Flueid, the leading VOT™ (Verification of Title) company for residential real estate transactions, today announced that First National Title Insurance Company (FNTI), a nationally ranked underwriter doing business with title agents across the United States, has successfully integrated with the company’s patented Flueid Decision platform. This strategic integration will fuel FNTI’s workflow across purchase, refinance, and home equity transactions. The announcement follows Flueid’s recent launch of its integrated VOT solution for purchase on August 1, which brings the significant efficiency gains of Flueid’s VOT data, decisioning and intelligence to the purchase market for the first time – now in collaboration with FNTI.
“Flueid has always believed that title data should be accessible across the real estate life cycle to create a more integrated and streamlined experience,” said Peter Richter, Co-Founder & President of Flueid. “Our latest integration with FNTI reinforces this commitment. By introducing the data-driven advantages of VOT into their workflows, including purchase, we’re enhancing efficiency and driving greater title risk transparency in the marketplace. This integration with FNTI, coupled with ongoing platform optimization through data integrations like TDI’s title plant, marks two significant steps toward making VOT intelligence standard in every transaction and advancing industry innovation.”
Driving Title Risk Transparency with Data
Through this integration, FNTI’s network now has access to two key data-driven products within the VOT framework: TitleCheck® and TitleDecision. TitleCheck offers upfront title insights for users such as mortgage lenders and real estate professionals, while TitleDecision delivers detailed analysis on the condition of title for title agents.
Across both VOT products users receive upfront title clearance decisions, actionable insights and alerts based on the items uncovered in public records. This is made possible by aligning and integrating robust data sources, including TDI, to help verify recorded property land records and consumer insights details, as well as support QA processes. When TDI plant is enabled, users also receive evidence of plant documentation to comply with Texas Department of Insurance requirements.
VOT within the Purchase Process
The objective of VOT for purchase is simple: achieve a proactive title ‘Close Certified’ status on listed properties. To do this, the TitleCheck and TitleDecision products work together to enable a proactive approach to title curative between real estate agents, brokerages, and title providers.
By identifying and addressing title issues early, these products ensure a timely and transparent closing process once a property is under contract. This approach not only improves the accuracy and efficiency of title production but also provides certainty for all parties involved.
- Real estate professionals can manage both buyer and seller expectations regarding title-related complications and transaction timelines
- Title agents are empowered to pre-clear items related to a property and seller upfront, ensuring a clean title when an offer letter is submitted
- Sellers can work with title providers to address any issues at the listing stage, preventing delays at closing.
- Buyers can proceed with confidence, knowing on Close Certified properties won’t encounter avoidable title-related items that could’ve been handled earlier
“Our vision at FNTI has always been to deliver the highest levels of customer service and to be the trusted underwriter that our partners rely on every day,” said Chad Hansen, President of FNTI. “Integrating with Flueid as an early adopter of their Purchase VOT product aligns perfectly with this vision. We’re excited to bring the data-driven advantages of VOT into our workflows for the first time, particularly in the purchase, and provide one solution to our customers that can support every market cycle.”
“This integration not only strengthens our ability to provide proactive service but also helps us stay at the forefront of innovation, making us the independent underwriter of choice for our clients. We’re excited to share more about how the integration will elevate the experience for our clients in the weeks ahead,” added, Ken Marks, FNTI’s Director of Title Operations.
To learn more about Flueid, its products, services or leadership team, please visit: https://www.flueid.com/.
About Flueid
Flueid is the leading VOT™ (Verification of Title) company shaping the future of title risk transparency for the residential real estate, lending, title and closing, servicing, and secondary markets sectors. Our mission is to make VOT intelligence standard for everyone across the real estate lifecycle, fueling streamlined transactions from start to finish. With our VOT solutions suite, consumer and property insights, typically unavailable until after a title commitment is ordered and delivered, are now immediately accessible at the start of every provider’s process. Transactions Fueled by Flueid® are supported by our flagship, title underwriter-approved VOT platform, Flueid Decision, ensuring a transparent, consistent, and industry-supported approach to title innovation that does not compromise title risk certainty. To learn more, visit www.verificationoftitle.com or www.flueid.com.
About First National Title Insurance Company
First National Title Insurance Company is the ninth largest title insurance underwriter in the United States. Formed under the philosophy of “people do business with those they know, like and trust”, First National Title Insurance’s mission is to be the independent title agent’s preferred source for its underwriting needs by providing outstanding service and solutions with integrity and respect. FNTI strives to be the underwriter agents rely upon to answer all underwriting concerns, and to be your partner for all educational needs. Our goal is to be the underwriter agents count on to keep the interests of the independent title agent at the forefront of our efforts. Most importantly, we continue to work hard to become the underwriter that earns your business every day.
First National Title Insurance Company is currently licensed in total of 43 states across the United States with more on the way. For more information on licensed states and other resources, please visit www.fnti.com.
About Title Data
Since 1967 our clients have relied on us for the highest quality title plants that are continually refined through industry-leading technology. Title Data is a leader in the design, development and implementation of high quality large title plant and title production systems. Our flagship products TIMS®, delivers the most efficient, complete and user-friendly customer experience available today. Visit titledata.com for more information.
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