Prestige Title Agency

What Prestige Title Agency does

Prestige Title Agency, Inc. is a privately held, founder-led title insurance and real estate closing services company established in 1987 by Anthony Chiellino and headquartered at 55 West 39th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY. The firm operates as a policy-issuing agent for many of the nation's largest title insurance underwriters and provides title examinations, underwriting, and closing services for both commercial and residential real estate transactions across the United States. Notable transactions disclosed range from approximately $59 million to $3 billion, and the firm services institutional real estate investors, developers, lenders, attorneys, and brokers in markets including New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Florida. The company extends its national reach via Prestige National Land Services, a subsidiary with offices in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.

Revenue is generated transaction-by-transaction through fees tied to property value and policy amount, with commercial title services as the primary segment and residential title services plus ancillary modules (Special Property Searches, Foreclosure Certificates, Co-Operative Apartment Lien Searches, 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges, Municipal Departmental Searches, UCC Insurance, Document Recording) as supplementary streams. The go-to-market is consultative and sales-led — experienced in-house underwriting attorneys, seasoned title officers, and proactive client service professionals engage directly with real estate attorneys, developers, investors, bankers, lenders, and brokers — with an online 'Order Title' intake form on prestitle.com providing a self-service entry point for buyers, sellers, lenders, and brokers.

Technology is described in company materials as internal databases and information technology systems for efficient service delivery, with no public API, SDK, integrations, AI modalities, or proprietary product platform disclosed. The company holds ALTA (American Land Title Association) Best Practices certification covering secure website, secure email, third-party vulnerability scans, firewall protection, and frequent data backups, and distributes the Prestige eNews newsletter (in publication since Fall 2008) as its principal content channel alongside third-party remarketing display advertising.

Name

Prestige Title Agency

Legal name

Prestige Title Agency, Inc.

Website

https://prestitle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prestige Title Agency is a privately held, founder-led U.S. title insurance and closing services firm, founded in 1987 and headquartered in New York, that operates as a policy-issuing agent for major national title underwriters, serving institutional investors, developers, lenders, attorneys, and brokers on commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Title Insurance and Real Estate Closing Services

NAICS

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (524210)

SIC

Title Insurance (6361), Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411)

akta.pro primary industry

Title Insurance & Underwriting (BPAJAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Title Search & Examination (BPAJAOAB), Abstracting Services (Title Abstracts) (BPAJAOAC), Document Preparation & Recording Services (Deeds, Liens) (BPAJAOAG)

Keywords

• Title insurance services
• Commercial title examinations
• Real estate closing services
• Residential title insurance
• Title underwriting agency

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Title Insurance Services: Prestige Title generates revenue by providing title insurance policies and related closing services for commercial and residential real estate transactions. As a policy-issuing agent for many of the nation's largest title insurance underwriters, the company earns fees for title examinations, insurance policy issuance, and closing services on high-value property transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Prestige Title Agency provides commercial and residential real estate title insurance and closing services, acting as a policy-issuing agent for many of the nation's largest title insurance underwriters. Core offerings include detailed title examinations, commercial title insurance policies, residential title services, and ancillary services such as special property searches, foreclosure certificates, co-op apartment lien searches, 1031 like-kind exchanges, municipal departmental searches, UCC insurance, and document recording. Services are delivered through a consultative model staffed by experienced in-house underwriting attorneys and seasoned title officers.

Product overview

Prestige Title Agency offers a unified suite of title insurance and real estate closing services organized into two core product lines—Commercial Title Services and Residential Services—supplemented by ancillary service modules. The core commercial offering includes sophisticated title examinations, customized solutions, and commercial title insurance underwritten through partnerships with major national title insurance companies. Residential services provide personalized title examinations and proactive title clearing. The portfolio is rounded out by supplementary services including Special Property Searches, Foreclosure Certificates, Co-Operative Apartment Lien Searches, 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges, Municipal Departmental Searches, UCC Insurance, and Document Recording. An online Order Title platform enables electronic submission of title orders. The company serves as a policy-issuing agent for multiple national title insurance underwriters, providing nationwide coverage with single-point-of-contact service for multistate transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Title Services

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Many of the Nation's Largest Title Insurance UnderwriterscoreOthersPrestige Title operates as a policy-issuing agent for many of the nation's largest title insurance underwriters. These partnerships provide the underwriting capacity and financial backing necessary to issue title insurance policies on high-value commercial and residential transactions nationwide.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Title Resources Guaranty Company: U.S. title insurance underwriter that distributes primarily through independent title agents. Direct competitor to Prestige on the underwriting/agency side for both residential and commercial title issuance.
• North American Title Company: Title insurance agency and underwriter serving residential and commercial real estate transactions across the U.S. Direct competitor to Prestige for title agency work, particularly with institutional and mid-market clients.
• AmTrust Title: Title insurance underwriter with an independent agency distribution model. Comparable to Prestige in providing title insurance products to agents serving commercial and residential closings nationwide.
• WFG National Title Insurance Company: National title underwriter with a strong independent agent model focused on residential and commercial closings. Comparable to Prestige as a policy-issuing underwriter competing for the same agency and direct title business.
• Stewart Information Services: National title insurance underwriter and agency operator serving commercial and residential transactions. Closely aligned with Prestige in offering title insurance, escrow/closing coordination, and ancillary real estate services through a network of issuing agents.
• Old Republic Title: Major U.S. title insurance underwriter with direct issuing operations and independent agency network. Directly comparable to Prestige in underwriting commercial and residential title risk and supporting closings for institutional and consumer clients.

Emerging players

• PropLogix: Tech-enabled vendor providing specialized property search and due diligence services to title agents and closing attorneys. While not a direct title underwriter, it competes for portions of Prestige's add-on service workflow such as municipal and special property searches.
• Doma (formerly States Title): Technology-driven title insurance company pursuing automated and AI-assisted title and closing workflows. Represents a different delivery model from Prestige's relationship-led approach and is an emerging disruptor in the same end market.

Broad incumbents

• Fidelity National Financial: Parent of Fidelity National Title and Chicago Title, the largest U.S. title insurance group. Highly comparable business model — title insurance issuance, escrow, and closing services — but with far broader geographic and underwriting scale than Prestige.
• First American Financial Corporation: One of the largest U.S. title insurance underwriters and a major direct competitor across both commercial and residential title. Comparable as a full-stack title provider issuing policies and coordinating closings, but operating at significantly larger national scale than Prestige.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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