UT | The Utah Insurance Department has issued Bulletin 2024-2.
Utah’s 2019 legislature passed a law authorizing agency title insurance producers to become affiliated with non-insurance businesses. Utah Code § 31A-23a-1003. This law states that affiliated title businesses are governed by Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) and rules promulgated thereunder. Id. at § 31A-23a-1001(8), -1002, -1003. The Division of Real Estate (“DRE”), not the Insurance Department, is charged with enforcing the RESPA laws. Id. at § 31A-23a-1002.