A licensed title insurance agent is not allowed to:
- (1) Bind reinsurance on behalf of the title insurer;
- (2) Permit any of its directors, officers, controlling shareholders, or employees to serve on the title insurers’ board of directors if the title insurance agent wrote five percent (5%) or more of the direct premiums of the title insurer written in the previous calendar year as shown on the title insurer's most recent annual statement filed with the Insurance Commissioner, unless the title insurer and title insurance agent are under common control or ownership;
- (3) Jointly employ an individual who is employed with the title insurer unless the title insurer and the title insurance agent are under common control or ownership;
- (4) Issue a title insurance report or policy insuring the interest of an insured in real property in this state unless the title insurance agent is properly licensed and the title insurance report or policy is signed by a properly licensed title insurance agent; or
(5)
- (A) Provide legal advice concerning the status of title to the property described in the title commitment, unless the title insurance agent is a licensed Arkansas attorney.
- (B) Complaints alleging unauthorized practice of law will be referred to the office of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct.