Industry guide

Managed IT diligence for title & escrow companies.

Companies hold escrow funds in motion, closing documents, and every party's banking details. Title and escrow sit at the exact point where the money moves, which is why the industry's own best-practice framework makes information security and wire procedures a pillar, and why underwriters and lenders ask about both.

What binds you

The frameworks

ALTA Best PracticesThe frameworkThe title industry's framework, including information security and settlement-funds safeguards.
State escrow and title regulationThe frameworkLicensing and audit obligations that vary by state.

The industry question

Does your program map to the ALTA Best Practices pillar on information security, demonstrably?

It belongs on the checklist, in writing, next to the other 18.

The method

The bench, applied

Observe

The tactics

Lock-in contracts, stripped quotes, and exit traps, documented in the industry's own words with checkable sources.

See the tacticsAdapt

The standard

Fourteen marks of a fair managed IT agreement, stated plainly and provider-neutral.

See the standardProtect

The benchmark

The four-step method and the 18 questions to ask in writing, with a printable checklist.

Use the benchmark

Your state

Title & Escrow Companies, state by state

The same diligence with your state's verification layer: the breach statute, the entity search, the regulator.

Choose your state

Educational reference, not legal advice. Frameworks are summarized at the framework level; confirm specifics for your situation with counsel or the primary source.