Tag Archives: Michael Haltman Hallmark Abstract Service

Title Insurance, Consumer Protection And Beating A Dead Horse!

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Over the years Hallmark Abstract Service has strived to educate the real estate buying community in New York about what they need to know about the title insurance they will be purchasing in the course of their commercial or residential transaction!  The firm has written many articles that stress some of the critical title insurance issues that they, […]

Read The Courts Decision As The New York State Title Insurance Industry Wins Its Article 78 Proceeding Fight!

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The New York State Title Insurance Industry Takes On The New York State Department Of Financial Services In An Article 78 Proceeding….And Wins! A year after the open letter below was written (yes, time does fly when you’re having fun) and more than six months after NYSDFS Regulation 208 went into effect, it has been […]

New York State DFS Regulations 206 And 208: Do They Help Or Hurt The Consumer?

  The comment period for proposed New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Regulations 206 and 208 is currently open until June 19, 2017! Regulations 206 and 208, though proposed with the intended good intentions of protecting the consumer, would in the opinion of Hallmark Abstract Service actually have a negative impact if implemented… We would […]