Title Insurance: What your Consumers Should Know

The real estate settlement process can be confusing to home buyers and sellers. In the May issue of ASSURANCE, we offer some helpful insights into consumer education regarding title insurance.

Be sure to also see the section on our management team!

Famous Again! Frank notes growing association membership in Wall Street Journal.

"Each day the voice of our industry gets stronger because of the new members we gain," Frank Pellegrini, ALTA president and Prairie Title CEO told the Wall Street Journal.

Must Listen: Frank Pellegrini on REALTOR Radio

Prairie Title's CEO discussed the importance of title insurance on Real Estate Today Radio, America's #1 real estate program. Listen here.

Buy a new or existing home? Which is better?

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Evaluate the pros and cons and decide what's right for you. Read more from the Washington Post (3/1/2013).

Prairie Title: Committed to ALTA Best Practices


As an independent third party settlement agent, Prairie Title is vital to the smooth functioning of real estate transactions.  We are the only party at the closing table who guards the interests of all other participants, serving as the stakeholder of funds, financial instruments and transactional documentation.


At Prairie Title we treat our duties and responsibilities as a settlement service provider with utmost dedication. Because of that commitment we unreservedly subscribe to the Title and Settlement Company Best Practices as promulgated by the American Land Title Association.  We have pledged to deliver our services in adherence to the mandates of these Best Practices so that we may provide the highest level of quality to those who put their trust in us.




Read our latest article,
It's Your Home...You Decide


Home Closing 101: An Educational Initiative of the American Land Title Association


Check out these brief videos on the title and home closing process!


Watch this brief video on the title insurance and closing process that aired on Lifetime's "Designing Spaces"


Did you Know?
Our online title ordering system is now integrated with Calyx Point.

Prairie Title and other title companies nationwide have adopted the ALTA Principles of Fair Conduct.

Archived Articles by Frank Pellegrini



Prairie Title is one of the largest residential and commercial title insurance agents in the Chicago Metropolitan area, serving the State of Illinois. Headquartered in Oak Park, Illinois, a prominent suburb just west of Chicago, Prairie Title is led by CEO Frank Pellegrini, whose professional experience in the title insurance industry dates back to 1978. Frank and his staff specialize in providing high quality real estate underwriting and closing services in a friendly, customer-service oriented environment.

A message from our CEO, Frank Pellegrini