Real World Vocational Training for Title Insurance Producers

Learn how to start your own title insurance agency, or how to obtain employment in the title insurance industry from one of the most experienced title insurance practitioners in Maryland!

Title insurance licensing courses teach you how to pass the state title insurance producer’s exam. They don’t effectively teach you the basic job skills required to obtain employment from Maryland title insurance agencies.

The following courses were created by Ned Livornese, a licensed Maryland attorney and national title insurance underwriter with more than 30 years of title insurance experience. Mr. Livornese owned and operated two title insurance agencies for 17+ years before becoming an underwriter for several large national title insurance companies. He works full-time in the title insurance industry today.

Mr. Livornese knows what it is like to start and operate a title insurance agency from scratch, and what the job functions are within any title insurance agency. He also knows what title insurance underwriters require to sign on with them as a new agent.

These classes offer you vocational training. They show you exactly what to do to get a job immediately after attending each course. Upon the completion of each course, students will be given a Certificate of Completion from the A+ Academy of Notary and Title Insurance, LLC, which is owned solely by Mr. Livornese.

 

How to Start Your Own Title Company
February 5, 2025
Live Zoom Presentation from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to start your own title insurance agency? This two-hour course covers the basic requirements, including:

  • The business format you should use;
  • State of Maryland licensing requirements;
  • Obtaining Bonds;
  • Title agency software;
  • Mentoring and relationship with a title insurance attorney;
  • Underwriting requirements, including credit and background checks.

You will end this course with an excellent understanding of exactly what it takes to start and operate a legally-compliant title insurance agency in Maryland!

Fee: $400
To Register: Go to www.PayPal.com and use the function “Send Money” to send $400 to our email address: info@MDTitle-ed.com.
PayPal has many payment options, including splitting your payment into 4 payments and doing delayed payment processing.
The logon information will be emailed to the address you provide.

 

How to Conduct Closings for Residential Refinances, Residential Sales, and HELOC loans
February 12, 2025
Live Zoom Presentation from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Title insurance licensing courses don’t effectively teach you how to perform residential settlements/closings in Maryland. You can obtain a title insurance license without having any idea how to perform a closing as a TIPIC or as a title company employee!

 

Mr. Livornese has performed thousands of residential settlements. Not all residential closings are the same! You will learn:

  • How to present a typical residential loan package;
  • How to present title company documents, including the deed and disclosure forms;
  • How to perform a residential refinance closing;
  • How to perform a residential purchase/sale closing;
  • How to perform a closing for a residential HELOC loan.

The skills learned in this course will immediately translate into guiding you to perform residential closings in Maryland. Note that each state has different closing requirements.  A one-size, fits all course found online will not get you very far in doing Maryland-specific closings.

Fee: $300
To Register: Go to www.PayPal.com and use the function “Send Money” to send $300 to our email address: info@MDTitle-ed.com.
PayPal has many payment options, including splitting your payment into 4 payments and doing delayed payment processing.
The logon information will be emailed to the address you provide.

 

How to Review Title Abstracts, Determine Real Property Ownership, and Prepare Title Commitments
February 19, 2025
Live Zoom Presentation from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.

One of the most important jobs within any title insurance agency is the “Title Processor” position. This job includes the requirement to review title insurance abstracts, to produce title insurance commitments, and to obtain payoffs from valid lien and judgment holders for any parcel of real property.

This 3-hour course will take you through the basic steps of analyzing title insurance abstracts and title documents to determine who is in title to the property, and who needs to be paid off at closing. You will analyze 3 separate title abstracts for actual properties located in Maryland. You will learn which judgments and liens must be satisfied, and which ones can be overlooked.

Most importantly, you will learn how to prepare a title commitment from the information contained in the title abstract. This is a coveted skill required by every title insurance agency, and can lead to job opportunities that having a license and no further education may not get you!

The class is taught by Ned Livornese, who reviews 500 – 1,000 pages of title abstracts almost every working day!

Fee: $250
To Register: Go to www.PayPal.com and use the function “Send Money” to send $250 to our email address: info@MDTitle-ed.com.
PayPal has many payment options, including splitting your payment into 4 payments and doing delayed payment processing.
The logon information will be emailed to the address you provide.

 

How to Prepare a Closing Disclosure Using Loan Closing Instructions
February 26, 2025
Live Zoom Presentation from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Another highly sought-after skill at title agencies is the ability of a title processor to produce an accurate Closing Disclosure form from the lender’s loan closing instructions.

Students will be taught about the following:

  • What are debits and credits?;
  • Who usually pays for what in a standard Maryland refinance of purchase/sale closing;
  • Standard prorations;
  • First-time Maryland homebuyer considerations;
  • How to calculate state and county recordation taxes, state transfer taxes, and recording fees;
  • How to transfer loan closing fees from the lender materials to the CD;
  • How to obtain a Closing Protection Letter for the lender;
  • Loan funding;
  • And much more!

This course is taught by attorney Ned Livornese, who will present you with at least 2 real-life closings using real lender loan closing instructions. After finishing this course, you will be well on your way to preparing closing disclosures for any Maryland title insurance agency.

Fee: $299
To Register: Go to www.PayPal.com and use the function “Send Money” to send $299 to our email address: info@MDTitle-ed.com.
PayPal has many payment options, including splitting your payment into 4 payments and doing delayed payment processing.
The logon information will be emailed to the address you provide.