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Course Details

Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Beginner

  • work Practice Area

    Real Property - Transactions

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, July 17, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    60 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 60-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.0 CLE credits.

$147.00
CLE
ALL
Professional Skills

This CLE webinar will provide new real estate attorneys with an overview of the role of title insurance in a real estate sales transaction, providing protection for buyers, sellers, and lenders. The expert panel will examine the most recent ALTA policy provisions and commonly requested endorsements. The panel will offer best practices for evaluating coverage and endorsements that provide optimal protection for clients.

Faculty

Lawrence S. Glosser
Partner
Ahlers & Cressman, PLLC

Mr. Glosser’s primary focus is real estate, business, and corporate law.  His practice combines transaction and litigation. He has been actively involved in the real estate industry as a broker, manager, developer and attorney since 1978. Mr. Glosser is thoroughly familiar with all aspects of real estate transactions and financing. He brings his entrepreneurial experience to the practice of law, enabling him to understand both the legal and business issues presented in each transaction. As an attorney, he assists clients with understanding and evaluating legal issues associated with business transactions, enabling clients to analyze risk, and make informed business decisions. Mr. Glosser is a frequent speaker on a variety of real estate topics, both locally and nationally.

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Description

Title insurance plays a critical role in insuring against certain risks for all parties to a real estate sales transaction including liens or other encumbrances on the property that could restrict its transferability and use. Practitioners must understand the intricate details of title insurance policies to effectively advise property owners, investors, lenders, and developers. They should also understand the most recent ALTA policy provisions and commonly used endorsements.

Listen as our expert panel provides a comprehensive overview of title insurance for new attorneys. The panel will discuss the role of title insurance in the sales transaction, necessary policy provisions and endorsements, and best practices for evaluating coverage for clients.

Outline

I.      Introduction: the role of title insurance before, during, and after the transaction

II.    Title insurance protections

A.    Buyers

B.    Sellers

C.     Lenders

III.   What to know about ALTA

A.    2021 ALTA policy provisions

B.    Most requested ALTA endorsements

IV.   Best practices for evaluating coverage and endorsements for clients


Benefits

The panel will discuss these and other key considerations:

  • What role does title insurance play in real estate sales transactions?
  • What protection does title insurance offer to buyers? Sellers? Lenders?
  • What is the importance of ALTA policy provisions to practitioners? ALTA endorsements?