Title Insurer Old Republic to Pay $1 Million After No-Poach Probe

Sept. 9, 2021, 6:24 PM UTC

Old Republic National Title Insurance Co. will pay $1 million to resolve a New York state investigation into its alleged agreements with competitors to refrain from poaching employees.

The company, a subsidiary of Old Republic International Corp., one of the nation’s largest title insurers, also agreed to end all existing no-poach agreements and cooperate with the continuing investigation into illegal hiring practices in the title insurance industry, New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Thursday.

The settlement, signed Sept. 3, is James’ latest move to crack down on no-poach agreements, which limit competition for employees by ...

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