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The focus of our operation is to provide rapid, efficient title processing, concluding in a smooth and organized settlement. Since our inception in 1977, we have settled more than 60,000 transactions. Our operating area includes the Counties of Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Carbon, Northampton, Lehigh, Luzerne and Lackawanna.
We feel that the key to a successful settlement is having specialized people responsible to each segment of the transaction. We blend experience, product knowledge and good-humored courtesy to result in a settlement which is informative and pleasant. Closings are scheduled at our customer's convenience.
Buying a home is probably one of the most substantial investments you will ever make. To help protect this investment, your real estate professional should recommend the purchase of an owners policy of title insurance...but why?
TITLE INSURANCE APPLIES THE PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE TO THE RISKS THAT ARE PRESENT IN ALL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
These risks are primarily those of hidden hazards and human error. Title insurance is issued after a complete and thorough title search. And, even when performed by experienced title examiners, a title search is simply a search of public records, and substantial defect may not be discovered.
SO WHAT DOES TITLE INSURANCE PROTECT AGAINST?

When you obtain a mortgage, the property you purchase is pledged as security for the loan. To protect against risk, the lender requires assurance that the title to the property is clear, and this is done through a loan policy of title insurance. However, without an owner's policy of title insurance, the buyer in unprotected.
An owner's policy of title insurance is a contract that protects you, according to the contract terms, against loss or damage due to title defects. This contract is backed by the known assets and reserves of the title insurance underwriter and serves as a written guarantee that your underwriter will undertake, at its own expense, the defense of your title in all legal actions or proceedings alleging the title to be other than as insured.
For a one-time premium, paid during the closing process, an owner's policy to title insurance protects against future losses arising out of events that may have happened in the past. In most cases, an owner's policy can be issued at the same time as the loan policy.