Securing the chain: art title insurance offers buyers of artworks coverage for the chain of title and lien risks inherent in art as a form of property.
From Los Angeles to New York, there's something new and exciting on the American art scene--and it's not about an artist or a work of art. It's about insurance. Art title insurance, to be specific. Insuring title to works of art is not...

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Judith Turk of American Title Group has been promoted to title manager, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the title department. Kudos Oregon Choral Focus, edited by Julie Adkins of Eugene, won honors for superior newsletter achievement at...

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Neal Court has been hired by Oregon Medical Laboratories as technical specialist overseeing general chemistry testing. Court received his medical technology degree from the University of Illinois and previously worked at ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City. Cindy Foster...

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Face IT!, a cosmetic boutique, has two new employees: Mary Morris, a certified esthetician, and Angelina Miller, a trained make-up artist. Oregon Community Credit Union has three new senior investment advisers on its Investment Services team: Richard Dwyer, Cathy...

Ethics and the attorney/title agent: this author argues that attorneys can act as title agents while representing clients in the same real-estate transaction. They must, however, make key disclosures and obtain corresponding consents, follow the Illinois Title Insurance Act, and overcome the rebuttable presumption that a transaction between lawyer and client is fraudulent.
Lawyers are indeed permitted to provide title insurance services to or on behalf of clients. But lawyers who act as title agents while also representing real-estate clients must meet the dictates of key provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct, (1) which are discussed below. Although a recent article...

LANE COUNTY PROPERTY SALES.
Byline: The Register-Guard Residential Improved: $205,000 or moreSellerBuyerSale DateSale PriceAddressJORDAN SCOTT L & GAIL DGURETSKIY GENE & NATALYA5/7/2008$800,0002834 BLACKTAIL DR, EUGENE, OR 97405WARNE CLINTON L & KIMBERLY KMASTERSON MICHAEL & KATHLEEN5/14/2008$799,0002290 SPRING BLVD, EUGENE, OR 97403HALL LINDA D &...

Mortgages; fundamentals, issues and perspectives.
9781600219184 Mortgages; fundamentals, issues and perspectives. Ed. by Hank C. Sentowski. Nova Science Publishers 2007 171 pages $69.00 Hardcover HG2040 Financial and real estate expert Sentowski edits this fundamental information on...

Quadruplets: Risk & Insurance[R] wins four awards in the annual ASBPE competition.
The American Society of Business Publication Editors honored Risk & Insurance[R] four times during its 29th Annual Azbee Awards of Excellence competition. The work of Roger Crombie earned national recognition. His "Roger on Risk" column is a reader (and editor) favorite. The judges at ASBPE obviously took...

Title troubles?
What is title insurance? Title insurance is a commercial product that provides protection against risks that may arise in a real estate purchase. Title insurance is available for both residential and commercial properties. This article focuses on residential properties. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who can...

Bankrate.com: New York tops expensive mortgage fees.
For the third year in a row, New York has the most expensive mortgage origination and closing fees in the country, according to Bankrate.com's exclusive annual survey. For all states and the District of Columbia, total origination and closing costs averaged $2,736. Minnesota and West Virginia both sported the...