New York takes aims at steering by real estate broker to affiliated title agencies

A law aiming to prevent improper quid pro quos for title insurance agents just got a new set of sharp teeth -- causing a furor in the already embattled industry. In late May, the Office of the General Counsel of the state's Insurance Department issued an opinion about whether it's legal for a residential brokerage to place lawyers on "recommended" lists, which are distributed to homebuyers, in