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Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> WA OIC <insurance.wa@public.govdelivery.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2025 2:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> EXECDIRECTOR@WASHINGTONLANDTITLE.COM<br><b>Subject:</b> R 2025-08 clarifying rules on title insurer educational programs prepublication draft posted<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700 style='width:525.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="gd_ab_main_tab"><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#EEEEEE;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="gd_ab_header"><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=590 height=157 style='width:6.15in;height:1.6333in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAOIC/2015/12/702892/oiclogo_original.png" alt="Office of the Insurance Commissioner"></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=108 height=32 style='width:1.125in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAOIC/2016/10/1052959/white-space_original.png" alt=whitespace></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Clarifying rules on title insurer educational programs prepublication draft posted (R 2025-08)</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="gd_ab_main_body"><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323'>Thanks for your interest in title insurance rulemaking from the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323'>We released a prepublication draft for the title insurer educational programs rule (R 2025-08). This rulemaking seeks to clarify the circumstances under which title insurers are permitted to conduct or sponsor educational programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323'>Comments on the prepublication draft are due by September 4, 2025 and can be sent to <a href="mailto:rulesc@oic.wa.gov" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1D5782'>rulescoordinator@oic.wa.gov</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323'>For more information, including the text of the pre-publication draft, please <a 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