8.11.2008

Joe Willen, President & CEO of the Advantage Group, in The Wall Street Journal

Being versatile is key to a company’s well-being when markets change. The Advantage Group, a 150-employee title-insurance company based in Huntington, N.Y., made a point of diversifying into foreclosure work more than a decade ago to protect the company during down markets, says Joseph Willen, chief executive and president of Advantage.

The foreclosure unit does title work for lenders and title insurance when foreclosed properties are sold. That additional flexibility has given the firm stability and is helping it to build for the future.

Read the full article Change of Plans in the August 11th, 2008 issue here.