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That's a tough question. There are title insurance underwriters (e.g. Chicago Title, First American, Fidelity) and title abstract companies (too many to mention). The abstract companies also have underwriters that represent the the insurance companies and have expertise in title insurance, banking and real estate. In addition to title insurance products many firms conduct various types of searches (e.g. Attorney, Business, Co-op, Court Records, Foreclosure, Liens, UCC's). Since they all write the same policies, the judgement as to "who is the best" usually gets down to which firm gives you the best, most timely, all around service.
If you like, contact me and I'll give you a short list of those companies that have given us good service.
Tue Sep 30 2008, 18:48