I was approached by Title Alliance in 1999 to see if we were interested in starting up a title affiliated business arrangement. The idea of forming a title company from a financial aspect looked very attractive, but our main concern was not sacrificing service.

During our initial meeting, I was made aware that we would have critical impact on the hiring of the joint venture manager. We felt that by partnering with an experienced underwriter, we could continue to concentrate on our core business and let Title Alliance run the day-to-day activities of the ancillary service.

Within three months, we had recovered our initial investment. After one year, we have made over 10 times our investment and never once sacrificed service.

I would highly recommend Title Alliance as a partner.