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PLTA President’s Letter

A message from the President

PLTA President's Letter September 14, 2011

As I write this note to you, the heat of summer has faded and the kids are back in school. The continuous heat waves this summer were certainly wearing, similar to the real estate market, which is wearing all of us down. Where is that real estate market comeback? It’s got to get better. Where [...]

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Best Intentions

PLTA News May 6, 2011

By Diana T. Sabol, CLTP, PLTA President Did you ever wonder what dogs would say if they could talk? Since I adopted Chance a year and a half ago, I’ve always tried to do the very best thing for him but, it seems doing that hasn’t always worked out for the best. Last spring, I [...]

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Winding Down 2010

PLTA News December 21, 2010

By Diana T. Sabol, CLTP, PLTA President As we wind down the year, it is a good time to look back at all that PLTA has accomplished this year: PLTA was part of a successful lobby in Washington DC to insure that title insurance regulation is not a part of the newly-formed Consumer Financial Protection [...]

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Pennsylvania Originals

PLTA News September 14, 2010

By Diana T. Sabol, CLTP, PLTA President McDonald’s, bingo, Christmas trees and fireworks….what do they all have in common? They all are tied to western Pennsylvania. The Big Mac originated in Uniontown…the game of bingo was first introduced to the US in Pittsburgh…Indiana County is the Christmas tree capital of the world…and New Castle is [...]

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Taking a Chance

PLTA News July 20, 2010

By Diana T. Sabol, CLTP, PLTA President We have all taken chances in our lives from time to time, making a leap of faith in the hope that things will work out for the better. Here’s the story of a recent Chance I’ve taken: Eight months ago, I was in Wilkes Barre visiting agents when [...]

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Convention Memories

PLTA News May 10, 2010

From PLTA President Len Shatz, Esq., CLTP Our annual convention. A junket? No, we know better. A just reward? Maybe and that’s OK certainly. An excuse to party? Sure I will admit to that but there is far more. For me, the past 10 conventions form a string of lasting and indelible memories. 2000: Tom [...]

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Data Call: A Wrong Number?

PLTA News April 1, 2010

From PLTA President Len Shatz, Esq., CLTP On February 18, 2010, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department issued a demand for data and information to 498 PA title agents, roughly 20% of all PA licensed agents (“Data Call”). Selected agents ranged from the largest to the smallest, geographically distributed across the Commonwealth. The Data Call followed the [...]

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