Gregory M. Kosin, President, Greater Illinois Title, Chicago, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the American Land Title Association (ALTA). He will serve as Chair of the Finance Committee until October 2005. ALTA, headquartered in Washington, DC, is the association representing title insurance companies and title agents nationwide.

Kosin, a 28 year veteran of the title industry, help found Greater Illinois Title Company in 1985 and has served as president since its inception. He is a past president of the Illinois Land Title Association and has served as Chair of ALTA's Government Affairs Committee for six years. He also served on the ALTA Title Insurance Agent's Executive Committee for three years.

The eleven-member Board of Governors is responsible for creating association policy, overseeing association finances, supervising the work of 33 committees, and ensuring the overall welfare of the association.

The American Land Title Association represents title insurance companies and their agencies nationwide on a variety of industry and legislative issues. Members of the Association search and insure land titles to protect real estate investors including home buyers and mortgage lenders.

About Greater Illinois Title
Greater Illinois Title, celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2010, is Chicago Title's largest title agent in Illinois and one of its largest title agents in the country. The company provides title insurance, construction and commercial escrow services, sale and refinance closing services, 1031 tax deferred exchanges, land surveys and real estate information in the Chicago metro region. It currently operates through a network of fourteen offices located in Arlington Heights, Crystal Lake, Downers Grove, Geneva, Homewood, Lindenhurst, Oak Lawn, Shorewood, Tinley Park, Westchester, Wheaton, Yorkville, in Chicago on North Milwaukee Avenue and in the Loop at 120 N. La Salle Street. Greater Illinois Title is authorized to write Title Insurance and issue policies in the Counties of Cook, DeKalb, Du Page, Grundy, Lake, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry and Will. The company coordinates title insurance and escrows in all Illinois Counties and across the United States.