On March 13, the Whitehouse issued an Executive Order (EO) titled Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit, which could pave the way for significant changes that would improve mortgage access and lower the cost of mortgages and closings by reducing regulatory burden. Noting that statutory and regulatory changes over the past two decades have increased the...
February 1, 2026 – Tampa, FL—The Florida Agency Network (FAN), Florida’s largest independent provider of title and settlement services, has launched OL Title, a new title and settlement services company formed in affiliation with Older Lundy Law. The collaboration combines the resources of a law firm widely recognized for its expertise with complex real estate...
Our own Aaron Davis recently participated in a panel discussion at TitleCON, Premier One’s November conference at the Gaylord in Nashville. The event brought together title professionals and technology experts to dig into some of the most pressing questions facing our industry. One of the panels included Aaron, and the summary appeared in The Title...
Honoring a Trailblazer: Remembering Mary O’Donnell
November 14, 2025
The title insurance industry recently lost one of its most influential leaders and genuine trailblazers. Mary O’Donnell, CEO and President of Westcor Land Title Insurance Company since 2004, recently passed away unexpectedly. We join the entire industry in mourning this tremendous loss. Mary spent her career building something remarkable. What began as a small regional...
August 12, 2024, Plant City, FL—Orlando-based Celebration Title Group (CTG) has joined the Florida Agency Network’s (FAN) statewide network of title agencies. Celebration Title Group is a full-service Orlando-based title agency with 15 offices throughout the state of Florida. “This is an amazing opportunity for both FAN and the Celebration Title team,” said FAN CEO...
We’ve been talking a lot lately about building affiliated arrangements, and that’s, in large part, because everyone’s doing the same. And we’ve also mentioned that our own Aaron Davis and Mike LaRosa have been asked by quite a few trade associations and publications to discuss the matter at length. It’s humbling! We’d also be lying...
October and November always seem to be among the busiest seasons of the year, even as “seasonal” sales begin to decline. (Then again, thankfully, there’s not a whole lot of “seasonality” here in Florida!). You’ve probably seen that our own Aaron Davis and Mike LaRosa have been busy sharing their thoughts with a number of...
With Order Volume Down, Successful Title Businesses Collaborating With Other Agents in Many Ways to Maintain Revenue FOR MANY SETTLEMENT SERVICES BUSINESSES, 2023 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR. Although there will certainly be a rebound at some point, the most successful firms and owners have rolled out several new strategies to bolster revenue until then....
RESPA News Report a Great Resource for Anyone Interested in Building Title JVs or ABAs.
September 20, 2023
FAN and Closingsuite.com Founder and CEO Aaron Davis and COO Mike LaRosa were approached recently by RESPA News for their thoughts on building a successful JV or ABA title operation. You can see the full articles here (subscription required). As we’ve been saying, affiliated businesses are the hot topic right now. In a soft market,...
This piece originally appeared in the June 2023 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. It took longer than expected to gain traction, but there is little doubt that digital closings are on the way to becoming the preferred form of settlement for the majority of mortgage lenders. Although many felt the pandemic-fueled boost to the remote online notarization...