Upcoming Webinars
Virginia Search Requirements: Evolving Title Exam Standards & Best Practices
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 10:00AM EDT
Presenter: Melinda Fravel, Vice President | Title Services Manager | Abstract Officer
This course will discuss the changes that we are seeing over the course of time in best practices for title examinations. Melinda Fravel has been in the search production almost 3 decades. The ways that we have examined title over the years has changed. From the ordering process, to the location of title exams and the delivery of the final product. Always keeping in mind the incredible liability that the title examiner process carries and how to reduce risk when all possible. This course will give a birds eye view of the process and the practices you must keep as we evolve.
Register HerePresenter: Melinda Fravel, Vice President | Title Services Manager | Abstract Officer
Shortly after graduation, Melinda Fravel began her title insurance career at a title agency preparing commitments. She excelled in her role and quickly rose to lead typist, coordinating recordings on a national level. In 1999, she started with Southern Title as a back title clerk where she coordinated title searches on a statewide basis. In 2004, Melinda began a new search department at LandAmerica/Transnation until 2008.
In 2008, Melinda started with Old Republic Title in Virginia where she has serviced the title industry as Abstract Officer and Title Services Manager, and now Vice President, for the past 17 years. Her department is responsible for providing all related services to title exams for the benefit of title insurance. During her tenure, she has mentored not only clients, but many internal personnel within Old Republic Title.
Outside of her role, Melinda also serves as chair of the title examination section committee for the Virginia Land Title Association from 2019 to present. With a total of 29 years of experience in the title industry, Melinda’s expertise in all aspects of a production department is second to none.
In her free time, she is a lover of live music and is frequently supporting local musicians. Also a proud owner of 110 Acres that she has owned for 20 years and spends any additional time on the land working on projects and enjoying the land.
Upcoming Webinars for 2025
Join us every second Tuesday* of the month for a 1-hour webinar hosted by Old Republic Title. Each webinar will be accredited for 1 hour of VA CE and 1 hour of VA CLE. The tentative schedule of topics is below, subject to change:
January: Divorce and Title Insurance
February: Transfer on Death Deeds
March: Collaborative Fraud Series
April: Day in the Life of an Underwriter: Paper Sheets & Illegal Subdivisions (and other Terms that Sound Awful)
May: Virginia Search Requirements: Evolving Title Exam Standards & Best Practices
June: Day in the Life of an Underwriter – various examples
July: Churches and Charitable Institutions
August: Legal Implications of Title Defects
September: No webinar
October: Streets
November: Fraud*
December: Day in the Life of an Underwriter – various examples
Registration will allow you to register once and attend any of our webinars scheduled for the year.
*November course is rescheduled for November 4th, due to holiday.