Mortgages

The ledger technology can make artificial intelligence systems more transparent, some industry stakeholders say.

The growth in market share comes as the national insurance program has instituted a risk-based pricing regime that's led to some fluctuation in rates.

Major firms cite costly devastating hurricanes and widespread litigation against the industry as reasons to sunset policies for an unspecified number of property owners.

The nation's most flood-prone counties experienced a net influx of about 400,000 people in 2021 and 2022, Redfin found.

The first and fourth-largest home insurers in the Golden State won't issue new policies because of rising construction costs and exposure to catastrophes.

Decision-making algorithms powered by machine learning are seen as the next frontier for a more nuanced approach to mortgage decisions but skeptics worry this will just be a new way to discriminate.

The government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive managing the issue is looking at how things like roof pitch can mitigate the impact of natural disasters on homes.

The title insurer was the third of the big four companies to come to an agreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James in an ongoing investigation.

Fidelity National Financial Inc., the biggest US title insurer, illegally colluded with competitors by agreeing to not solicit, recruit or hire each other's employees, the New York attorney general said.

The technology can mitigate project risk at job sites.

The Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act would temporarily give consumers with higher rates the option to revert to previous lower pricing.

Lenders have focused on front-end cost differences since key secondary market players opened up the option, but what happens when a problem emerges down the road is worth weighing too.

A likely recession will only further the six active players' conservatism in their capital strategies, Fitch Ratings said.

The digital auto title insurtech lowers transfer time from weeks to hours for insurers.

The deal would put housing data provided by the acquiring intelligence provider in front of lenders early in the mortgage borrowing process.

The cut reverts the mortgage insurance requirement to pre-financial crisis levels.

As one of the latest examples of consolidation in the industry, the acquisition is notable in that it aims to preserve the availability of lending resources for both parent companies' customers.

All six companies were profitable in the fourth quarter and the full year, but had far less new volume than in 2021.

The private mortgage insurer is purchasing Agents National and Boston National from Incenter, which itself is a unit of Finance of America.

Claims from a more recent storm that caused some overlapping property damage are also mounting, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.