Ghezeli v. First American Title Insurance Co.
About This Legal Opinion
Title insurer denied coverage for a landowner against whom the easement holder brought an enforcement action. Landowner sued title company. Court held for carrier on express exclusions.
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Title Insurance
This is a set of Practical Pointers on title insurance. Use these pointers to help your organization avoid cloudy title and the high legal costs that can come with it.
Title Review: What Land Trusts Need to Know
Join conservation attorney Joannie Dwoskin as she provides an introduction to title for land trusts. She will cover the basics of title review with a practical, step by step approach to reviewing documents and solving common title problems.
Title Investigation
Ownership of land changes, and those purchasing land must have knowledge of who owned the land to ensure that their purchase is valid and cannot be contested. This document provides an overview of title, various types of deeds and ownership, title insurance and its importance and legal descriptions.
Title Corrections and Legal Adjustments
This document summarizes NRCS policy on title corrections and legal adjustments, which is available in full in the Title 440 Conservation Programs Manual, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), (CPM Part 528.173).
Practice 9F: Title Investigation and Recording
This guidance covers Practice 9F: Title Investigation and Recording.
Commonly Purchased Insurance
There is no set formula for the amount of insurance coverage for a land trust or an actuarial table for appropriate limits of liability and deductibles. Land trusts frequently purchase coverage through multiple types of insurance. These practical pointers describe how the various insurance coverages can fit together to provide comprehensive coverage for your land trust.
Learn Practice Element 9F1: Title Investigation
Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 9F: Title Investigation and Recording, includes three elements. This module addresses the first element, 9F1.
Basic Risk Management: Insurance 101
Insurance is complicated. Reading the fine print to make sure you have the right coverage for your land trust’s risks can be difficult. Join Meghan Mullee, first vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, for a crash course on the basics of insurance coverage.
Selective Insurance v. Boy Scouts of America
Court ruled for the insurance company.