AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00
Registration

9:00 – 9:15
Opening Remarks and Announcements
MLTA President – Tom Lico, President, Capital Title Insurance Agency

9:15 – 9:30
Lansing Report
Cami Pendell, Michigan Legislative Consultants

9:30 – 9:50
Endorsement Review – 36-06 Series, identified risks – Leasehold, CCR-Land Under Development and Encroachments
Samuel A. Shiel, ITP IEP, Vice President/Midwest Underwriting Counsel – AmTrust Title

9:50 – 10:00
Break

10:00 – 10:45
FIRPTA and 1099 Reporting – (committee liaisons Debra Bartlett and Debbie Haught)
Julie Lepore, AFSP, CAA, Director, FIRPTA Solutions, Inc.

10:45 – 11:30
Don’t get Caught in the “Acts” –AXE
Changes in Construction Lien Act, Certificate of Trust Act, Marketable Title Act, Marijuana Act
Tobias Lipski, Underwriting Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company
Michelle Donovan, Attorney, Butzel Long
Philip T. Savich, Vice President and Michigan State Counsel, Old Republic National Title
Insurance Company
Moderator: Gregg Nathanson

11:30 – 11:45
PR Committee Update – Talking Points “Committee on the street”
Lisa Rozmarniewicz, Capital Title Insurance Agency

11:45 – 12:45
Lunch

12:45 – 1:45
UR ready for IPEN and RON?
In Person Electronic Notarization and Remote Online Notarization has been the topic this year! The panel will discuss how you can close digitally – Hybrid, IPEN, or RON. What the key hurdles are and capabilities of this emerging technology. As you begin to build the road to a digital closing, be informed how to find the right balance between convenience, security and risk.
Panel:
Nancy G. Pratt, VP – Partner Relations & Gov’t Affairs, of Pavaso
Rick Triola, Founder/CEO, of NotaryCam
David Burner, Strategic Planning and Partnership Manager, of Notarize
Moderator: Cindy Immonen, NTP, CLTP, VP, State Agency Representative–Michigan FNTG

1:45 – 3:00
Underwriter Panel – The Horror Stories of Claims/Tales from the Crypt – Call to Action/Claims scenarios
An opportunity to have discussion with some of the top underwriters in our industry.
Meredith Weingarden, VP MI State & Sr. Agency Counsel, CLTP, FNTG
Kristen Dankert, VP, Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
David Martyn, VP, Midwest Regional Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company
Robert Meyer, VP, Senior Underwriting Counsel, NATIC (Grand Rapids only)
Allan Dick, VP, Michigan State Counsel, WFG (Livonia only)