New Title Industry Blog Communicates CPA Perspective of Reaching a Higher Compliance Standard
(PRWEB) April 15, 2016 -- Nationally certified public accounting and consulting firm PYA has announced the launch of a new blog for the title and closing community that offers unique perspective from inside a CPA firm. At the blog’s helm will be 35-year title industry veteran Eugene McCullough, PYA’s Director of Title Industry Services within the ALTA Best Practices service line. McCullough joined PYA with the goal of aiding the Firm’s efforts to understand and communicate with the title insurance community. Now also an accounting firm “insider,” McCullough will serve as a liaison between these industries, and through this new blog, will help facilitate communication and address issues of importance to each.
“It is my hope that the insights shared in the blog will provide assistance to title professionals when interfacing with the CPA community, especially when considering some level of Best Practices assessment,” McCullough said. “Through my work at PYA, I have become familiar with the technical jargon and accounting industry processes routinely used by CPAs. This blog will allow us to share that insight with title agents in a way that connects both professions.”
McCullough’s more-than-three decades’ experience informs both ways—his PYA colleagues have benefitted from learning how title and closing agents conduct day-to-day business, how they interact with consumers and lenders, and how title and closing practices vary from state to state.
“Having a former title attorney and title underwriter executive on our team is an important resource for communicating with our title agency clients,” said Matthew Rekers, PYA’s Director of ALTA Best Practices Services Group. “Title agents can feel comfortable that Gene will not only understand their needs, but will be able to explain regulatory complexities and what is required from the accounting perspective in a way that they understand. That’s why this blog will be of such value to the title community.”
In coming weeks via this new forum, PYA will release a series of blogs designed to offer pertinent information to those seeking independent third-party certification of compliance with the ALTA Best Practices Framework 2.0. The series will address current lender requirements for Best Practices adherence, analyze Best Practices adoption data, explore motivating forces behind lender requirements, consider options for demonstrating compliance, and examine pitfalls of self-certification.
As the American Land Title Association’s (ALTA) first Elite Provider of Best Practices assessments, PYA helped initiate efforts that would help title agents navigate the complex regulatory environment and attain compliance in accordance with ALTA Best Practices. PYA devotes an entire team to helping title agencies address lender requirements; prepare, evaluate, and implement ALTA Best Practices policies and procedures; assess compliance; and work toward certification.
About PYA
For over three decades, PYA (Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C.), a national professional services firm providing management consulting and accounting, has helped its clients navigate and derive value amid complex challenges. In addition to serving the healthcare and financial institutions industries, PYA serves the title industry with a comprehensive list of offerings, including: ALTA Best Practices implementation and assessment; strategic planning; mergers and acquisitions; tax compliance; and regulatory compliance.
PYA’s steadfast commitment to an unwavering client-centric culture has served the firm’s clients well. PYA is ranked 103rd by INSIDE Public Accounting’s “Top 200” Largest Accounting Firms. PYA affiliate companies offer clients world-class data analytics, professional real estate development and advisory resources, comprehensive claims audits for self-insured Fortune 500 companies, wealth management and retirement plan administration, and business transitions consulting.
PYA is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. For more information, please visit http://www.pyabestpractices.com.
Ed Pershing, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, http://www.pyapc.com, +1 (800) 270-9629, [email protected]
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