Bulletin: NE2016006

Dear Associates: 

The Nebraska Title Insurance Rate Manual has been revised and updated. Some of the changes incorporated in the revision are:

1. Negotiable Charge for High Liability Commercial Policies: The premium charge for commercial transactions of $5,000,000.00 or more may be as low as 60% of the basic rate, subject to certain factors listed in the Manual. 
2. ALTA Residential Limited Coverage Mortgage Modification Policy: This form may be used to provide modification coverage when the existing policy was issued by another Insurer. This will help to streamline situations in which the original issuing agent has gone out of business and is thus unable to issue a Modification Endorsement on the prior Insurer’s paper. 
3. A comprehensive list of all filed endorsements with premium charges is a part of the Manual, in a more user-friendly format.

Several editorial and stylistic changes have been made to the language of the Manual to clarify the information therein.

The new Nebraska Rate filing has an effective date of September 1, 2016, and will be distributed in the very near future.

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