to...
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Hold Harmless/Indemnity Letter Requests
03/31/2025 - 9:07pm
A. Overview An indemnity letter, or hold harmless letter, is an agreement, in letter form given by one title insurance underwriter to another, indemnifying the latter against a particular title...
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Filing a Claim Under the 2021 ALTA Policies
03/31/2025 - 11:56am
If a Advocus agent is contacted about a potential claim the agent and their office staff should promptly notify the Advocus Claims Department of the potential claim. Pursuant to Condition 16 of the...
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New Wisconsin Law Prohibits Address Disclosure for Protected Persons
03/25/2025 - 4:46pm
Privacy Protections for Judicial Officers Advocus is alerting its Wisconsin agents to Wisconsin Act 235, effective on April 1, 2025. This new law prohibits disclosure of the residential address of...
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Chicago's Department of Housing Implements Northwest Side Preservation Ordinance
02/12/2025 - 12:48pm
In September of 2024, the Chicago City Council approved  the Northwest Side Preservation Ordinance. The ordinance increased the surcharge on demolition from $5,000 per unit and $15,000 per building...
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New Chicago-Area Rates and Fees Effective Effective February 1, 2025
01/16/2025 - 7:46pm
Applies to Illinois Counties: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Advocus National Title Insurance Company announces new rates for transactions in the counties listed above....
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New Wisconsin Rates and Rules Filing - November 2024
10/28/2024 - 1:01pm
Advocus filed new Rates and Rules for Wisconsin title insurance policies with the State of Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) on November 15, 2024. The revised Rates and Rules were...
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