Title Insurance Attorneys
Title insurance is an integral part of every real estate transaction of any consequence. Over the course of more than five decades, the real estate practice of Bean, Kinney & Korman has dealt with innumerable matters affecting title to real property and associated title insurance considerations.
Since 1991, our firm has developed a reputation as a premier legal services provider to the title insurance industry, representing insurers and their insureds in a wide range of matters, including:
- Litigation defense of owners and lenders;
- Analyzing and advising on policy coverage issues;
- Litigation defense of coverage claims;
- Litigation defense of claims against approved agents; and
- Subrogation claims and collection.
Title Insurance and Title Disputes Experience
Our experience includes claims arising out of abstracting errors, settlement errors, frauds, forgeries, missing interests, hydroelectric power rights, riparian rights, governmental rights, railroad rights of way, federal tax liens, bankruptcy trustee actions and statutory tenant rights. We have particular strengths in tackling unusual and challenging title problems for which there is no textbook answer.
Prominence in the Title Industry
We are well known for our attorneys’ participation in industry events and programs and for our contributions to the educational development of industry professionals. We regularly publish articles and present seminars on title insurance. Our attorneys have established themselves through leadership positions within professional organizations concerned with title industry matters, including serving on the Title Insurance Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.
Published Articles
- ABA Title Insurance Litigation Committee Newsletter, Summer 2015
- VLTA Examiner, Spring 2014
- VLTA Examiner, Summer 2013
- VLTA Examiner, Spring 2013
- Title Insurance Law Newsletter, February 2013
- The Fee Simple, Spring 2012
- The Title Insurance Law Newsletter, December 2011
- Title Insurance Litigation Committee News, Fall 2011
- The Fee Simple, May 2011
- Title News, American Land Title Association, March 2011
- The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, January 2011
- Virginia Land Title Association Examiner, Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 2010
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Page 8, September 5, 2010
- Title Insurance Law Newsletter, February 2010
- VLTA Examiner, Volume 15, Number 2, Summer 2009
- Litigation Commentary & Review, 2009
- The Title Insurance Law Newsletter of the Land Title Industry Litigation News & Comment, December 2008
- The Fee Simple, November 2007
- VLTA (Virginia Land Title Association) Examiner, Summer 2004
- E-Dirt, The Latest Information in Real Estate Law, Issue 2004.1, April 2004
- VTLA Examiner, Volume 7, Number 1, 2001
- Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Volume 36, Number 3, Spring 2001
- Title Insurance Litigation Committee Spring Meeting, March 2001
- VTLA Examiner, Volume 6, Number 2, 2000
- 45 Cath. U.L. Rev. 71, 1995
News
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly, September 7, 2020
- February 25, 2020
- March 9, 2012
- November 9, 2011
Seminars & Events
- Williamsburg, Virginia, June 9, 2012
- "Curing Title Defects"February 2, 2012