About Us

Land titles are our business, but not merely our business. The core of our operating mindset is summed up in one little word:

TOV טוב (“Good”)

This is about transformation. Doing the next right thing, looking for ways to fulfill potential, working with hope. Everything we do must be measured against our capabilities as people—who we are, what we can do today, and who we are willing to become tomorrow. 

Our Mission

Vanguard is a full-service title agency that provides expert title underwriting, and title research services to help mitigate risk, and facilitate the real estate settlement process.

 

Our Vision

To take the lead in providing innovative land title research, title insurance, and settlement solutions in New York State.

Our Values

INNOVATORS

While we look to the history and traditions of our industry to help guide us, we choose not to be bound by conventions. We intentionally look further. To borrow the words of George Bernard Shaw: “You see things; and you say ‘Why’? But [we] dream things that never were; [we] say ‘Why not?'”

CURIOUS

We are the people that drive down a road just to find out where it goes, or tinker with a thing just to find out how it works. We are unafraid to question everything—including ourselves.

PEOPLE-CENTRIC

We want to be better at servant leadership not only to our attorney, lender, and title company partners, but also to the everyday sellers, buyers, and investors who—though they may not understand it all—are relying on us to serve them well.

RESOURCEFUL

A wise man once said: “make your plans; make backup plans to your plans. Work your plan. Then be prepared for it all to go to hell.” When getting to the closing table seems impossible, we are committed to finding a way when the formulas don’t work and everyone else has given up.

MASTERS OF CRAFT 

We understand the art *and* technique of title conveyancing and underwriting. We seek to master the whole settlement process in order to perfect the smallest details.

 

“ 'I want to be a title researcher when I grow up!' (Said no first grader...ever.) Most of us have stumbled our way into this industry from a variety of other careers and backgrounds. This diversity strengthens the Company, challenging our own status quo at times, injecting new ideas and fresh perspectives. It sounds trite but the Vanguard difference isn't in some piece of technology or the underwriters we use. It's our people's ability to grow as people and as professionals, being better tomorrow than they were today."

Patrick J. Corbett, CEO

Corporate Office

407 South Warren Street, Syracuse, NY, 13202

Phone

Toll Free: +1 (800) 294-3740

Local: (315) 422-6031

Email

info@vgrtsvcs.com

Policy Issuing Agent For

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company

WFG National Title Insurance Company

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