Thank you so much to everyone who attended Episode 30 of our Saved You a Seat webinar series: Review of the New ALTA Policy Forms! We hope that you found the discussion and Q&A to be helpful and insightful.
The new 2021 ALTA Forms Collection include changes that reflect advancements in electronic notarizations, changes in certain consumer and creditors’ rights law, case law developments, and more. To help you better understand these changes, Leslie Wyatt, SoftPro director of regulatory compliance, was joined by:
- Steve Gottheim, general counsel at American Land Title Association (ALTA)
- Jennifer Wootton, vice president and senior staff underwriting counsel for the Fidelity National Financial family of companies
- Lia Albizo, vice president and senior staff underwriting counsel at Chicago Title Insurance Company
Jennifer and Lia serve as members of the ALTA Forms Committee, whose purpose is to review ALTA forms, recommend new forms or make revisions to existing forms. In this episode, they joined Steve to review the new 2021 ALTA Forms, including the Commitment, Endorsements and Policy Forms that went into effect on July 1, 2021. They discussed:
- How new forms get adopted
- Who does the work
- Why the 2006 Policies have been revised
- What changed in the Policies
- What Changed in the Endorsements
- Changes to other forms
- And more!
Not able to join us for the live webinar? We've made a recording of Episode 30 available for you to watch, and you can also download the presentation slides from the webinar below.
Join us for Saved You a Seat Episode 31: Women in Title, Part 1, which will be held on Tuesday, November 16 at 11:30 AM ET.
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