Dear Readers,
This year may not look like what we planned back in January, but there
are still good things happening. One of those things is the National Settlement Services Summit.
This year’s show will be chock full of the education you need and the
networking you’ve come to expect from this premier conference.
This year’s conference will be highlighted in part by a pair of featured
speakers from Washington regulators and the largest underwriter panel in
the show’s history.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Brian
Montgomery returns to NS3 for the second consecutive year. Last year,
as Federal Housing Administration commissioner, Montgomery previewed
some of the work which later would come to fruition at the regulator.
The other featured speaker for NS3 2020 will be Fannie Mae Senior Vice
President and Chief Economist Douglas G. Duncan. Duncan, who was
named one of Bloomberg/BusinessWeek’s 50 Most Powerful People in Real
Estate, will be making his first appearance at NS3.
The conference also will include the largest gathering of top underwriter
executives in the 16-year history of NS3. They include Jeff Bluhm,
executive vice president and Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.;
Steven Day, president, national agency operations at the FNF Family of
Companies; Tara Smith, group president, agency operations at Stewart;
Patrick Stone, executive chairman and founder of WFG National Title
Insurance Co.; Evan Zanic, EVP division president agency division at First
American Title Insurance Co.; Scott McCall, CEO, Title Resources; and
James Czapiga, president and CEO, CATIC.
I’m excited to be with each of you again this year, joining together in our
annual way.
Until next time, stay legal.
Andrea Golby
Editor
The Legal Description