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Verisk Insurance Solutions Enhances Foreclosure Alert Product

Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytics has added an enhancement to its Foreclosure Alert that identifies if a property has previously been in foreclosure at the point of sale. Foreclosure Alert provides actionable information to help …

U.S. Sues Wells Fargo in Civil Mortgage FIRREA Fraud Case

The U.S. government filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit on Tuesday against Wells Fargo & Co, the latest legal volley against big banks for their lending during the housing boom. The complaint, brought by the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, seeks …

Genworth Creates Reinsurance Treaty for Mortgage Insurance in Europe

Specialist insurer Genworth has announced the full placement of a new reinsurance treaty for mortgage insurance (MI) in Europe. The bulletin said the “deal is the first of its kind in Europe,” and that it demonstrates “a new confidence amongst …

Mortgages At Risk If Flood Insurance Program Expires

The federal program that insures homes against flood damage expires next Friday and is at risk of not being renewed, even as an early fall storm threatens to inundate much of the northeastern United States yet again. Industry executives say …

California Targets Law Firms It Says Preyed On Struggling Homeowners

California has broken up what it called a ring of law firms that fraudulently induced struggling homeowners nationwide to pay thousands of dollars each to file mass lawsuits against their mortgage lenders. Kamala Harris, the state’s attorney general, said Thursday …

Investor Suit Against Bear Stearns, Auditor to Proceed

Plaintiffs in one of the biggest U.S. investor lawsuits stemming from the financial crisis got a boost from a judge, who said a case against fallen investment bank Bear Stearns and its outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, can go forward. …