Bulletin: WI2018004

Dear Associates:

Attached please find the revised Schedule of Charges for Title Insurance in The State of Wisconsin. These changes become effective on November 1, 2018.

Wisconsin Rate Manual (Click to View)

The revisions to the Schedule of Charges pertain to, and modify, the following sections of the rate manual:

Revisions to Section (C) - Owner's Policies - Item 4 - Charges for Master and Take-off Policies. The language for part of the section was modified to clarify the existing liability clause. This modification did not result in any change to the existing charges for the section.

Revisions to Section (D) - Loan Policies - Item(s) 1-3. These sections were revised to replace the separate schedule of charges for Non-Residential and Residential loan policies and return to the prior rate structure. Item 1 now applies to the Basic Schedule of Charges for all Loan Policies and Leasehold Loan Policies, unless otherwise addressed in other provisions; Item 2 addresses Refinance Charges for Residential Loan Policies; Item 3 creates a Residential Purchase Money Mortgage Charge.  Additionally, several of the provisions were renumbered accordingly but were without any changes to the provisions.

Revisions to Section (D) - Loan Policies - Item 8 -Survey Clearance on Non-Residential Loan Policies up to $5,000,000.  The last sentence was corrected to point to Section F.2 rather than Section D.2.

Revisions to Section (D) - Loan Policies - Item 9 - Non-Simultaneous Issue Loan Policy for Non-Residential Loans. This is a new section added to the Schedule of Charges and will allow Stewart to be more competitive in the market.

Revisions to Section (E) - Simultaneous Issue - Item 1 - Simultaneous Issue Charge for Residential and Non-Residential Loan Policies. This section was revised to also provide for a Simultaneous Issue charge for Residential Loan Policies.  

Revisions to Section (G) - Endorsements - Item 5 - Date Down Mortgage Modification Endorsement and the ALTA 11 Series of Modification Endorsements to a Non-Residential Loan Policy or Policies was added to this section. The section adds a charge for the ALTA 11 series and Mortgage Modification and Date Down Endorsement for a Non-Residential Loan Policy.

Revisions to Section (G) - Endorsements. The Residential charges for the ALTA 11 series and the ALTA 33 were modified. The number of the Non-Residential endorsement charges were reduced and simplified. See the list of endorsement charges included with the revised Schedule of Charges.  

The remainder of the filed Schedule of Charges for Use in the State of Wisconsin remains unchanged.

NOTE: Any Agents using AIM+ please contact PropertyInfo Customer Care to advise them of the new rate changes and request that they implement the changes in their respective AIM+ systems effective November 1, 2018. All other Agents please contact your software vendor or manager to have them modify your systems to implement the new rates effective November 1, 2018.

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